Welcome to Business English 1!

Business English I (2016/17) Teacher: Višnja Kabalin Borenić Group: 1_3_GRU-KAR Lecture: Mon 14.00 – 15.30 lecture, hall 06 Seminars: Tue 08.30 – 10.00 (3_1 Gru-Jab) LH 22 Tue 14.00 – 15.30 (3_2 Jac-Kar) LH 02

Teacher: Višnja Kabalin Borenić e-mail: vkborenic@efzg.hr + web site Tries too hard to involve all students! Anonymous Student survey 2012 Teacher: Višnja Kabalin Borenić e-mail: vkborenic@efzg.hr + web site Make name tags and always bring them to class! Please, provide the following information: 1. Your name 2. High school (name & type) 3. How long you have learned English 4. Additional English classes & where TURN OVER

1. Do you know any business English? Please, answer these questions (Don’t copy the Q’s!): 1. Do you know any business English? 2. What do you expect from Business English I course? 3. Why have you enrolled on this Faculty? 4. What are your career goals?

Teacher: Višnja Kabalin Borenić e-mail: vkborenic@efzg. hr + www. efzg Teacher: Višnja Kabalin Borenić e-mail: vkborenic@efzg.hr + www.efzg.hr/vkabalin Konzultacije? Office hours: Mon _______________ Tue _______________ Katedra za poslovne strane jezike, kabinet ____ Department of Business Foreign Languages, room ___ Head of Department: ? Dept. secretary: ? Student tutor: ? www.efzg.hr

Teacher: Višnja Kabalin Borenić e-mail: vkborenic@efzg. hr + web: www Teacher: Višnja Kabalin Borenić e-mail: vkborenic@efzg.hr + web: www.efzg.hr/vkabalin Office hours: Mon 15:30 – 16:30 (01 238 3205) Tue 10:00 – 11:00 (01 238 3205) Department of Business Foreign Languages, room 16 Head of Department: Alka Štampalija Dept. secretary: Ivanka Dvoržak (shares X-card office) Student tutor: Josip Halužan Contact: jhaluzan@net.efzg.hr Hours: TBA

Academic terms (group work + volunteers) Srednja škola? University degrees: Students: Courses: Faculty (Teaching staff): Exams: Papers:

Academic terms (grammar / comprehensive / secondary school gymnasium) Degrees: Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctor’s Students: - undergraduate or graduate, first-year part-time or full-time - a major Faculty: professors, lecturers, assistants Courses: teach – taught - taught compulsory, mandatory vs. elective, optional take a course in, read, enroll on, attend, participate in… learn – learnt - learnt Exams: - final, written, oral, mid-term, quiz sign up for an exam, apply for, take, pass, fail Papers: - write a paper on monetary policy, submit a paper, hand in a paper, grade a paper

University Essentials (RB, pp 6-11) PAIRWORK: Handout (RB, pp 6-7) HW: RB pp. 8, 9 Say this in English: 1. Studiram ekonomiju / poslovnu ekonomiju. 2. Ovaj semestar slušam Poslovni engleski I, Osnove ekonomije, … 3. I redovni i izvanredni studenti bi trebali pohađati predavanja, a naročito seminare. 4. Ako prođem kolokvije neću morati polagati završni ispit. Exams? www.efzg.hr

INTRODUCTION Business English I Information for Students (on my website, Resource Bank 1 and Google classroom)

GOOGLE CLASSROOM Join my Google classroom Poslovni engleski 1 using your official faculty e-mail account: xy@net.efzg.hr Unique class code: lpf2ux Helpful video tutorials on getting started: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/?hl=en#topic=6020269 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIfXzJMLsMQ Download: Resource Bank 1 (PDF) from the ABOUT section

Textbooks MacKenzie, I. (2009) English for Business Studies 3rd edition, CUP Resource Bank I 2016/17 (get a PDF file from me today, download it from my Google classroom OR get a bound photocopy wherever)

Course aims develop business communication skills (written and oral) acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics) encourage critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, foreseeing, deducing, selecting) understand styles: the difference between written/spoken language and formal/informal language learn to use dictionaries, other reference material

Course contents* Topics: Basics: - economics vs. economy types of economies economic sectors Public & Private Sector (+ role of the state, taxation, privatisation) (+ entrepreneurship, types of businesses) Company Structure & Management (+ work & motivation, labour relations, recruitment) Marketing (+ advertising, market research, brands...) * SEE: Resource Bank, introductory pages (Course contents, RB contents)

Course contents (cont.) Business communication skills: Note-taking & note-making Presenting Paragraphing Business correspondence Employers and Public Favor Graduates Who Can Communicate, Survey Finds Dan Berrett The Chronicle of Higher Education, 18 Sep 2013

American adults and employers want colleges to produce graduates who can think critically and creatively, and can communicate orally and in writing. http://chronicle.com/article/EmployersPublic-Favor/141679/ “In a world where young people communicate by text messages, new employees must LEARN the skills that will help them make a sales pitch or a presentation to a board.” Marcy L. Reed Massachusetts president of National Grid (a gas and electric utility) http://chronicle.com/article/Employers-Want-Broadly/138453/

Course requirements: 1 attendance and class participation 2 passing progress tests (2 + BC + presentation) 3 final oral exam or attendance and class participation passing a comprehensive exam final oral exam

Tentative progress test dates 1st progress test: mid Nov 2015 2nd progress test: mid Jan 2016 presentations: Nov - Dec 2015 (seminars) oral exam – from mid Jan 2016 Precise dates to be announced (TBA) timely. More info on test (types of exercises...) later.

Important!!! If you fail the first progress test, you can still take the second test, but the total score in both tests must be higher than 60% .

See you tomorrow (08.30 or 14:00)! Bring RB & do your HW (RB, pp 8,9) 1 ECTS = 30 working hours 5 ECTS = 150 working hours Simple math: 15 weeks x 4 hours in class: 60 hrs 15 weeks x ? hours studying: + 90 hrs 150 hrs 150 hrs over 4 months? 1 hour a day