Business English I

Topics:

  • market research and international marketing, brands, management and mentoring, mobile banking, managing money, environmental and cyber challenges, challenges at the workplace, intercultural management, secondments abroad, relocation and retention
  • Business Correspondence: e-mails, letters, graphs, social media, summarising findings
  • Skills: dealing with questions, collaborating, defending your ideas, managing challenging conversations, giving feedback on performance, appraisals
  • Grammar: verb tenses (active and passive), noun compounds/ phrases/ combinations, describing trends, multiword verbs, reported speech, adverbs and adjectives, defining and non-defining relative clauses, question tags, cleft sentences, linking phrases and words, inversion

Art der Vermittlung

Präsenzveranstaltung

Art der Veranstaltung

Pflichtfach

Empfohlene Fachliteratur

Dubicka, Iwonna et al. Business Partner B2+. Coursebook. DACH Edition. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. 2019 Barral, Irene. Lizzie Wright. Business Partner B2+. Workbook. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. 2020

Lern- und Lehrmethode

Face-to-face learning (input, discussions, role plays, presentations, written activities), case-studies, distance learning, blended learning, support through various media

Prüfungsmethode

Continuous assessment (=participation & performance, assignments 32.5%, presentation 9%, quizzes 48%, e-learning 10.5%)

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

English CEFR Level B2

Schnellinfos

Studiengang

European Economy and Business Management (English)

Akademischer Grad

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Studienplan

Vollzeit

Studienjahr, in dem die Lerneinheit angeboten wird

2023

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

1 WS

Incoming

Nein

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

After successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Apply situation- and topic-appropriate vocabulary orally and in writing, also in regards to topical international and sustainable developments
  • Correctly use basic and advanced English grammar
  • Read and debate about current topics
  • Communicate successfully in a variety of business-related situations
  • Carry out a needs analysis using leading and opening questions
  • Deal with questions (respond to questions, propose a change)
  • Brainstorm and promote collaboration in a meeting
  • Present and defend ideas
  • Describe consequences
  • Manage challenging conversations
  • Write different types of e-mails, and graph descriptions

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

1389-20-01-VZ-DE-06