Business Italian for Intermediate Students III.

Teachers

Included in study programs

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. Company Management
2. Business Negotiations
3. Products Brads “Made in Italy”
4. Inernational Market
5. Italy-Slovac trade cooperation
6. Case study

Support literature

Cherubini, N: Convergenze: Iperlibro di italiano per affari, Roma,Bonacci editore, 2012, 347 p. ISBN 978-88-7573-438-1
Pelizza, G. – Mezzadri, M.: L‘italiano in azienda. Perugia:Guerra Edizioni, 2002, 207p. ISBN 978-88-7715-605-1
Complementary articles from the current Italian press and the Internet.

Syllabus

Week 1 Company mangement (definition, management functions) Week 2 Leadership styles Week 3 Company structure Week 4 General principles of business negotiations Week 5 Preparation and course of business negotiations Week 6 Prestige of products “Made in Italy” Week 7 “Made in Italy” brands protection Week 8 International trade system, Italian economic background Week 9 Italian political and cultural environement Week 10 Italian capital in Slovakia Week 11 Business negotiations etiquette Week 12 Strategic Italian Businesses in Slovakia Week 13 Case study

Requirements to complete the course

Activity at seminars – 20 %
Homework assignments – 10 %
Results of the final 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

Italian

Date of approval: 08.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 11.01.2022