COURSE INTRODUCTION
BUSINESS ENGLISH 2
FULL-TIME STUDENTS 2011/12
FIRST YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER
Lecturer: VIŠNJA KABALIN BORENIĆ
Koprivnica office hours: Wednesday 11.45-12.15
Zagreb office hours: Thursday 12:00-14.00
Friday 10.00 – 12.00
Room:
20
Phone:
01/238 3204
E-mail:
vkborenic@efzg.hr
Info: www.efzg.hr/vkabalin & www.efzg.hr
Notice board in the Department corridor
Student tutor: ŽELJKA LISEC
zeljka.lisec@gmail.com
- get help with your English regularly
TIMETABLE 2011/12
10 Wednesdays: 29 February to 2 May
8.30 – 10.00
10.15 – 11.45
12.15 – 13.30
MEETINGS
MEETINGS SCHEDULE – each group 15 min
14. 3. 8.30 a.m. Clerks 
21. 3. 8.30 a.m. Transformers 
28. 3. 8.30 a.m. Economists + 1.30 p.m. - 3 new teams
4. 4. 8.30 a.m. Outlaws
11. 4. 8.30 a.m. Sophomores
18. 4. 8.30 a.m. Officers
25. 4. 8.30 a.m. Industrialists
2. 5. 8.30 a.m.
Legend:
Bold = teams formed
 = teams have received the assignment (instant agenda)
Not bold = teams need to be confirmed
More teams to be formed.
All teams will receive instant agendas on 21 March.
• PREPARE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING,
AGENDA, MINUTES AND ROLES
(hand in the agenda and minutes on the day of
the meeting)
• USE CLASS INPUT (RB 2) ON THE
STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE OF
MEETINGS
• REHEARSE YOUR ROLE ALONE AND WITH
YOUR TEAM
• Even distribution of speaking time
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
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
THIS WEEK …
– MEETINGS
– Get RESOURCE BANK 2