319003 English for Students of Business and Economics (Ü) (SoSe 2010)

Duration of Course
15 weeks, 2 hours p.w.
The course assumes that students have a fair basic knowledge of general English. It aims to teach students core business vocabulary, develop their professional communication skills, and introduce vocabulary of key business concepts.
Teaching Format
Teaching time will be divided; half the time will be spent using materials from the course book “Head for Business Intermediate“. The remainder of classroom time will be used for discussions of business topics, role play, case studies and presentations.
Grammar exercises will be used to review major grammar topics. There will be regular short oral presentation of “daily news” focusing on global business.
There will be weekly homework assignments and a recommendation of links to suitable self-study programmes.
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse
B1/( Common European Framework of Reference for Language= CEFR)

WiWi-Studierenden (im Kernfach), die bisher noch keinen Englischkurs belegt haben, wird vorrangig eine Teilnahme ermöglicht.
Literaturangaben
Course-books used:
Head for Business, Intermediate Student's Book
Author: Naunton, Jon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
ISBN-978-0-19-457350-4
Murphy, Raymond. English Grammar in Use
ISBN 3-125-34806-1

Business Spotlight Magazine- http://www.business-spotlight.de

Other online materials used:
BBC learning English.com, FT podcasts
Spiegel online, English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
youtube