外贸函电教学大纲

《外贸函电》教学大纲

一、课程基本情况

开课单位：华天学院外语系

课程编码：（由学校统一编定）

总学时：72

总学分：4

修课方式：必修

考核方式：考试

先修课程：英语视听说、大学英语精读、英语口语、国际贸易实务、商务英语。

教材：《世纪商务英语-外贸函电》吴思乐、胡秋华主编，大连理工出版社

参考书：《外经贸英语函电》谈芳、朱慧萍主编，学林出版社

二、课程的性质、任务与目的

本课程是高等学校和高等职业技术学院商务英语专业及其国际商务专业高年级学生的一门主干专业英语课程，不仅传授国际贸易知识，而且更致力于传授函电的写作知识，指导学生进行外经贸英语函电的写作。此课程结合国际经贸英语学习的特点，体现基础英语、专业英语和专业知识的三结合，是一门系统性、指导性和可操作性较强的课程。通过此门课程的学习，能完成外经贸英语的独立写作。

外贸函电是在掌握大专基础英语的基础上开设的一门理论性与

实践性并重的课程，旨在教会学生翻译、撰写符合规范的各种英语函电、尤其是外经贸英语函电。

本课程注重理论与实践相结合，在以实例教学的前提下，又对英语函电的一般格式、常用词汇、习惯表达法进行规律性的总结。从英语教学的角度出发，本课程是和外经贸相结合的一门英语实务课，是用于解决目前英语学习中学生普遍存在的较高的语言知识和较弱的语用能力之间矛盾的辅助手段之一。

外贸函电的主要任务是培养学生在走上工作岗位后能迅速适应对外经贸活动的需要，帮助他们系统地学习和掌握外贸函电的格式、专业词汇、行文写法与文体特点，提高学生在外贸业务活动中正确地使用英语的能力。

学生学完本课程后应达到以下要求：

1. 通过阅读和学习外贸活动相关信函的书写方法，熟悉进出口业务的关键步骤；

2. 掌握外贸函电的书写及翻译方法，将所学的知识应用于日趋发达的电子邮件当中，撰写出规范的、确切的、得体的、通顺的且无语法错误的信函，完成外贸流程的关键一步；

3. 在提高外贸函电撰写能力的同时，熟练掌握对外贸易业务所需的外贸业务能力；

三、课程内容、基本要求与学时分配

（一）课程内容（72学时）

Unit 1

Fundamentals of Modern Business Letter W riting

Ⅰ. Aims & Requirements

1.To enable students to know about what business letter is

2.Help students to learn and master key words, phrases and sentence patterns

3.Help students to learn and master the structure of modern business letters

Ⅱ. Content

What is Modern Business Letter?

Structure of Modern Business Letter

Studying the sample letters about Modern Business Letter .

Typical sentences and expressions

Ⅲ. Focus on &Difficulties

Structure of Modern Business Letter

Key words, phrases and sentence patterns

Ⅳ. Exercises & Practice

Finish exercises

Additional practice

Unit 2

Establishing Business Relations

Ⅰ. Aims & Requirements

1.Help students to learn and master key words, phrases and sentence patterns;

2.Help students to learn and master how to establish business relations;

3.Help students to learn and master the structure of a letter for establishing business

relations.

Ⅱ. Content

What is the format of the letter for establishing business relaions?

Studying the letters about establishing business relaions.

Structure of the related letters.

Ⅲ. Focus on & Difficulties

Key words, phrases and sentence patterns.

Format of the letter for asking for establishing business relaions..

Ⅳ. Exercises & Practice

Finish exercises

Unit 3

Inquiry

Ⅰ. Aims & Requirements

1.Enable students to know about inquiry letter;

2.Help students to learn and master key words, phrases and sentence patterns;

3.Help students to learn and master the structure of the letters about inquiry.

4.Help students to learn and master additional sentence patterns about inquiry

letters.

Ⅱ. Content

What is inquiry?

Four steps for foreign trade negotiation

Studying the letters about inquiry terms.

Structure of a business letter about inquiry.

Additional sentence patterns about inquiry letters.

Ⅲ. Focus on & Difficulties

Key words, phrases and sentence patterns.

The steps of writing inquiry letters.

Ⅳ. Exercises & Practice