- Code
- ELL 255
- Name
- Business English
- Semester
- 0
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
Students will be able to independently perform communicative acts in English that demonstrate a highly developed sense of language awareness and a mastery of argumentation and effective social discourse. In particular, students will be able to communicate fluently and accurately in English in a variety of business contexts, both spoken (e.g., meetings and on the phone) and written (e.g., letters and reports).
- Objectives
-
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English in a business or office setting.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Building a Career: Reading about the education business; Vocabulary of education and careers; Review of the tenses; Giving reasons in interviews; Writing Cover letters.
- 2
- Information: Reading about IT Solutions; Vocabulary of information systems and communication; Comparing solutions and getting help; Telephoning; Writing memos.
- 3
- Case study: Mangalia Business School and Meteor Bank.
- 4
- Quality: Reading about what quality means; Vocabulary of quality and standards; Passive structure and have something done; Delivering presentations; Writing procedures and instructions.
- 5
- Feedback: Reading about the project team; Vocabulary of managing people and projects; Regulations, speculations, and habits; Coaching; Writing reports.
- 6
- Case studies: Zaluski Strawberries and Trident Overseas.
- 7
- Selling more: Reading about Viral Marketing; Vocabulary of the marketing mix; Questions for persuading; Dealing with objections; Writing mail shots and sales letters.
- 8
- Mid-term Exam
- 9
- New Business: Reading about self-financing; Vocabulary of funding a start-up; Future perfect and future continuous; Taking questions in presentations; Writing an executive summary.
- 10
- Case studies: Backchat communications and Angels or Demons.
- 11
- Financial Control: Reading about accountants; Vocabulary of financial documents and regulation; Cause, effect, ability, and articles; Communicating in meetings; Writing minutes.
- 12
- Fair Trade: Reading about fair trade or free trade
- 13
- Vocabulary of contracts and corporate ethics; Obligation and permission, inversion; Negotiating a compromise; Assertive writing.
- 14
- Case studies: Car-Glazer and Green Hills Coffee.
- 15
- Review
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Students will be able to understand extended speech and follow complex lines of argument in English in interviews, in meetings, and on the phone.
- 2
- Students will be able to read English language business documents such as charts, graphs, and accounting statements.
- 3
- Students will be able to successfully complete an job interview in English, give a business presentation, and chair a meeting.
- 4
- Students will be able to write business docs, including a Europass CV and cover letter.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 1 30% 30%
- Projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 0 0% 0%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 1 14
- Duties
- 0 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 43 43
- Final exam
- 1 2 2
- Other
- 10 2 20
- Total workLoad
- 127
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.08
- ECTS
- 5.00