- 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
-
The development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in a professional register in business, work and institutional environments.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Corporate Culture; Past Tenses and advice structures; A placement report; Arranging a meeting. Page 6-17
- 2
- Costumer support; Asking questions and giving instructions; Formal and Informal correspondence; Writing formal and informal agendas. Page 18-31
- 3
- Products and Packaging; Structure of presentations; Case study: Big Jack's Pizza. Page 32-43
- 4
- Careers; Present Tenses; Job interviews; Writing a CV; Diplomatic language; Resolving Conflicts. Page 44-57
- 5
- Feedback: Reading about the project team; Vocabulary of managing people and projects; Regulations, speculations, and habits; Coaching; Writing reports. Page 58-65
- 6
- Case studies: Zaluski Strawberries and Trident Overseas. Page 66-70
- 7
- Selling more: Reading about Viral Marketing; Vocabulary of the marketing mix; Questions for persuading; Dealing with objections; Writing mail shots and sales letters. Page 71-76
- 8
- Mid-term (4 first units)
- 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. Page 88-95
- 10
- Case studies: Backchat communications and Angels or Demons. Page 110-125
- 11
- Company and Community; Corporate social responsibilities; The passive and reported speech; Teamwork. Page 77-87
- 12
- International trade; Prepositions; Negotiations; Mixing business and pleasure; Intercultural Communication. Page 96-109
- 13
- Vocabulary of contracts and corporate ethics; Obligation and permission, inversion; Negotiating a compromise; Assertive writing. Page 20-35
- 14
- Case studies: Car-Glazer and Green Hills Coffee. Page 36-50
- 15
- Review of all units
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Students will be able to comprehend long speech structures and follow complex arguments in English during interviews, meetings and phone calls.
- 2
- Students will be able to read and interpret business documents in English, including charts, graphs, and accounting statements.
- 3
- Students will be able to successfully carry out job interviews and business presentations.
- 4
- Students will be able to write professional documents, such as CV, cover letters, memos, emails and reports.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 20% 20%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Term projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 70%
- Final exam percent
- 30%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 5 70
- Duties
- 2 2 4
- Midterms
- 1 1 1
- Final exam
- 1 1 1
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 124
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 4.96
- ECTS
- 5.00