319005 English for Students of Business and Economics (Ü) (WiSe 2008/2009)

Duration of Course:
16 weeks, 2 hours p.w.
Aim: to help students understand and use key business terms, to become confident speakers and to be able to follow and to lead discussions on an international level.
The course concentrates on economic topics, covering a wide variety of specialist vocabulary, using authentic texts, podcasts and video clips.

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.
Grammar exercises will be used occasionally to review major grammar topics. There will be regular short oral presentations 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

Course 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,
http://www.economist.com