- 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
- Syllabus. Standards of Academic Excellence.
- 2
- Unit 1. Introduction. Make a presentation about yourself, Describing you work, Computers and the Internet
- 3
- Unit 2. Women at work. Describing and expressing opinion, Jobs, Conversation about someone’s job
- 4
- Unit 3. Telephone talk, Article about telephone skills, Conversation about an order
- 5
- Unit 4. Asking questions, Article about Internet use at work.
- 6
- Unit 5. Company histories, Business verbs, Making a presentation about a company’s history
- 7
- Unit 6. Correspondence, Business communication, E-mails about order
- 8
- Mid-term Exam
- 9
- Unit 7. Hotels, Travel and accommodation
- 10
- Unit 8. Did I ever tell you…? Article about a company’s troubles
- 11
- Unit 9. Spirit of enterprise, Business achievements
- 12
- Unit 10. Stressed to the Limit, Stress at work
- 13
- Unit 11. Top Jobs, Money and company news
- 14
- Unit 12 Conversation gambits
- 15
- Case study, 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
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- 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 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