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Business English Methods of teaching. Course Aims Build up students’ confidence in using business vocabulary, reading, speaking, socializing, listening, writing, interpreting. Dedication. We have to have you heart in the business and the business in your heart
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Business EnglishMethods of teaching Course Aims Build up students’ confidence in using business vocabulary, reading, speaking, socializing, listening, writing, interpreting.
Dedication • We have to have you heart in the business and the business in your heart • Business is something that you have to deal with ( one of the meanings given in • a dictionary)
The Economy and Business Employment Inflation Business and Economic Policy The Competitive and Technical Environment Types of Business Organizations Markets and Price Supply and Demand Motivation –Theory and Practice Strategy and Culture Globalization Management Banking The importance of learning Business English for the students of Technical Universities
Topics for Communication • Employment • Advertising • Marketing • Trade • Brands • Innovations • Companies • Planning • Management • Conflicts • Ethics • Competition • Mergers and Acquisitions • Motivation • Cultures
Activities • Increasing Business Vocabulary (Collocations, translation, multiple-choice etc.) • Discussion (Information-gaps, role-play, simulation) • Reading (authentic articles on variety of topics from the Financial Times and other newspapers books and the Internet on business) • Listening (developing listening skills such as listening for information and note-taking)) • Skills( Making presentations, interviewing, taking part in meetings, negotiating, telephoning, using English in social situations, writing ) • Case study (they are based on realistic business problems or situations and allow the students to use the language and communication skills they have developed while working through the unit)
Business English Textbooks • ‘Market Leader. Business English.’ Longman • ‘The Business.’ Macmillan • ‘International Management.’ Longman • ‘Banking and Finance.’ Longman • ‘Business Grammar in Usage.’ Longman • ‘Business English. Pair Work.’ Penguin Books • Web-sites- www.market-leader.net \www.macmillanenglish.com \www.rbc.ru • ‘BEC Vantage Testbuilder’ Macmillan • ‘Cambridge BEC 3’ Cambridge University Press
Assessment • Reading and Listening. • (All Answers are assessed simply as ‘correct’ or ‘incorrect’) • Speaking.( Separate marks for grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, interactive communication, discourse management) • Writing.( content, range of vocabulary and structure, accuracy, organisation of information and text, appropriacy of register and format, effect of target reader • Translation (Ability to understand the contents and interpret it either in English or in Russian
Summary • Language competence • Knowledge of Economic Issues • Awareness of Teaching Pre-experienced Learners • Interrelationship of All Methods and Developing Communication Skills