319904 Englisch for Students of Business and Economics (S) (WiSe 2010/2011)

English for Students of Business and Economics
The course aims to:
• develop the students' comprehension of business terms and economic concepts;
• develop the students' listening skills in the field of business and economics;
• provide the students with opportunities to gain some confidence in speaking English by talking about business concepts, by summarizing texts and by role play.
• focus on business areas and functions like telephoning and social English, negotiations and (job) applications.

Skills development
Students are taught to develop their skills in:
Reading which includes skimming text, guessing unknown words, recognizing arguments, main information and supporting details; summarizing and note taking.
Speaking, including agreeing and disagreeing, questioning, clarifying and negotiating.
Presentation skills, making short presentations in front of the class, including preparing and using visual aids.

Course materials:
• Adapted materials will be used in class, linked to various topic areas.
• Topic-based self-access resources (authentic print, audio and video)
www.bbc.learning.com,
www.Spiegel-online.de (English)
www.thelocal.de
www.economist.com
www.ted.com

In order to gain credit points (2) students are expected to attend regularly, to prepare and present one presentation of a topic of their choice, and to carry out various internet research tasks.