Universität Wien

040131 UE WI-SPR: Business English I (2017S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

3 Pelzmann , 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 information is available for each group.

Groups

Group 1

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist strikt für Studierende der SPL 4 kontingentiert.

max. 50 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Achtung: bei den Terminen am 10.5. und 26.6. handelt es sich um Prüfungstermine.
NEU! Beim Termin vom Mittwoch, den 17.5., handelt es sich um eine interne Besprechung. Für alle Studierenden gilt: Bitte diesen Termin IGNORIEREN!

  • Tuesday 07.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 14.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 21.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 28.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 04.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 25.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 02.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 09.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 16.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 23.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 30.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 13.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 20.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 27.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

On completion of the course, students will be able to

• read and understand English texts on a B2 level of the Common European Framework (http://www.coe.int/t/DG4/Portfolio/?L=E&M=/main_pages/levels.html);

• understand and apply business English vocabulary and terminology from the fields of management;human resources; production and operations; sales, marketing and advertising;

• translate those terms into German and vice versa;

• participate in discussions on those fields;

• produce effective business communications (emails, covering letters, CVs, telephoning)

Content
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

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

Assessment and permitted materials

Business English I is assessed by means of
• Midterm Test (30%)
• Final Test (70%)

In order to pass the course, participants must reach an overall percentage score (PS) of more than 60%.

No dictionaries or other reference materials are allowed in the exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The students will be awarded a grade on the basis of their overall percentage score (PS) as follows:
PS 60.5-70 → Grade 4
PS 70.5-80 → Grade 3
PS 80.5-90 → Grade 2
PS 90.5-100 → Grade 1

In order to pass the course, participants must reach an overall percentage score (PS) of more than 60%.

According to university regulation, this course is "prüfungsimmanent", which means that in principle students must attend every class. Exceptionally, they may miss a maximum of three sessions.
Failure to attend the first session without prior notification will result in losing the place in the course.

Group 2

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist strikt für Studierende der SPL 4 kontingentiert.

max. 50 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Achtung: bei den Terminen am 10.5. und 26.6. handelt es sich um Prüfungstermine.

  • Thursday 02.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 09.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 16.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 23.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 30.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 06.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 27.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 04.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 11.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 18.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 01.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 08.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 22.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 29.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

On completion of the course, students will be able to

• read and understand English texts on a B2 level of the Common European Framework (http://www.coe.int/t/DG4/Portfolio/?L=E&M=/main_pages/levels.html);

• understand and apply business English vocabulary and terminology from the fields of management;human resources; production and operations; sales, marketing and advertising;

• translate those terms into German and vice versa;

• participate in discussions on those fields;

• produce effective business communications (emails, covering letters, CVs, telephoning)

Content
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

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

Assessment and permitted materials

Business English I is assessed by means of
• Midterm Test (30%)
• Final Test (70%)

In order to pass the course, participants must reach an overall percentage score (PS) of more than 60%.

No dictionaries or other reference materials are allowed in the exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The students will be awarded a grade on the basis of their overall percentage score (PS) as follows:
PS 60.5-70; Grade 4
PS 70.5-80; Grade 3
PS 80.5-90; Grade 2
PS 90.5-100; Grade 1

In order to pass the course, participants must reach an overall percentage score (PS) of more than 60%.

According to university regulation, this course is "prüfungsimmanent", which means that in principle students must attend every class. Exceptionally, they may miss a maximum of three sessions.
Failure to attend the first session without prior notification will result in losing the place in the course.

Group 3

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist strikt für Studierende der SPL 4 kontingentiert.

max. 50 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Achtung: bei den Terminen am 10.5. und 26.6. handelt es sich um Prüfungstermine.

  • Wednesday 01.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 08.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 15.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 22.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 29.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 05.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 26.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 03.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 10.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 17.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 24.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 31.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 07.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 14.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 21.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 28.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

On completion of the course, students will be able to

• read and understand English texts on a B2 level of the Common European Framework (http://www.coe.int/t/DG4/Portfolio/?L=E&M=/main_pages/levels.html);

• understand and apply business English vocabulary and terminology from the fields of management;human resources; production and operations; sales, marketing and advertising;

• translate those terms into German and vice versa;

• participate in discussions on those fields;

• produce effective business communications (emails, covering letters, CVs, telephoning)

Content
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

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

Assessment and permitted materials

Business English I is assessed by means of
• Midterm Test (30%)
• Final Test (70%)

In order to pass the course, participants must reach an overall percentage score (PS) of more than 60%.

No dictionaries or other reference materials are allowed in the exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The students will be awarded a grade on the basis of their overall percentage score (PS) as follows:
PS 60.5-70 → Grade 4
PS 70.5-80 → Grade 3
PS 80.5-90 → Grade 2
PS 90.5-100 → Grade 1

In order to pass the course, participants must reach an overall percentage score (PS) of more than 60%.

According to university regulation, this course is "prüfungsimmanent", which means that in principle students must attend every class. Exceptionally, they may miss a maximum of three sessions.
Failure to attend the first session without prior notification will result in losing the place in the course.

Information

Examination topics

Emmerson, Paul (2009): Business Vocabulary Builder. Macmillan Education.
Emmerson, Paul (2010): Business Grammar Builder. Macmillan Education.
MacKenzie, Ian (2010): English for Business Studies. CUP.
Additional material compiled by the lecturer

Reading list

Emmerson, Paul (2009): Business Vocabulary Builder. Macmillan Education.
Emmerson, Paul (2010): Business Grammar Builder. Macmillan Education.
MacKenzie, Ian (2010): English for Business Studies. CUP.
Additional material compiled by the lecturer

Association in the course directory

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