ENGLISH COURSE Business English 1 1 st year

ENGLISH COURSE Business English 1 1 st year Graduate programme Academic year 2016/17 Winter semester Lecturer: MSc Sanda Katavić-Čaušić

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. ” - Malcolm X - NEVER STOP LEARNING! https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=NDfew 0 Yc. DTo&feature=youtu. be

IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS ENGLISH ‘lingua franca’ 90% of websites in English 80% of data stored on computers in English 40% of internet users communicate in English Global business speaks English (Google) https: //hbr. org/2012/05/globalbusiness-speaks-english • 1. 75 billion people worldwide speak English at a useful level • business, business people and customers • GLOBAL STRATEGY requires LANGUAGE STRATEGY • companies must determine and implement the strategy • a new skill advancing personal and professional developmet • everyone involved in developing linguistic capacity of a company trigger for increasing the self-esteem of a person • • •

COURSE SPECIFICATIONS COURSE TITLE: BUSINESS ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LEVEL: Upper-intermediate (CEFR B 2) NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS: 5 TARGET GROUP: 4 th year students – graduate programme DURATION: 1 semester NUMBER OF LESSONS WEEKLY: 1 lecture and 2 practical exercises TOTAL IN SEMESTER: 45 LOCATION: Lecture room 3 TIME: Wednesday 13. 15 – 15. 40 TUTORIAL: Monday 10. 00 -10. 45 & Tuesday 16. 30 -17. 15

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE • preparing students for effective communication in international business environment, improving fluency and boosting confidence • increase the knowledge of key business concepts while learning English • pre-preparation for international business english exams such as BEC and BULATS BY THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO: • read and understand business-related texts and pieces of academic writing • listen to and understand business conversations • speak and discuss opinions fluently • write different formats of texts in their field of specialisation . . . . pass their final exam

LITERATURE: - Different reading materials from various sources will be provided by the instructor in advance for photocopying or on the instructor’s site on Efos website SUPPLEMENTARY LITERATURE: • • • Robins, Sue (2014): Collins Cobuild Vocabulary in Practice, Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers Hollet, V. (2000): Business Opportunities, Oxford: OUP Other. . .

STUDENTS’ OBLIGATIONS • Attendance - 70% of total number of lectures and practical exercises (lab sessions) • Quizzes – will be announced in advance • Homeworks • Active participation in lectures • FINAL WORK : My Business English Portfolio (home assigment in progress) due: towards the end of the 3 rd semester

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT ENGLISH SESSION: • watch the video and read the text on Harvard Business Review site: https: //hbr. org or just google Global Business Speaks English - from the text select 5 -10 new expressions and find their equivalent definitions in a monolingual dictionary - write your HW in your notebook!!! - PHOTOCOPY MATERIALS FOR THE NEXT LECTURE ASSIGMENT 1 FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO • My personal motivation for improving business English knowledge – LETTER OF MOTIVATION

CONTACT EMAIL: sanda. katavic-causic@efos. hr sanda@efos. hr OFFICE PHONE: 22 44 45 OFFICE: 65 (new building, 2 nd floor) STUDENT TUTOR: Ana Milković

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