BUSINESS ENGLISH 1 General info General info

► Nada Gjukić, Senior lecturer Senior lecturer

► ► ► Tel ► TUTORIALS / OFFICE HOURS Tuesday 12, ,00 Thursday 17, ,30

► ► Dr. Sc. Višnja Kabalin Borenić ► ► Head of Department

► ► Ivanka Dvoržak ► ► Department secretary

Course requirements ► Regular attendance and class participation ► Passing TWO written progress tests (or one comprehensive written test at the end of the term) (or one comprehensive written test at the end of the term) ► IN-CLASS PRESENTATION ► Passing the final oral exam ► Regular submission of written assignments (Portfolio)

Progress tests (Mid-terms) (kolokviji) 1) READING SKILLS (understanding and solving exercises connected with articles and reports → contemporary business issues) 2) WRITING SKILLS (writing different types of business letters, s, note-form summaries, paragraphs and CVs) 3) Recognition and active use of specialist vocabulary

GRADING SCALE Attendance 30 lectures + 30 seminars = 60 hours 1. Group presentation 20% (2= 5%, 3= 10%, 4= 15%, 5= 20%) 2. Written Tests 30% (2= 10%, 3= 15%, 4= 20%, 5= 30%) 3. Business letter writing 10% (2= 4%, 3= 6%, 4= 8%, 5= 10%) 4. Oral exam 30% (2= 10%, 3= 15%, 4= 20%, 5= 30%) 5. Home assignments (Portfolio) 10% (2= 4%, 3= 6%, 4= 8%, 5= 10%) The final grade will be formed according to the results achieved. 2 = % 3 = % 4 = % 5 = %

You will be required to take the You will be required to take the comprehensive written exam comprehensive written exam held at the end of the term held at the end of the term

In-class presentation? 1) Successful team-work 2) Thorough research 3) Clear structure 4) Ability to use the language of presentations effectively 5) Ability to use information in visual form correctly

Oral exam You are expected to: 1) Demonstrate your ability to clearly and coherently present business topics covered by the course using specialist vocabulary 2) Express a viewpoint on a topical issue and ask relevant questions

Required course literature ► MacKenzie, I. (2010): ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS STUDIES, 3rd edition, CUP ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS STUDIES, 3rd edition, CUP ► BUSINESS ENGLISH I: RESOURCE BANK 2015/16

► Try to read copies The Financial Times, The Economist ….. ► Watch business programmes on BBC and CNN ► bized.com ► investopedia.com ► dictionary.com harvardbusinessonline.com

University essentials

► Are you studying economy or economics? ► She’s a student of _______________ at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb. ► The Croatian ___________ is fighting to get out of recession.

Academic degrees RB, p 6, section ACADEMIC DEGREES: Bachelor’s degree → Bachelor of Arts (BA) → Bachelor of Science (BSc) → Bachelor of Science (BSc) Master’s degree → MA, MSc Doctor’s degree, doctoral degree, Ph.D. (PhD) BSc in Economics

Students ► Are you a freshman/sophomore/junior student/senior student? ► Are you an undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate student? * Try translating the underlined expressions into Croatian!

► Are you a full-time or a part-time student? ► Is English a compulsory/mandatory or an elective/optional course for you? ► Will you be taking part in: Final exams? Mid-term exams? Preliminary exam?

► Read pp 6 and 7 in your RB, underline any difficult or new words. ► HW: pp ► b) ANSWER THE QUESTIONS (p 10) IN THE FORM OF A SHORT ESSAY __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________

+ TASK- p.7: Bolognese sauce ► ► Read the text on the Bologna process and do the tasks on p.8.