Intelligent Business
Upper Intermediate
2009-2010
Instructor’s name Lyudmila
Shelkanova
OFFICE: ROOM 122
E-mail: mila188@yandex.ru
OFFICE
HOURS:
Tuesday,Thursday
12.00
REQUIRED TEXTS:
1. Tonya Trappe, Graham Tullis. Intelligent Business, Longman, 2006.
2. Intelligent Business Workbook, Longman, 2006.
3. www.intelligent-business.org
4. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Updated edition. –
Local net: Справочные системы.
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION: Intelligent Business is a
practical course for studying business topics and terminology.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
In this class you will enlarge your business vocabulary and develop skills
in reading and understanding business texts.
REQUIREMENTS: You will have both in-class and at-home
assignments.
Class time will be divided among group discussion of reading texts,
comprehension exercises, reading skills exercises, vocabulary
development exercises and career skills. All students are expected to
come to class prepared and ready to work. You will need to actively
participate in all class activities.
ATTENDANCE:
Attendance and participation at class sessions are essential to the purpose
of the course. Absences will affect your grade. If you cannot attend a
class, it is your responsibility to remain current with class assignments.
You must complete any classwork and homework assignments you
missed. Entering or exiting the classroom during class is disturbing to
other students and offensive to the instructor. It is to be avoided except in
the most extraordinary circumstances.
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EVALUATION:
You will receive a grade of 5 (100-90%),
4 (89.9-75%)
3 (60-74.9%)
2 (less than 60%).
In computing your grade, the total of the course components are weighted
as follows:
Unit Tests, Review Tests, Progress Tests – 60 %
Participation – 40%
ASSIGNMENTS
Class/Week
1 1st week
2 2nd week
3 3d week
4 4th week
5 5th week
6 6th week
7 7th week
8 8th week
9 9th week
10 10th
week
11 11th
week
12 12th
week
13 13th
week
14 14th
week
15 15th
Class Work
Unit 1. Alliances.
Unit 1. dilemma &decision,
career skills, listening 1,2.
Unit Test 1.Unit 2. Projects.
Unit 2. dilemma &decision,
career skills, listening 1,2.
Unit Test 2. Unit 3.
Teamworking.
Unit 3. dilemma &decision,
career skills, listening 1,2.
Unit Test 3. Review 1.
Progress Test 1.
Unit 4. Information.
Unit 4. dilemma &decision,
career skills, listening 1,2.
Unit Test 4. Unit 5.
Technology.
Unit 5. dilemma &decision,
career skills, listening 1,2.
Unit Test 5. Unit 6.
Advertising.
Unit 6. dilemma &decision,
career skills, listening 1,2.
Unit Test 6. Review 2.
Progress Test 2.
Unit 7. Law.
Home Assignments
Text pp.9, vocabulary p. 10
Language check, p.11
Text pp.17, vocabulary p. 19
Language check, p.20
Text pp.17, vocabulary p. 19
Language check, p.20
Text pp. 35, vocabulary p.
36.
Language check, p.37.
Text pp. 44, vocabulary p.
45.
Language check, p.46.
Text pp.51, vocabulary p.
52.
Language check, p.53.
Text pp.61, vocabulary p.
3
week
16 16th
week
17 17th
week
18 18th
week
19 19th
week
20 20th
week
21 21st
week
22 22nd
week
23 23d
week
24 24th
week
25 25th
week
26 26th
week
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Unit 7. dilemma &decision,
career skills, listening 1,2.
Unit Test 7. Unit 8. Brands.
Unit 8. dilemma &decision,
career skills, listening 1,2.
Unit 9. Investment.
Unit 9. dilemma &decision,
career skills, listening 1,2.
Unit Test 9. Review 3.
Progress Test 3.
Unit 10. Energy.
Unit 10. dilemma
&decision, career skills,
listening 1,2.
Unit Test 10. Unit 11.
Going Public.
Unit 11. dilemma
&decision, career skills,
listening 1,2.
Unit Test 11. Unit 12.
Competition.
Unit 12. dilemma
&decision, career skills,
listening 1,2.
Unit Test 12. Review 4.
Progress Test 4.
Unit 13. Banking.
Unit 13. dilemma
&decision, career skills,
listening 1,2.
Unit Test 13. Unit 14.
Training.
Unit 14. dilemma
&decision, career skills,
listening 1,2.
Unit Test 14. Unit 15.
Consulting.
63.
Language check, p.64.
Text pp.69, vocabulary p.
70.
Language check, p.71.
Text pp.77, vocabulary p.
78-79.
Language check, p.80.
Text pp.87, vocabulary p.
88-89.
Language check, p.90.
Text pp.95, vocabulary p.
97.
Language check, p.98.
Text pp.103, vocabulary
p.104-105.
Language check, p.106.
Text pp.113, vocabulary
p.114-115.
Language check, p.116.
Text pp.121, vocabulary
p.123.
Language check, p.124.
Text pp.129, vocabulary
p.130-131.
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34
35
Unit 15. dilemma
&decision, career skills,
listening 1,2.
Unit Test 15. Review 5.
Progress Test 5.
Language check, p.132.