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About the Course

Welcome to English for Business and Entrepreneurship, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania, and funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. To enroll in this course for free, click on “Enroll now” and then select "Full Course. No certificate." This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in learning more about the global business economy. In this course, you will learn about topics and language necessary to succeed in the international workplace. You will explore business English through authentic readings and video lectures, while learning about business vocabulary, concepts, and issues. Unit 1 will provide an introduction to entrepreneurship by examining ideas, products, and opportunities. In unit 2, you will learn about the basics of market research, including how to identify an opportunity. The next unit in the course will focus on business plans, why these plans are important, and will give you a chance to practice composing a business plan. In the final unit of the course, we will present basics for funding a business and will help you create a persuasive presentation, or pitch, based on a business plan. Unless otherwise noted, all course materials are available for re-use, repurposing and free distribution under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license. Supplemental reading materials were provided by Newsela, which publishes daily news articles at a level that's just right for each English language learner....

Top reviews

AH

Oct 1, 2020

All thanks to Mrs Nichols and Mr. Redeil.

I am looking forword to be in physical touch with Mrs. Nichol and Mr. Redeil. , I have lernt so much from them and their education method was so effective.

AS

Nov 5, 2016

What an entrepreneur need from describing your idea, market research, writing a business plan to making a persuasive pitch, the key element to attract potential investors. I do recommend this course

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By Anabella S

Sep 6, 2020

Well deserved the five stars. The course falls short with only five ...

Huge congratulations to Amy Nichols and James Riedel, great teachers. EXCELLENT all the videos made by them, with images and more icons. All the instructions and samples of the assessments were well explained and organized. I understood EVERYTHING that they explained throughout the course and they did it in an animated way, so that all students were motivated. I finished the course very happy, with many skills in English and knowledge in Business & Entrepreneurship.I am speechless to describe this online experience. Thanks to both of you.

100/100.

Anabella Sotillo from Caracas, Venezuela.

By Yu C H

Dec 8, 2020

After I have finished three courses in coursera, I must give 5 points to convey my satisfaction. Thank you all! It have language goals and content goals. For content, It is not a academic certificate, so if you want to study systematic and professional knowledge, it not suit for you. If you just want to learn something and don't have comercial background, it is very very easy to follow and understand. All the tests are reasonable and practical. For language goals, as a high beginner, I really gain a lot, whether new vacabuleries, sentence struction, grammer or how to orgnize a paragraph. Thanks again!

By Sean C

Oct 9, 2020

At first, I thought this wasn't what I expected and I thought I wasn't going to learn much from this course based on the way it started but then quickly realized that the slower pace helped me to actually understand things a little better and I came to actually learn a lot of terms I didn't know to well. I'm very glad I took this course and I would recommend to anyone new at the English language or just a high school drop out like myself who wants to learn the terminology and languages of Business and Entrepreneurship so they can start their future as a new entrepreneur.

By Alvaro Y O

Jul 28, 2020

This course was very exciting and beneficial for me, the platform coursera is very good, I or we ( the classmates) had can write our opinion, ideas, or examples in some topics and give or received feedback about the homework of other classmates even if we didn´t send the homework on time.

It was very great for me because the instructors, Amy Nichols and James Riedel, explained every topic clearly and interactive, I´m really completed satisfied with the course offered by them, and by Harmon Hall for giving me the opportunity to access the coursera platform.

By Ádala S

Nov 20, 2023

The University of Pennsylvania keeps climbing up higher in my favorite's list. Not only the material is excellent for Input knowledge, but also, I'm very impressed with how extremelly useful is the Output knowledge I got to practice with the assignments and assessments recquired. Significantly worth of note are the assignments "Write a brief Business Plan" and "Prepare a Business Pitch". Learning how to create said documents gave me a wonderful perception and breadth of view on the path I'm treading. The whole course itself was a true assessment.

By Rania G

Jun 8, 2020

I benefitted a lot from this course which clarified for me several things. Indeed, I learned the fundamental strategies of preparing and thinking for a project plan and project idea. Moreover, the lectures I attended online made things clear to me and facilitated for me the searching operation of my project idea and how to have a strategic plan for marketing fruitfully and efficiently.

I thank a lot the course instructors for their great efforts to clarify the skeleton of entrepreneurship and its strategies of success and management.

By Suranganie A W

Dec 4, 2020

It gave me a basic understanding of the English language for business and entrepreneurship. I did not take this course for any particular reason, some of the course material was very familiar, but I did not have a good understanding of what it really means or how to apply it. This course helps me understand it better. This course prepares you to carry out certain skills in the real world. The course material, videos, and class assignments were also very useful. Thank you for offering this course online.

By SAMUEL D C A

Feb 22, 2022

"This course is truly amazing. It has the complete essential things that everyone needs to know and learn. I can proudly say that this kind of learning materials is awesome and is truly great. This could be a 'top contender' course that can compete with the world's best 'Business and Entrepreneurship', I commend COURSERA and the wonderful professors of the University of Pennsylvania who took part in giving out their very best lecture on these matter. Mabuhay ! I salute you, Ma'am and Sir."

By Manjit K C

Jul 21, 2020

I thoroughly enjoyed the course, though it was not very easy and little time consuming. But the instructions, videos, quizzes and assignments were quite interesting. They made you think. The interaction on discussion forum was very healthy and learnt to communicate with different thinking people. I would recommend this course to those who wish to learn English skills and writing skills for business proposal. The instructors were very clear in giving lessons, ideas and motivating.

