course introduction business english 2. 2014/15 first year, spring semester lecturer: viŠnja...
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COURSE INTRODUCTION
BUSINESS ENGLISH 2
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2014/15 FIRST YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER
Lecturer: VIŠNJA KABALIN BORENIĆ
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00 – 13.00
Wednesday 16.00 – 17.00 Friday 14.00 – 15.00 Room: 16
Phone: 238 3205E-mail: [email protected]: www.efzg.hr/vkabalin & www.efzg.hr
The notice board in the Department corridor
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Student tutor (GRC-KLA): ANJA JAGODIĆ
- get help with your English regularly
Department secretary: IVANKA DVORŽAK- exam registration- any other administrative issue- language certificates for Erasmus
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TIMETABLE 2014/14 (GRC-KLA)
Joint session
3 (GRC-KLA): Tue 8.30 – 10.00Office hours (Grc-Iva) Tue 12.00 – 13.00
Split session
3_1 (GRC-IVA): Fri 10.00 – 11.30
3_2 (IVE-KLA): Fri 12.00 – 13.30
Office hours (Ive-Kla) Fri 14.00 – 15.00
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Intended learning outcomes (ILO’s):Students will be able to:
• Use the basic economics and business terminology within the realm of the selected topics,
• Interpret and describe simple graphs,
• Discuss and debate a selection of topics on economics and business in English
• Communicate appropriately in various business situations, eg. meetings
• Prepare and write a short report and minutes in English
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TOPICS• Business cycle• Retailing and e-commerce• International trade and the EU• Banking• Central banking• Exchange rates• Insurance• Accounting and financial statements• Stocks and derivatives• Bonds• Mergers and acquisitions
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Skills focus:
• Language of meetings– (incl. agenda, memo, minutes)
• Writing reports / memos / agendas
• Describing graphs and charts
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REQUIRED LITERATURE
• MacKenzie, I. (2010) ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS STUDIES, CUP
→units 14, 16-19, 21, 23, 26, 27
• RESOURCE BANK 2 (2014/15 NEW !!!)• students aspiring to grade A are expected to read
and be able to discuss all of the material provided in the literature
(See Course content, RB p 2)
- Copy on a USB – distribute to colleagues
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
• regular attendance is OBLIGATORY– IF YOU MISS A CLASS: keep up-to-date with the
course progression (visit my web page, ask your colleagues, see me or Petra during office hours, email me…);
• active in-class participation (home assignments, participation in discussions);
• organizing & role-playing a business meeting;• passing progress tests or the
comprehensive exam
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TWO EXAM OPTIONS
1) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT – (BEFORE REGULAR EXAM DATES)
• business meeting
• two progress tests (1short report included) – (regular submission of written homework
assignments is a requirement)
• active in-class participation
• a comprehensive oral exam
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2) REGULAR EXAM DATES
• business meeting – during the semester• final comprehensive written test (regular
examination period)• final comprehensive oral exam (regular
exam period)
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MEETINGS
• TEAMS OF 5-7 STUDENTS (alphabetic order) - exchange mobile phone numbers or e-mails• TOPICS WILL BE ASSIGNED (OR CHOSEN)
- meetings will be held in my office during office hours starting around 15 March
MORE INFO ON MEETINGS - SHORTLYFINAL SCHEDULE - SHORTLY
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• PREPARE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING, AGENDA, MINUTES AND ROLES
(hand in the memo with the agenda on the day of the meeting and minutes on the next class – obligatory element)
• USE CLASS INPUT (RB 2) ON THE STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE OF MEETINGS
• REHEARSE YOUR ROLE ALONE AND WITH
YOUR TEAM
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FINAL ORAL EXAM
• checks your speaking skills, coherent and clear presentation of the subject
• students answer three questions on the topics covered during the semester using the relevant terminology
• this is followed by a brief discussion
• it lasts around 5-10 minutes
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Recommended literature:Longman Business English Dictionary Špiljak, V. ed. (2000) Englesko-hrvatski poslovni rječnik,
Masmedia Murphy Grammar (students whose general English is weak
pls see my student tutor)
Suggested sources:• Business Week, The Financial Times, The Economist …• CNBC, Bloomberg, business programmes on BBC and
CNN• web sites: bized.com, investopedia.com, quickmba.com,
startup.wsj.com, dictionary.com, harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu, encarta.msn.com, acronymfinder.com, uefap.com, , cusd.com/calonline/econ
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IF READING IS DIFFICULT:
read the text to understand it in Croatian retell the text in Croatian translate the whole text into Croatian sentence by sentence identify collocations, key business terms in each sentence find definitions for business terms make a list of collocations for each text you read do vocabulary tasks before or after the text
• prepare a text following the tips above and contact the teacher / student tutor to arrange a study feedback session
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THIS WEEK …
– INTRODUCTION TO MEETINGS
– PLEASE get RESOURCE BANK 2 A.S.A.P.
– HOMEWORK: STUDY PAGES 2-5 IN RB 2