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COURSE INTRODUCTION

COURSE INTRODUCTION. BUSINESS ENGLISH 2. 2012/13 FIRST YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER Lecturer: VIŠNJA KABALIN BORENIĆ Office hours: Tuesday 14:00 - 15.30 Friday 10.00 – 12.00 Room: 16 Phone: 238 3205 E -mail: vkborenic @ ef zg.hr

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COURSE INTRODUCTION

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  1. COURSE INTRODUCTION BUSINESS ENGLISH 2

  2. 2012/13 FIRST YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER Lecturer: VIŠNJA KABALIN BORENIĆ Office hours: Tuesday 14:00 - 15.30 Friday 10.00 – 12.00 Room: 16 Phone: 238 3205 E-mail: vkborenic@efzg.hr Info: www.efzg.hr/vkabalin & www.efzg.hr The notice board in the Department corridor

  3. Student tutor: ŽELJKA LISEC zeljka.lisec@gmail.com - get help with your English regularly Department secretary: ANA BENETA - exam registration - any other administrative issue - language certificates for Erasmus

  4. TIMETABLE 2012/13 (GAŠ-JUG) Joint session 3 (GAŠ-JUG) : Mon 14.00 – 15.30 Split session 3_1 (GAŠ-HOJ): Fri 08.30 – 10.00 3_2 (HOK-JUG): Fri 12.00 – 13.30

  5. TIMETABLE 2012/13 (Part-time A-KRA) Joint session 9 (ABA-KRA) : Tue 15.30 – 17.00 Split session 9_1 (GAŠ-HOJ): Mon 16.00 – 17.30 9_2 (HOK-JUG): Fri 15.00 – 16.30

  6. COURSE OBJECTIVES: • to develop business communication skills (written and oral) • to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics) • to encourage critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, anticipating,deducing,selecting) • to understand the difference between written/spoken and formal/informal lang. • to learn how to use dictionaries and other reference material

  7. TOPICS • Retailing and e-commerce • International trade and the EU • Banking • Central banking • Exchange rates • Insurance • Business cycle • Accounting • Stocks and derivatives • Bonds • Mergers and acquisitions

  8. Skills focus: • Language of meetings • (incl. agenda, memo, minutes) • Writing reports / memos / agendas • Describing graphs and charts

  9. REQUIRED LITERATURE • MacKenzie, I. (2009) ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS STUDIES, CUP →units 14, 16-19, 21, 23, 26, 27 • RESOURCE BANK 2 (2012/13!) • students aspiring to grade A are expected to read and be able to discuss all of the material provided in the literature (See Course content, RB p 1)

  10. COURSEREQUIREMENTS • regular attendanceis OBLIGATORY • IF YOU MISS A CLASS: keep up-to-date with the course progression (ask your colleagues, see me or Željka during office hours, visit my web page, email me…); • active in-class participation (home assignments, participation in discussions); • organizing and role-playing a business meeting; • passing progress tests or thecomprehensive exam

  11. TWO EXAM OPTIONS 1) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT – (BEFORE REGULAR EXAM DATES) • business meeting • twoprogress tests • (regular submission of written homework assignments is a requirement) • active in-class participation • a comprehensive oral exam

  12. 2) REGULAR EXAM DATES • business meeting – during the semester • final comprehensive written test (regular examination period) • final comprehensive oral exam (regular exam period)

  13. MEETINGS • Will make GROUPS OF 6-7 STUDENTS - exchange mobile phone numbers or e-mails - meetings will be held in my room during my office hours throughout the semester THE SCHEDULE - SHORTLY

  14. PREPARE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING, AGENDA, MINUTES AND ROLES (hand in the agenda and minutes on the day of the meeting) • USE CLASS INPUT (READER 2) ON THE STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE OF MEETINGS • REHEARSE YOUR ROLE ALONE AND WITH YOUR TEAM

  15. FINAL ORAL EXAM • checks your speaking skills, coherent and clear presentation of the subject • students answer three questions on the topics covered during the semester using the relevant terminology • this is followed by brief discussion • it lasts around 5-10 minutes

  16. Recommended literature: Longman Business English Dictionary Špiljak, V. ed. (2000) Englesko-hrvatski poslovni rječnik, Masmedia Murphy Grammar (students whose general English is weak pls see my student tutor) Suggested sources: • Business Week, The Financial Times, The Economist … • CNBC, Bloomberg, business programmes on BBC and CNN • web sites: bized.com, investopedia.com, quickmba.com, startup.wsj.com, dictionary.com, harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu, encarta.msn.com, acronymfinder.com, uefap.com, , cusd.com/calonline/econ

  17. IF READING IS DIFFICULT: • read the text to understand it in Croatian • retell the text in Croatian • translate the whole text into Croatian sentence by sentence • identifycollocations, key business terms in each sentence • find definitions for business terms • make a list of collocations for each text you read • do vocabulary tasks before or after the text • prepare a text following the tips above and contact the teacher / student tutor to arrange a study feedback session

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