Duration of Course
15 weeks, 2 hours p.w. The course concentrates on economic topics, covering a wide variety of specialist vocabulary, using authentic texts, podcasts and video clips.
The course also prepares for the TOEIC test.
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 presentations (by students) focusing on global issues.
There will be weekly homework assignments and a recommendation of links to suitable self-study programs.
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse
B1/B2( 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:
Market Leader Intermediate Business English Practice File
Author: John Rogers
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Format: Paperback
ISBN-9780582838208
Murphy, Raymond. English Grammar in Use
ISBN 3-125-34806-1
Business Spotlight Magazine- http://www.business-spotlight.de
Other online materials used:
FT podcasts, Economist.co.uk
www.spiegelonline.de , English, www.thelocal.de
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
