Business English for Intermediate Students II.

  • Credits: 3
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: winter
  • Year: 2
  • Faculty of Commerce

Teachers

Included in study programs

International Business

Business Activities in Tourism and Services

Teaching results

To understand extended speech and lectures, to be able to read articles and reports and understand the main points in general and business texts, to be able to communicate on the adequate level, to be able to write texts on a wide range of subjects.

Indicative content

• Stress in the workplace, negotiations, e-business
• Presenting data and numbers, numerals
• Non-committal social conversation, team building, collaboration
• Welcoming guests, innovation, young entrepreneurs
• Ecology, feedback, working abroad

Support literature

Whitby, N.: Business Benchmark Pre-intermediate to intermediate. Cambridge University Press. 2013. ISBN 978-1-107-69399-9
Robbins, S.: First Insights into Business. Pearson Education Limited, 2000
Cotton, D., Falvey, D., Kent, S.: Market Leader Intermediate, Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4082-3707-6
Cotton, D., Falvey, D., Kent, S.: Market Leader Pre-Intermediate, Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, 2012, ISBN 978-1-408-23695-6
O´Keeffe, M., Lansford, L., Wright, R., Powell, M., Wright, L. Business Partner A2+. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. 2019. ISBN 978-1-292-23353-6
Dubicka, I., O´Keffee, M., Dignen, B. Hogan, M., Wright, L. Business Partner B1+. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. 2018. ISBN 978-1-292-23355-0

Syllabus

1. Advertising and its importance at selling products. Different advertising media and methods of products presentation. 2. Advertising campaign. Using definite and indefinite articles, countable and uncountable nouns. 3. Preparing and structuring presentation. 4. Finance and financial terms. Investment management. Verbs and preposition to describe trends. 5. Present economic situation. Dealing with figures to describe years, decimals and fractions. 6. Successful business plan in competitive environment. Describing graphs. 7. Intercultural differences. The most important factors influencing culture. 8. Differences in etiquette at international business negotiations. Modal verbs. 9. Company culture at business and informal meetings. Expressions and phrases when making social contacts. 10. Human resources. Employees recruitment. Job interview. Getting information on the telephone. 11. Position of women at work. Using - ing forms and infinitives. 12. Case study (selection of topic in accordance with teaching material). Revision. 13. Final test

Requirements to complete the course

Activity at seminars -20%
Assessment of homework assignments -10%
Results of a final written test and oral exam- 70%

Student workload

78h:
26 h participation at seminars
26 h preparation for seminars
26 h preparation for exam

Language whose command is required to complete the course

English

Date of approval: 08.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 11.05.2022