Course content
This course will help you improve your oral and written English for use in business and
management situations, whether you need to write e-mails, letters or reports, or make a
PowerPoint presentation to an international audience where English is the common
language.
Writing and grammar:
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Sentence structure, paragraph construction, prepositions, punctuation and
pronoun use, and other common problem areas for non-native speakers of
English.
Expanding business and management vocabulary.
Presenting material orally in English
Improving pronunciation, stress and intonation
Contemporary business communication
21st century business and management issues covering a wide range of current
business and economic situations
Learning outcome
Knowledge
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acquisition of business and specialist vocabulary and appropriate use in spoken
and written language
Skills
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ability to write a range of business related correspondence
ability to take part in English speaking meetings
General Competence
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to successfully present in English both written and spoken using a wide range of
vocabulary and a high degree of grammatical accuracy
Learning methods and activities
The course assumes students have a working knowledge of English, and will focus on
improving written and oral skills by examining common problem areas for non-native
speakers of English, including sentence structure, paragraph construction, prepositions,
punctuation and pronoun use. Students will also build their business and management
vocabulary through assigned readings and mandatory oral presentations. Readings will
focus on contemporary business and management issues, such as the economic
situation, management of a multi-national workforce, corporate social responsibility,
banking, new technology, adverstising, marketing, public relations, outsourcing and
international supply chains. There will be take-home assignments to help students
improve their written English skills, as well as in-class oral presentations for which
students will be given feedback from the instructor. All students must complete all
assignments in order to take the examination and all students need participate actively
in the classroom.
Further on evaluation
The total grade of this course is a combination of an oral and a written assignment. You
must pass the written assignment to be eligible to take the oral exam.
Please note that active classroom participation is an important part of the Oral
examination.
Students who want to improve their grade in a course based on several assessments,
may re-take the individual component assessment.
The course is available for students currently enrolled in the Bachelor programme
Business Administration in a Foreign Language at the Faculty of Economics and
Business Sciences at UNAN- Leon.
Required previous knowledge
None
Course materials
English for Business Studies, Ian McKenzie
Market Leader 3rd Edition
Career Paths: Accounting, Authors: John Taylor, Stephen Peltier - C.P.A., M.S.
Career Paths: Finance, Authors: Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Ketan C. Patel
Career Paths: Business English, Authors: John Taylor, Jeff Zeter
Career Paths: Management I, Authors: Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Henry Brown
Career Paths: Management II, Authors: Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Henry Brown