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040131 UE WI-SPR: Business English I (2015S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

1 Horowitz , Moodle

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3 Horowitz , Moodle

4 Horowitz , Moodle

5 Horowitz , 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).

Registration is open from Mo 16.02.2015 09:00 to Tu 24.02.2015 14:00
Deregistration possible until Sa 14.03.2015 23:59

Registration information is available for each group.

Groups

Group 1

max. 50 participants

Language: English

LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Nathaniel Horowitz

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 02.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 09.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 16.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 23.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 13.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 20.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 27.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 04.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 18.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Saturday 30.05. 09:00 - 10:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 01.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 08.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 15.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 22.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 29.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

1 Intro
2 Management / Work and motivation - Present and past tenses
3 Company structure / Managing across cultures - Future; passive
4 Recruitment - Modals; questions / CV, covering letter
5 Pay and benefits / Issues in the workplace - Conditionals; gerund and infinitive
6 The different sectors of the economy / Production - Phrasal verbs
7 Procurement and purchasing / Supply chain management - Make & do, have, get; reported speech
8 Logistics / Quality - Relative clauses; nouns
9 Products - Pronouns, determiners and possessives
10 Marketing - Articles
11 Advertising - Adjectives and adverbs; comparisons
12 Economics and ecology - Linkers / Emails - basics
13 Global issues for the 21st century - Prepositions / Emails - commercial
14 Revision
15 Final Test

Assessment and permitted materials

Business English I is assessed by means of a written final test.
In order to pass the course, participants must reach an overall percentage score (PS) of more than 60%.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1) read and understand English texts on a B2 level of the Common European Framework
2) understand and apply business English vocabulary and terminology from different fields such as management, company structure, products, production, logistics, marketing and advertising
3) participate in discussions on those fields
4) translate business English vocabulary and terminology into German
5) produce communicatively effective business texts (emails, covering letters, CVs)

Examination topics

This course uses the following methods: lectures, small-group work, discussions, vocabulary development and reinforcement of grammatical structures, role plays and case studies.