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COURSE INTRODUCTION

COURSE INTRODUCTION. BUSINESS ENGLISH 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

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COURSE INTRODUCTION

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  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 (BDiB): LANA JEROLIMOV Department secretary: ANA BENETA - exam registration - any other administrative issue - language certificates for Erasmus

  4. TIMETABLE 2013/14 (BDiB) Joint session BE2 : Tue 10.00 – 11.30 Split session Thu 8.30 – 10.00 (Abe – Krb) Thu 13.00 – 14.30 (Maj – Vuj)

  5. 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

  6. 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

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

  8. 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)

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

  10. TWO EXAM OPTIONS 1) CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT – (BEFORE REGULAR EXAM DATES) • business meeting • twoprogress tests (15 April and 25 May) • (regular submission of written homework assignments is a requirement) • active in-class participation • a comprehensive oral exam

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

  12. 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

  13. 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

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

  15. Recap: COURSE REQUIREMENTS • regular attendance (checked by roll calls, sign-up lists-> Students - allowed a max. 7 absences for signature • individual or groupassignments (written or research homework or in-class), • individual and group presentations in class etc. • active class participation (oral and written) • bringing coursebook and RB to class! • writing two progress tests + short report • group meeting on a selected topic • oral exam

  16. GRADING SYSTEM 50% 2 progress tests + short report (1 page) (if students fail one test, they can take next test, but score in both must be 50+%) 20% active in-class participation (+ home assignments: do excercises, research, take notes, write paragraphs…) 15% meeting: group assignment (individual grades) 15% oral exam (a brief coherent talk on a given subject, or a conversation on the given subject; answering questions using adequate business terminology…)

  17. Grade: 5 (A) Exceptional breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of the area of the study; evidence of extensive and appropriate selection and critical evaluation/synthesis/analysis; exceptionaldemonstration of holistic and analytical thinking; exceptional ability to diagnose business problems; demonstrates excellence in explaining opinions and direct argument; addresses the ILOs exceptionally; demonstrates excellence in approach to learning; excellent logical reasoning, practical and personal competencies and communication skills.

  18. Grade:4 (B) Very good knowledge and understanding of the area of study as the student is able to relate facts/concepts together with some ability to apply to known/taught contents/contexts’; evidence of holistic and analytical thinking; ability to diagnose business problems; may rely on set sources to direct argument; addresses the ILOs almost fully; demonstrates autonomy in approach to learning; very good logical reasoning, very good practical and personal competencies, very good communication skills.

  19. Grade:3 (C) Good knowledge and understanding of the area of the study balanced towards the descriptive rather than critical, holistic or analytical; some ability to diagnose business problem; rely on set sources to direct argument; address the ILOs; adequate logical reasoning, good practical and personal competencies, good communication skills.

  20. Grade:2 (D) Knowledge and understanding is sufficient to deal with terminology, basic facts and concepts, but fails meaningful syntheses; weak ability to think holistically; some ability to diagnose business problems; arguments may be weak or poorly constructed; addresses the ILOs with difficulties; weak logical reasoning, sufficient practical and personal competencies, sufficient communication skills.

  21. Grade: 1 (F) Insufficient knowledge and understanding of the area of the study; understanding is typically at the word level with facts being reproduced in a disjointed or decontextual manner; fails to address the ILOs; fails to think analytically about the discipline, weak logical reasoning, weak practical and personal competencies, weak communication skills.

  22. Recommended literature: Longman Business English Dictionary Špiljak, V. ed. (2000) Englesko-hrvatski poslovni rječnik, Masmedia Murphy Grammar 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 HOMEWORK: STUDY PAGES 2-5 IN RB 2

  23. THIS WEEK … • INTRODUCTION TO MEETINGS

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