By AGBAYEWA A

May 27, 2020

I love this enrollment, it has broaden my knowledge on entrepreneurship. Please how can I apply for a free Certificate, I know I have learnt a lot and I am grateful. It's just the situation of economy in my country now cannot make me afford to pay for the certification.Thank you for making me gain more knowledge during this global Pandemic .I can Express myself more confidently English and business-wise.

Hoping to get feedback from you soon.Thank you in anticipation.

By Chai D

Jun 4, 2020

I like how the course assumes that the student has no background about the topic. Everything is thoroughly explained. It even provides definition of terms. Comprehension Checks are fun to answer :) There are plenty of Articles to read and there are well-designed, short quizzes after every video/topic. I suggest taking advantage of this course if you have plans of starting a small business but never get the chance to do so.

By Edwin T

Jan 21, 2022

Excelente curso para aprender las generalidades de los negocios y específicamente emprendimientos. Durante el curso no salemente vimos temas técnicos sobre negocios, tammbién se complementa con gramática y vocabulario. Recomiendo el curso para todas las personas que quieran aprender a emprender y que tengan un nivel medio de inglés. Lo importante es el compromiso que tengas para que puedas aprovechar todo el material que tienen disponibles.

By Toyin F

Aug 6, 2020

Very exciting learning period! What an interesting insight to the language of business. Having a science background, I never knew I could learn and enjoy business and Entrepreneurship terms like I did. My dream of being an entrepreneur unfolding. My profound gratitude and appreciation to my tutors for the great impact.Looking forward to obtaining more knowledge with Coursera with my certificates.Thank you.

By Jhamilee M

May 21, 2020

This course if definitely a great learning experience especially to those who are clueless about the world of Entrepreneurship! This was a great start for me as an aspiring Entrepreneur! Now I'm more confident talking about Business to anyone. Purchasing the certificate was also worth it especially if you're just starting off your career in the corporate world that involves a lot of Business speaking.

By Валентин Г

Apr 17, 2022

Thank you for giving an opportunity to raise my business aweraness, and for teaching me an English business language. I would definitely say that this knowledge will help me in my future life and in my career. This course is very ease ti understand even with very small knowledge of English language. Hope to see more courses from Pensilvania Universuty. Best regards, Herasymenko Valentyn

By Manly N

Mar 14, 2017

Another brilliant course from University of Pennsylvania. I had earlier passed and received a certificate of accomplishment for English for Journalism. Yet another certificate of accomplishment to do with English for business and entrepreneurship is for a complete cycle. Trust me it was not easy but dedication and hard work never disappoint. Is worth every effort I have had to put in.

By Jorge L

Sep 26, 2022

Excellent course with excellent teachers who have awesome expertise by engaging us through communicative approaches based on real-life situations alongside the teaching-learning didactic pedagogical process, tutoring how to become an Entrepreneur critical thinker, and mediator in the face of this globalized generation, where English has become the second world language.

By Riyo U

Apr 28, 2020

I recommend this course for everyone who are interested in starting business but never learned about business! There are a lot of words related to business, but explanation of tutors and illustration are very helpful to understand the all contents. So, now I know the basic of marketing and can write a very simple business plan. I enjoyed learning the course. Thank you!

By Ожогіна А С

Jun 4, 2022

that was a great some weeks when i have studied something very useful and interesting.This course will be very benefit for me in the future because all thi skills i got i can use in my future profession,and stard to use new skills to improve them with getting the new information.I am pretty sure that I will start the new interesting course by studying new information

By Fernando G d A

Sep 19, 2022

Curso muito interessante pela proposta combinada de aprendizado no ingles e nos conceitos basicos de negocio e empreendedorismo. Esta combincao oferceu um excelente nivel de informacao e conhecimento sobre a estruturacao de um plan ode negociaos ales de dicas extremamente uteis de utlizar estrutura do ingles para promover o engajamento e a persuasao em textos.

By Venson M T

Jan 5, 2020

I will definitely purchase this course! I am just waiting for my salary. =) I tried to finish it and now, I am super happy with everything that I have learned! Thank you so much to my instructors,

Mr. James Riedel and Ms. Amy Nichols!

Thank you University of Pennsylvania and Coursera!

I will keep on studying and apply everything I learn in actual situations.

By New G

Apr 4, 2019

I recommend this course for someone who works in business area. There are many words that I thought I had been using them correctly, but I was wrong. Additionally, there are many techniques for you to write some important things within a short period of time. I love how they organize this course. Thank you all the teachers and the supporters of this course.

By Ganapati K

May 3, 2020

Excellent course, While there are plenty of courses by doing which one can learn and become fluent in English, this course combines the language skills necessary with basic knowledge required for Business and Entrepreneurship. The teachers did it in a lucid and simple style, can be easily grasped even by those for whom English is not their native tongue

By Mohamed . T

Jan 5, 2022

In this course I have acquired a vest knowledge on entrepreneurship. I have learned how to present a project in a few attractive sentence, how to sell my products, technics use on marketing and how to attract investors and how to attract people to become customers in selling my products. This is a very inportant and intresting cours for entrepreneurs.