Universität Wien

040034 UK Russian - Business Communication in the Second Foreign Language I (2025S)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist strikt für Studierende der SPL 4 kontingentiert.
Moodle
We 11.06. 11:30-13:00 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: Russian

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 03.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 05.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 10.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 17.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 19.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 24.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 26.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 31.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 02.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 07.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 09.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 28.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 30.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 05.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 07.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 14.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 19.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 21.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Friday 23.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 26.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 28.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 04.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 04.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 11.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 18.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 23.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 25.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 30.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims:
- Improvement of general language skills at the level A2-B1 (acc.to CEFR) thru sufficient oral & written communication activities.
- Buildup of grammar competence focusing on verbal aspects & declination of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, numerals in a context.
- Advancement of reading & writing skills, as well as listening & comprehension.
- Facilitation of specific business vocabulary, idioms and means of expression for statistics, as well as intercultural communicative specifications in a Russain-speaking environment.
Content:
- Small talk & paving the way for business, appointments & meetings, phone talks, inquiries, time expressions.
- Invitations, advertising, promotions, presentation/offer of products & services, presentation & market analysis of a region.
- Forms of business enterprises in Russia today, activities, tendencies.
- Functions & duties of associates, job description.
- Business trips, air-tickets, hotel, means of transport, public transport, restaurants, payment.
Teaching methods:
- Communicative, inter-active, analytical. The students are supposed to cooperate with the peers, submit their group & individual work in due time.

Assessment and permitted materials

written & oral forms.
Advanced students with Russian at the level of native or second native language might be offered upgraded assignments.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The final grade consists of the following parts:
1. Coursework - homework, preparation for class, in-class contributions, quizzes - 30%
2. Presentation - individual appointments will be arranged - 30%
3. Final Examination, 30 June 2025 - written (pen & paper): terminology, reading comprehension, writing - 40 %

100 - 91 points very good
90 - 81 points gut
80 - 71 points satisfactory
70 - 60 points sufficient
under 60 points insufficient

ATTENDANCE:
Students missing more than 4 times will be de-registered from the course (in case of illness proved thru a medical note), otherwise they will be evaluated negatively.
Students who miss the first class without excuse will be deregistered from the course.

Examination topics

The examination material is announced at least 2 weeks in advance.

Reading list

COURSE BOOK:
For niveau B1: Tamara Blum, Elena Gorelova "The Road to Success 2", facultas, 2017, Vienna (Course Book and Workbook)
Further working material will be provided via Moodle.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 12.05.2025 11:45