COURSE INTRODUCTION BUSINESS ENGLISH 2

2008/09 FIRST YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER Lecturer: VIŠNJA KABALIN BORENIĆ Office hours: Monday Wednesday – Friday – Room: 20 Phone: Info: & T he notice board in the Department corridor

Student tutor: ENA MOSTARAC OFFICE HOURS: to be posted on the notice board soon! See her to catch up with the latest developments in class if you are unable to attend regularly! Department secretary: ANA BENETA Contact her regarding exam registration & any other administrative issue

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

COURSE OBJECTIVES: to develop business communication skills (written and oral)

COURSE OBJECTIVES: to develop business communication skills (written and oral) to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics)

COURSE OBJECTIVES: to develop business communication skills (written and oral) to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics) to encourage critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, anticipating, deducing,selecting)

COURSE OBJECTIVES: to develop business communication skills (written and oral) to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics) to encourage critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, anticipating, deducing,selecting) to understand the difference between written/spoken and formal/informal lang.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: to develop business communication skills (written and oral) to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics) to encourage critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, anticipating, deducing,selecting) to understand the difference between written/spoken and formal/informal lang. to learn how to use dictionaries and other reference material

TOPICS Meetings Market structure and competition Retailing and e-commerce International trade and the EU Banking Central banking Taxation Exchange rates Insurance Stocks and shares, Bonds, Futures and derivatives Takeovers, mergers and buyouts

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

REQUIRED LITERATURE MacKenzie, I. (2002) ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS STUDIES, CUP →units 13-19, 23, 24, 27 BUSINESS ENGLISH READER 2 (2008/9!) students aspiring to grade A are expected to read and be able to discuss all of the material provided in the literature

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

TWO EXAM OPTIONS 1) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT – (BEFORE REGULAR EXAM DATES) business meeting –(for students aspiring to A or B) two progress tests –(regular submission of written homework assignments is a requirement – 60% min) active in-class participation a comprehensive oral exam

2) REGULAR EXAM DATES business meeting –(for students aspiring to A or B) final comprehensive written test (regular examination period) final comprehensive oral exam (regular exam period)

MEETINGS GET INTO GROUPS OF 6-7 STUDENTS (exchange mobile phone numbers or addresses; please remember your group!) → SEE THE LIST CHOOSE A DATE FOR THE MEETING (the meetings will be held in my room during my office hours throughout the semester ) → SEE THE LIST

PREPARE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING, AGENDA, MINUTES AND ROLES (hand in the agenda and minutes on the day of the meeting) USE CLASS INPUT (READER 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 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 (student 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

THIS WEEK … – INTRODUCTION TO MEETINGS –PLEASE BUY READER 2 A.S.A.P. (in Mikrorad on Tuesday)!!! –HOMEWORK: STUDY PAGES 1-5 IN READER 2