COURSE INTRODUCTION

1. COURSE INTRODUCTION BUSINESS ENGLISH 2

2. 2013/14 FIRST YEAR, SPRING SEMESTER Lecturer: VIŠNJA KABALIN BORENIĆ Office hours: Tuesday 12:00 – 13.00 (BDiB m) Thursday 10.30 - 12.30 Friday 10.00 – 11.00 (Gar-Jus m) Room: 16 Phone: 238 3205 E-mail: vkborenic@efzg.hr Info: www.efzg.hr/vkabalin & www.efzg.hr The notice board in the Department corridor

3. Student tutor (GAR-JUS): ŽELJKA LISEC zeljka.lisec@gmail.com - get help with your English regularly Student tutor (BDiB): LANA JEROLIMOV Department secretary: ANA BENETA - exam registration - any other administrative issue - language certificates for Erasmus

4. TIMETABLE 2013/14 (GAR-JUS) Joint session 3 (GAR-JUS) : Mon 14.00 – 15.30 Split session 3_1 (GAR-HOR): Fri 08.30 – 10.00 3_2 (HRA-JUS): Fri 12.00 – 13.30

5. TIMETABLE 2013/14 (BDiB) Joint session BE2 : Tue 10.00 – 11.30 Split session Thu 8.30 – 10.00 Thu 13.00 – 14.30

6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

7. COURSE OBJECTIVES: • to develop business communication skills (written and oral)

8. COURSE OBJECTIVES: • to develop business communication skills (written and oral) • to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics)

9. COURSE OBJECTIVES: • to develop business communication skills (written and oral) • to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics) • to encourage critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, anticipating,deducing,selecting)

10. COURSE OBJECTIVES: • to develop business communication skills (written and oral) • to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics) • to encourage critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, anticipating,deducing,selecting) • to understand the difference between written/spoken and formal/informal lang.

11. COURSE OBJECTIVES: • to develop business communication skills (written and oral) • to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected business topics) • to encourage critical thinking (analysis, synthesis, anticipating,deducing,selecting) • to understand the difference between written/spoken and formal/informal lang. • to learn how to use dictionaries and other reference material

12. TOPICS • Retailing and e-commerce • International trade and the EU • Banking • Central banking • Exchange rates • Insurance • Business cycle • Accounting • Stocks and derivatives • Bonds • Mergers and acquisitions

13. Skills focus: • Language of meetings • (incl. agenda, memo, minutes) • Writing reports / memos / agendas • Describing graphs and charts

14. REQUIRED LITERATURE • MacKenzie, I. (2010) ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS STUDIES, CUP →units 14, 16-19, 21, 23, 26, 27 • RESOURCE BANK 2 (2013/14 NEW !!!) • students aspiring to grade A are expected to read and be able to discuss all of the material provided in the literature (See Course content, RB p 2) - Copy on a USB – distribute to colleagues

15. COURSEREQUIREMENTS • regular attendanceis OBLIGATORY • IF YOU MISS A CLASS: keep up-to-date with the course progression (ask your colleagues, see me or Željka during office hours, visit my web page, email me…); • active in-class participation (home assignments, participation in discussions); • organizing & role-playing a business meeting; • passing progress tests or thecomprehensive exam

16. TWO EXAM OPTIONS 1) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT – (BEFORE REGULAR EXAM DATES) • business meeting • twoprogress tests • (regular submission of written homework assignments is a requirement) • active in-class participation • a comprehensive oral exam

17. 2) REGULAR EXAM DATES • business meeting – during the semester • final comprehensive written test (regular examination period) • final comprehensive oral exam (regular exam period)

18. MEETINGS • TEAMS OF 5-7 STUDENTS - exchange mobile phone numbers or e-mails • TOPICS WILL BE ASSIGNED (OR CHOSEN) - meetings will be held in my office during office hours starting Tue11 March (BDiB) x 1 Fri14 March (Gar-Jus) x 2 MORE INFO ON MEETINGS - SHORTLY FINAL SCHEDULE - SHORTLY

19. PREPARE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING, AGENDA, MINUTES AND ROLES (hand in the agenda and minutes on the day of the meeting) • USE CLASS INPUT (RB 2) ON THE STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE OF MEETINGS • REHEARSE YOUR ROLE ALONE AND WITH YOUR TEAM

20. FINAL ORAL EXAM • checks your speaking skills, coherent and clear presentation of the subject • students answer three questions on the topics covered during the semester using the relevant terminology • this is followed by a brief discussion • it lasts around 5-10 minutes

21. Recommended literature: Longman Business English Dictionary Špiljak, V. ed. (2000) Englesko-hrvatski poslovni rječnik, Masmedia Murphy Grammar (students whose general English is weak pls see my student tutor) Suggested sources: • Business Week, The Financial Times, The Economist … • CNBC, Bloomberg, business programmes on BBC and CNN • web sites: bized.com, investopedia.com, quickmba.com, startup.wsj.com, dictionary.com, harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu, encarta.msn.com, acronymfinder.com, uefap.com, , cusd.com/calonline/econ

22. IF READING IS DIFFICULT: • read the text to understand it in Croatian • retell the text in Croatian • translate the whole text into Croatian sentence by sentence • identifycollocations, key business terms in each sentence • find definitions for business terms • make a list of collocations for each text you read • do vocabulary tasks before or after the text • prepare a text following the tips above and contact the teacher / student tutor to arrange a study feedback session

23. THIS WEEK … • INTRODUCTION TO MEETINGS • PLEASE get RESOURCE BANK 2 A.S.A.P. • HOMEWORK: STUDY PAGES 2-5 IN RB 2