COURSE INTRODUCTION

Business English 1

Contact information for Boglarka Kiss Kulenović

Office hours: Tuesday: 10:00 – 12:00 Tuesday: 16:00 -17:00

Office 20 Webpage: www.efzg.hr/bkiss E-mail: bkulenovic@efzg.hr

Classes

Lecture: RUŠ – TOJ: Tuesdays: 12:15 – 13:45

Seminars: ŠAS – TOJ: Tuesdays: 14:30 – 16:00 RUŠ – ŠAR: Thursdays: 9:00 – 10:30

COURSE AIMS

to develop business communication skills (writing, speaking and listening)

to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics)

to encourage critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, foreseeing, deducing, selecting…)

to understand the difference between written/spoken language and formal/informal language

to learn how to use dictionaries and other reference material

Where could you read such sentences?Keywords?

PM unveils marriage tax breaks plan PM unveils marriage tax breaks plan Messi in Spain tax fraud hearing Messi in Spain tax fraud hearing Blackberry loss after sales slump Blackberry loss after sales slump Energy costs fuel Japan price growth Energy costs fuel Japan price growth

Listening

Topics, keywords? http

://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11876811

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

regular attendance You will not get a signature if you miss more than 6 classes (lectures/seminars).

All doctor’s notes and other proofs of absence to be handed in the week of your return to classes.

active in-class participation (home assignments, participation in discussions);

deliver a group (5-6) presentation; passing progress tests and/or exams.

TWO WAYS TO GET A GRADE

1) PROGRESS TESTING - BEFORE REGULAR EXAM DATES

regular attendance active class participation group presentation occasional pop quizzes homework assignments midterm test + endterm test + business letters test =

minimum 51% oral exam FINAL GRADE = written tests + oral test+ class

participation

2) REGULAR EXAM DATES

regular attendance homework assignments group presentation

final comprehensive written test (regular exam period)

final comprehensive oral exam (regular exam period)

3. THE ORAL EXAM

At the oral exam you are expected to: present business topics covered during the

course and discuss them with your peers and the teacher

express a viewpoint on a topical issue (advantages, disadvantages, agreeing, disagreeing…) and to ask relevant questions.

THE PRESENTATION

The teams and presentation times will be assigned by the teacher.

YOUR GROUP’S OWN WORK!!! team-work thorough research clear structure ability to use the language of presentations

effectively ability to present information in visual form

correctly

How? PPT presentation Duration:10-15 minutes, about 7-10 slides 1st slide: title, list of team members Last slide: list of works consulted. Check out rules

on citing literature on my website! SLIDES WILL HAVE TO BE MAILED TO ME AT

LEAST A WEEK BEFORE THE PRESENTATION Answering questions from the group (hostile and

friendly) Will be held after classes during the semester. Each group will be observed by the next 2 groups.

REQUIRED LITERATURE

Business English Resource Bank I 2014/15 Bring to next class!

MacKenzie, I. (2010) English for Business Studies, Third edition

The MacKenzie book is available in: Algoritam VBZ Knjižara

University Essentials

Answer these questions: What do you study? Where do you study? Are you a graduate or an undergraduate

student? Are you a part-time or a full-time student? Are you a freshman or a sophomore? Which degree will you earn when you

graduate?

Match up the terms:

Britain First-year student Second-year student Third-year student Fourth-year student

USA Junior Freshman Sophomore Senior

What kind of degree will you get after ...

4 years? 5 years? 9 years?

Bachelor’s degree Master’s degree Doctor’s degree

What’s the difference?Which one will YOU get?

BA or BSc or Bachelor of Economics

MA or MSc

Master’s degree in Management or MBA

PhD

When do you choose your major? Who is the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and

Business? Who is the Head of the Department of Business Foreign

Languages? Is BE a compulsory or an elective course? Will you have to write papers in the BE course? Is there a difference between class attendance and

class participation? Why do you have to attend this course regularly? How do you become eligible for the teacher’s signature

at the end of the semester? Where can you find the BE syllabus? How do you apply for the exam? What does ECTS stand for?

ECTS

European Credit Transfer System Purpose:To help compare courses in different

European universities. Reason: To make it easier for students to

take courses abroad. How many ECTS points is BE1 worth? 5 ECTS = 5 x 30 hours of work / semester

Fill in the missing prepositions

He has a BA _____ English literature. She has a master’s degree ____ Economics. He has a PhD _____ the University of Zagreb. Take a course ___ Macroeconomics. Enrol __ a course. Attend a course ___ Business English. Participate ___ classes. Sign up ____ an exam a week early.

Fill in the missing prepositions

He has a BA _in__ English literature. She has a master’s degree _ in _ Economics. He has a PhD _from__ the University of

Zagreb. Take a course _in__ Macroeconomics. Enrol _on_ a course. Attend a course _ in __ Business English. Participate _ in __ classes. Sign up _for__ an exam a week early.

Find English words for these expressions1. Prosjek svih ocjena stečenih u određenom razdoblju 2. Visoko učilište u SAD-u koje izvodi dvogodišnje programe 3. Diploma dvogodišnjeg preddiplomskog studijskog

programa (Diploma Preddiplomskog stručnog studija) 4. Bod koji određeni predmet nosi 5. Prijepis predmeta i ocjena 6. Novčana potpora, pomoć 7. Studentski kredit 8. Semestar 9. Medicinski fakultet 10. Docent 11. Izvanredni profesor 12. Asistent 13. Redovni profesor 14. Školarina 15. Konzultativna nastava

Homework:

Study p 6-7 in the Resource Bank Do p. 6/ exercise I Do p. 11/ exercise V