COURSE INTRODUCTION BUSINESS ENGLISH 2

2014/15 FIRST YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER Lecturer: VIŠNJA KABALIN BORENIĆ Office hours: Tuesday 12:00 – Wednesday – Friday – Room: 16 Phone: Info: & T he notice board in the Department corridor

Student tutor (GRC-KLA): ANJA JAGODIĆ - get help with your English regularly Department secretary: IVANKA DVORŽAK - exam registration - any other administrative issue - language certificates for Erasmus

TIMETABLE 2014/14 (GRC-KLA) Joint session 3 (GRC-KLA) : Tue 8.30 – Office hours (Grc-Iva) Tue – Split session 3_1 (GRC-IVA): Fri – _2 (IVE-KLA):Fri – Office hours (Ive-Kla) Fri – 15.00

Intended learning outcomes (ILO’s): Students will be able to: Use the basic economics and business terminology within the realm of the selected topics, Interpret and describe simple graphs, Discuss and debate a selection of topics on economics and business in English Communicate appropriately in various business situations, eg. meetings Prepare and write a short report and minutes in English

TOPICS Business cycle Retailing and e-commerce International trade and the EU Banking Central banking Exchange rates Insurance Accounting and financial statements Stocks and derivatives Bonds Mergers and acquisitions

Skills focus: Language of meetings –(incl. agenda, memo, minutes) Writing reports / memos / agendas Describing graphs and charts

REQUIRED LITERATURE MacKenzie, I. (2010) ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS STUDIES, CUP →units 14, 16-19, 21, 23, 26, 27 RESOURCE BANK 2 (2014/15 NEW !!!) students aspiring to grade A are expected to read and be able to discuss all of the material provided in the literature (See Course content, RB p 2) - Copy on a USB – distribute to colleagues

COURSE REQUIREMENTS regular attendance is OBLIGATORY –IF YOU MISS A CLASS: keep up-to-date with the course progression (visit my web page, ask your colleagues, see me or Petra during office hours, me…); active in-class participation (home assignments, participation in discussions); organizing & role-playing a business meeting; passing progress tests or the comprehensive exam

TWO EXAM OPTIONS 1) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT – (BEFORE REGULAR EXAM DATES) business meeting two progress tests (1short report included) –(regular submission of written homework assignments is a requirement) active in-class participation a comprehensive oral exam

2) REGULAR EXAM DATES business meeting – during the semester final comprehensive written test (regular examination period) final comprehensive oral exam (regular exam period)

MEETINGS TEAMS OF 5-7 STUDENTS (alphabetic order) - exchange mobile phone numbers or s TOPICS WILL BE ASSIGNED (OR CHOSEN) - meetings will be held in my office during office hours starting around 15 March MORE INFO ON MEETINGS - SHORTLY FINAL SCHEDULE - SHORTLY

PREPARE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING, AGENDA, MINUTES AND ROLES (hand in the memo with the agenda on the day of the meeting and minutes on the next class – obligatory element) USE CLASS INPUT (RB 2) ON THE STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE OF MEETINGS REHEARSE YOUR ROLE ALONE AND WITH YOUR TEAM

FINAL ORAL EXAM checks your speaking skills, coherent and clear presentation of the subject students answer three questions on the topics covered during the semester using the relevant terminology this is followed by a brief discussion it lasts around 5-10 minutes

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 harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu encarta.msn.com

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 prepare a text following the tips above and contact the teacher / student tutor to arrange a study feedback session

THIS WEEK … – INTRODUCTION TO MEETINGS –PLEASE get RESOURCE BANK 2 A.S.A.P. –HOMEWORK: STUDY PAGES 2-5 IN RB 2