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ENGLISH FOR MANAGEMENT AND GLOBAL BUSINESS Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Objectives
Contents - Types of Sentences
- Lexical Structures
- Business Expressions
- Idiomatic Expressions
- Paragraph Structure and Types of Paragraph
- Research Essay Structure: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
- Precis of Commercial Texts
- Translations from English into Italian
- Student PowerPoint Presentations on Some Relevant Course Topic
- Student Workshops and Seminars During Classroom Time
Extended Syllabus - Types of Sentences
- Lexical Structures
- Business Expressions
- Idiomatic Expressions
- Paragraph Structure and Types of Paragraph
- Research Essay Structure: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
- Precis of Commercial Texts
- Translations from English into Italian
- Student PowerPoint Presentations on Some Relevant Course Topic
- To develop linguistic skills in order to read, understand and be able to comment on English language texts
- To acquire specific vocabulary common in the commercial sector
- To interact with a certain ease with native speakers, though with the occasional aid of certain clarifications (at the B1+ Level)
- To write a clear and well structured English text on a topic related to business and also to be able to express one's point of view on a subject previously researched giving the pro's and con's of the argument (at the B1+ Level)
- To understand the main ideas of complex English texts, particularly texts related to Management and Business Administration, and to undersand and follow the subsequent discussions issuing from such texts (at the B1+ Level)
- To compose a brief research essay, with a well-defined Introduction, Body and Conclusion on a business topic previously studied
- Student Workshops and Seminars During Classroom Time
Recommended Bibliography N. De Marco Business is Your Business!(Maggioli Editore, 2013)
John Thill, Courtland Bovee, Excellence in Business Communication International Edition, Pearson, 2012
Methods of Provision
Teaching Methods A basic communicative approach will be adopted in order to enable the student to acquire a gradual proficiency (B1+ Level) in the four main areas (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
In-class evaluation for students who attend the course or a final, Multiple Choice/ True or False quiz, for those students who choose to be evaluated without having attended the course.