- 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
- Mid-term Exam
- 8
- Selling more: Reading about Viral Marketing; Vocabulary of the marketing mix; Questions for persuading; Dealing with objections; Writing mail shots and sales letters.
- 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 (e.g., dealing with questions, objections, and negotiating) in interviews, in meetings, and on the phone.
- 2
- Students will be able to read English language business documents such as reports, articles, charts and graphs, and accounting statements.
- 3
- Students will be able to give a business presentation, chair a meeting, and participate in discussions about marketing, fair trade, and self-employment.
- 4
- Students will be able to write business docs such as CVs, cover letters, memos, reports, letters, excutive summaries, and minutes.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 40% 40%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 0 0% 0%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 40%
- Final exam percent
- 60%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 0 20 0
- Midterms
- 1 10 10
- Final exam
- 1 18 18
- Other
- 1 7 7
- Total workLoad
- 125
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.00
- ECTS
- 5.00