230822 Englisch: English for International Communication (TOEIC), level B1+ and higher (S) (WiSe 2011/2012)

This course is designed for students who are getting ready for an internship in an English-speaking commercial environment. It also provides the language skills needed to take the TOEIC. (The TOEIC format will be trained in course 230821.)

Covering all four skills (listening and reading, speaking and writing) the vocabulary, oral and written formats necessary for successful communication in a business environment will be trained. Thematic areas include:

• Careers, personnel and workplaces (training, recruiting, hiring, meetings, office procedures, technology and facilities
• Communications (news, Internet, broadcasting)
• Retailing (products, services, purchasing, ordering and shipping, supplies)
• Corporate development (research, product development, manufacturing quality control, specifications, property and constructions, buying and renting)
• Industry (production, construction, automation, technical specifications etc.)
• General business (contracts negotiations, mergers, marketing, sales, business planning, conferences, labor relations)
• Trade (markets, shipping, import/export
• Dining out, leisure and travel
• Money (banking, budgets, investment, taxes, accounting)
• Environment (weather, natural resources, architecture)
• Health (nutrition, medicine, fitness, insurance, clinics, hospitals, doctors)
• Society (elections, education, law)

After this course, you can take the block course for TOEIC Preparation - if you would like to get the TOEIC certificate. For details see the description of course 230821.

1. Sitzung am 12. Oktober 2011

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

Successful completion of a course rated at least B1 or C-Test of the Language Center (for dates please see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fachsprachenzentrum/tests.html