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040097 UK Russian - Business Communication in the Second Foreign Language II (2021W)

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

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

ACHTUNG: Aufgrund des Lockdowns/der veränderten Rahmenbedingungen mussten Termine zum Teil kurzfristig auf digital umgestellt werden.

  • Monday 04.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 05.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 11.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 18.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 25.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Monday 08.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 15.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 22.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Saturday 27.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Monday 29.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 06.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 13.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 10.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 17.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 24.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 31.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims:
- Improvement of general language skills at the level B1+ up to B2 (acc.to CEFR) thru sufficient oral & written communication activities so that the students could be able to comprehend, comment & give forward their own arguments to selected business topics & economical reports with the subject-specific vocabulary.
- Language skills development in all forms of speech activities, including businesss correspondence & inter-cultural awareness.
Key issues:
Company story, structure & activities, SWOT-analysis, sales strategies, value & price, advertising, price deviation, bargain arrangement, taxes, logistics, order & confirmation, complaints, forms/types of work and job contracts, crisis, sanctions, ratings & forecast reflection.
Teaching methods:
- Communicative, inter-active, analytical. The students are supposed to cooperate with the peers, submit their group & individual work in due time.
Advanced students with Russian at the level of native or second native language might be offered upgraded assignments.

Assessment and permitted materials

The final grade consists of 3 parts of the language activities to be tested:
1. Midterm Test (Grammar B2, Listening & Comprehension, Reading, Business Vocabulary) - 30% on the 27.11.21.
2. Final Exam (written speech production to the topics of the course & translation D-R) - 40% on the 15.01.22.
3. Oral presentation to an independently selected topic and current oral contributions during the term - 30%.

ATTENDANCE:
Students missing more than 4 times will be checked out of the course (in case of illness proved thru a medical note), otherwise they will be evaluated negatively.
Students who cut the first lesson without an excuse, will be checked out of the course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

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

Examination topics

exact information to each kind of a test will be given at least 2 weeks before an examination

Reading list

MANUAL
E.Saprykina, D.Pribyl "Wirtschaftsrussisch–Praktische Wirtschaftsthemen in Dialogen, Texten und Übungen" mit Audio-CD, 3.überarbeitete & erweiterte Auflage. Oldenburg Verlag, München 2012
SCRIPT
Herndlhofer Galina "Script: Grammatik-& Vokabelheft mit Übungen für Wiko II / SS20", Fakultas Uni Wien, 2020
Additional teaching & learning aids, as well as the keys with the correct answers to the tests will be provided during the term and uploaded at the Moodle plattform of the Russian language course.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12