319001 English in Business and Economics (Ü) (SoSe 2008)

Duration of Course
13 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¿. The remainder of classroom time will be used for discussions of business topics and exercises in preparation of the TOEIC test
Grammar exercises will be used occasionally 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)

Da die Nachfrage sehr groß ist, wird WiWi-Studierenden (im Kernfach), die bisher noch keinen Englischkurs belegt haben, vorrangig eine Teilnahme ermöglicht.

Literaturangaben

ourse-books used:
Bill Mascull, Business Vocabulary in Use, Advanced, Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 978-0-521-54070-4 paperback,
Jon Naunton, Head for Business, Upper Intermediate Student's Book, Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-4573467
Murphy, Raymond. English Grammar in Use
ISBN 3-125-34806-1
Business Spotlight Magazine- http://www.business-spotlight.de

Other materials used:
The Reith Lecture: Global Politics in a Complex Age
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2007/lecture5.shtml