Business Italian for Intermediate Students I.

  • Credits: 3
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 1
  • Faculty of Commerce

Teachers

Included in study programs

Business and Marketing

Business Activities in Tourism and Services

International Business

Teaching results

Language knowledge: mastering the basic principles of professional language.
Language skills: the student is able to use receptive and productive language skills at the required level and is able to create a clear comprehensible text on professional topics, he/she understands the main ideas in a clear standard speech, understands texts, is able to react in various situations which are typical for private and professional life.
Language competencies: effective use of acquired language skills which are necessary for student’s successful application in practice and for social, academic or professional purposes.

Indicative content

1. Recruitment process
2. First working contact
3. Company structure
4. Presentation of product and services
5. International Work Session
6. Troublesshooting in Company

Support literature

Cherubini, N: Convergenze: Iperlibro di italiano per affari. Roma: Bonacci editore, 2012
Pelizza, G. – Mezzadri, M.: L‘italiano in azienda. Perugia: Guerra Edizioni, 2002
Complementary articles from the current Italian press and the Internet.

Syllabus

Week 1 Recruitment process (what is recruitment process, curriculum vitae, cover letter) Week 2 Recruitment process II. (ways to find work) Week 3 Recruitment proces III. (Job interview) Week 4 Fist working contact (First day on new workplace, interview with a superior) Week 5 Types of Company and their legal forms Week 6 Structure and description of the company Week 7 Presentation of product and services during the fair Week 8 Sale (Marketing, Shopping customs) Week 9 Telephoning, email, memo Week 10 Business trip Week 11 Expression of opinion, achieving agreement Week 12 Troubleshooting in Company (definition and analysis of the problem) Week 13 Presentation

Requirements to complete the course

Activity at seminars – 20 %
Assessment of homework assignments – 20 %
Results of the final written exam – 60 %

Student workload

78h
participation in seminars 26 h
preparation for seminars 26 h
preparation for the exam 26 h

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Italian

Date of approval: 14.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 11.01.2022