Welcome!

1. Welcome!

2. Tries too hard to involve all students! Anonymous Student survey 2012 Teacher: Višnja Kabalin Boreniće-mail: vkborenic@efzg.hr + web site Konzultacije? Office hours:Tue 10:00 – 12:00 (01 238 3205) Katedra za poslovne strane jezike, Room 16 Department of Business Foreign Languages Head of Department: ? Dept. secretary: ? Student tutor: ? Contact? www.efzg.hr

3. Teacher: Višnja Kabalin Boreniće-mail: vkborenic@efzg.hr + web site Office hours:Tue 10:00 – 12:00 (01 238 3205) Katedra za poslovne strane jezike, Room 16 Department of Business Foreign Languages Head of Department: Višnja Kabalin Borenić Dept. secretary: Ana Beneta (shares X-card office) Student tutor: Anja Jagodić anjajagodic7@gmail.com Wed 12.00 – 13.00

4. Business English I (2014/15)Group: 1_3_GRC-KLAPLEASE MAKE NAME TAGS Lecture: Mon 14.00 – 15.30 lecture hall 06 Seminars: Tue 08.30 – 10.00 (3_1 Grc-Iva) LH 22 Tue 14.00 – 15.30 (3_2 Ive-Kla) LH 02

5. Business English I (2014/15)Group: 1_5_MAO-PALPLEASE MAKE NAME TAGS Lecture: Mon 10.00 – 11.30 lecture hall 21 Seminars: Fri 12.00 – 13.30 (5_2 Met-Pal) LH 13 Fri 14.00 – 15.30 (5_1 Mao-Meš) LH 13

6. INTRODUCTION Business English I Information for Students

7. Textbooks • MacKenzie, I. (2009) English for Business Studies 3rd edition, CUP • Resource Bank I 2014/15 (get a PDF file from me today OR get a bound photocopy wherever)

8. Course aims • develop business communication skills(written and oral) • acquire specialist vocabulary(on selected business topics) • encourage critical thinking(analysis, synthesis, foreseeing, deducing, selecting) • understandstyles:the difference between written/spoken language and formal/informal language • learn to use dictionaries, other reference material

9. Course aims • d_______business communication skills(written and oral) • a______specialist vocabulary(on selected business topics) • e_______critical thinking(analysis, synthesis, foreseeing, deducing, selecting) • u________ styles:the difference between written/spoken language and formal/informal language • l____ to use dictionaries, other reference material

10. Course contents* Topics: • Basics: - economics vs. economy • types of economies • economic sectors • Public & Private Sector(+ role of the state, taxation, privatisation) (+ entrepreneurship, types of businesses) • Company Structure & Management (+ work & motivation, labour relations, recruitment) • Marketing (+ advertising, market research, brands...) * SEE: Resource bank, introductory pages (Course contents, RB contents)

11. Course contents (cont.) Business communication skills: • Note–taking & note-making • Presenting • Paragraphing • Business correspondence Employers and Public Favor GraduatesWho Can Communicate, Survey Finds Dan BerrettThe Chronicle of Higher Education, 18 Sep 2013

12. Americanadults and employers want colleges to produce graduates who can think critically and creatively, and can communicate orally and in writing. • Survey results support the conclusions of a poll of employersthat the Association of American Colleges and Universities released earlier this year: students should learn to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems. • http://chronicle.com/article/EmployersPublic-Favor/141679/

13. “In a world where young people communicate by text messages, new employees must LEARN the skills that will help them make a sales pitch or a presentation to a board.” Marcy L. Reed Massachusetts president of National Grid (a gas and electric utility) http://chronicle.com/article/Employers-Want-Broadly/138453/

14. Course requirements: 1 attendance and class participation 2 passing progress tests (2 + BC + presentation) 3 final oral exam or • attendance and class participation • passing a comprehensive exam • final oral exam

15. 1 Attendance & Participation • Regular attendance– obligatory • bring name tags • Class participation: • valuable contribution to class work • team work • preparing for classes in advance (home assignments, research, project work, studying, etc.).

16. 2 Progress testing • 2 written tests + • 1 business correspondence test (or a comprehensive final test) • 1 in-class presentation(optional) • oral exam

17. Tentative progress test dates • 1st progress test: mid Nov 2014 • 2nd progress test: mid Jan 2015 • presentations: Nov - Dec 2014 (seminars) • oral exam – from mid Jan 2015 • Precise dates to be announced (TBA) timely. • More info on test (types of exercises...) later.

18. Important!!! If you fail the firstprogress test, you can still take the second test, but the total score in both tests must be higher than 60%.

19. Presentations Students who aspire to grades A or B areexpected to deliver a group (max. 5 team members)presentation in class. Teams and the schedule will be announced.

20. The in-class presentation should demonstrate: • successful team-work • thorough research • clear structure • ability to use the language of presentations effectively • ability to present information in visual form correctly

21. The in-class presentation should demonstrate: • successful team-work • thorough research • clear structure • ability to use the language of presentations effectively • ability to present information in visual form correctly WANT TO PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD? Presentations competition (freshmen ONLY) ATTRACTIVE AWARDS Info? Timely!

22. The final oral exam • At the final oral exam you are expected to: • demonstrate your ability to clearly and coherently present business topics covered by the course • express a viewpoint on a topical issue (advantages, disadvantages, agreeing, disagreeing…) and to ask relevant questions

23. Recommended literature: • Longman Business English Dictionary (most recent edition) • Špiljak, V. ed. (2000) Englesko-hrvatski poslovni rječnik, Masmedia • Englesko-hrvatski poslovni rječnik, ŠK

24. 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

25. Please, provide the following information 1. Your name 2. Year of study 3. High school (name & type) 4. How long you have learned English 5. Additional English classes & where TURN OVER

26. Introduce yourself Please, answer these questions(Don’t copy the Q’s!): • Do you know any Business English? • What do you expect from Business English I course? • Why have you enrolled on this Faculty? • What are your career goals?

27. Academic terms (group work) Srednja škola? University degrees: Students: Courses: Faculty (Teaching staff): Exams: Papers:

28. Academic terms • (grammar / comprehensive / secondary schoolgymnasium) • Degrees: Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctor’s • Students: - undergraduate or graduate • part-time or full-time - a major • Faculty: professors, lecturers, assistants • Courses: teach – taught - taught • compulsory, mandatory, elective, optional • take a course in, read, enroll on, attend, participate in…learn – learnt - learnt • Exams: • final, written, oral, mid-term, quiz • sign up for an exam, apply for, take, pass, fail

29. University Essentials (RB, pp 6-11) Say this in English: 1.Studiram ekonomiju / poslovnu ekonomiju. 2. Ovaj semestar slušam Poslovni engleski I, Osnove ekonomije, … 3. Ako prođem kolokvije neću morati polagati završni ispit. 4. I redovni i izvanredni studenti bi trebali pohađati predavanja, a naročito seminare. Handout (RB, pp 6-7) HW: RB pp. 8-10 (get the whole RB 1 or print out pages 6-19)

30. 3 See you on Tuesday (08.30 or 14:00)!5 See you on Friday (12.00 or 14.00)! • Bring RB & do your HW (RB, pp 8-10) • 1 ECTS = 30 working hours • 5 ECTS = 150 working hours Simple math: 15 weeks x 4 hours in class: 60 hrs 15 weeks x 6 hours studying: + 90 hrs 150 hrs 150 hrs over 4 months? Get used to the idea!