Unit 4: People & Relationships

Welcome

Welcome to the fourth unit of our class, which covers teamwork dynamics, intercultural competency, internal corporate communications, and leadership principles. This information will be very useful to you as you develop specialized language skills for human resources, corporate communications, and cross-cultural business interactions, which are critical areas for translators and interpreters in today’s globalized business environment.

Introduction

In this fourth unit of the course, you will analyze intercultural communication challenges, learn the terminology of internal corporate communications, and explore leadership and performance management frameworks. This module will emphasize the “human side” of business language, focusing on how nuanced communication affects workplace relationships, team dynamics, and organizational culture.

Unit Topics

During this unit, we’ll cover these topics:

Teamwork & Intercultural Competency
Internal Corporate Communications
Leadership & Performance Management

Learning Objectives

By the end of this unit, you’ll be able to:

Analyze intercultural communication challenges in the teamwork carried out in business contexts using appropriate terminology and frameworks.
Create effective internal corporate communications with appropriate tone, style, and format for different organizational contexts.
Explain leadership concepts and performance management terminology using appropriate business English vocabulary.

Weekly Schedule

Week 10: Teamwork & Intercultural Competency

Focus on interculturally competent teamwork, technical documentation, and collaborative frameworks for understanding diverse workplace dynamics.

Week 11: Internal Corporate Communications

Internal corporate communication types, communication channels and appropriate uses, language register in organizational contexts, and crisis communication protocols.

Week 12: Leadership & Performance Management

Leadership styles and personalities, performance management frameworks, giving feedback and performing evaluations, and professional development communication.

Getting Started

Remember to participate in the face-to-face classes, complete the exercises, and submit activities on the platform. All of this will help you gather sufficient information to complete the final course project.

Each week builds upon the previous one, with teamwork competencies supporting effective internal communications, which in turn enable strong leadership and performance management practices.

📥 Download Unit 4 Overview

Find this file on our repo and download it!

🤖 AI Study Prompts

Copy the downloaded unit overview and try these prompts:

“Help me understand how teamwork, communication, and leadership connect in business contexts”
“Create a study plan for mastering Unit 4 objectives over 3 weeks”
“What are key intercultural communication skills I should focus on as a future translator?”
“Generate practice scenarios combining teamwork, internal communications, and leadership skills”

Ready to begin? Start with Week 10: Teamwork & Intercultural Competency to master collaborative workplace dynamics.