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Subject name
Business Language
Subject code
Z:12019C4
Faculty
Language Centre
Course name
Informatics and Econometrics
Learning area
social sciences
Learning profile
general academic profile
Study year
3
Type of subject
Obligatory
Study semester
5
Study level
undergraduate studies
ECTS
1.0
Number of ECTS
credits
Learning activity of student
ch
Participation in didactic classes included in study plan
30
Participation in consultation hours
sh
0
Self-study hours
0
Sum
Name of lecturer
30
0
Total number of study hours
30
Number of ECTS credits
1.0
mgr Janina Badocha (Main teacher)
Teachers:
mgr Agnieszka Kamińska
mgr Małgorzata Fijałkowska-Winkowska
Subject objectives
1.
2.
3.
4.
Use different techniques and communication channels to function effectively in the business
environment
Develop speaking and written business communication skills
Consolidate and broaden knowledge and practice of business vocabulary (grammar and
structure)Acquire fluency as well as language awareness and correctness
Develop all four language skills: speaking, writing, reading and listening
Learning outcomes
Course outcome
K_U16
Mode of delivery
Subject outcome
Student can communicate in
English at university, in the
workplace and in other
environments. Student can write
official letters, covering letters
and CV
Method of veryfication
[SU5] Assessment of presentation
[SU1] Assessment of task
fulfilment
at the university
Prerequisites
A student applying to be admitted to a group at a given level knows the vocabulary range and grammar
structures required after finishing a lower level of language competence, as stated in the Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages (for level A2 – A1, for B2 – A2 and so on).
Recommended
components
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English Language Circle, English Language Olympiad for Students of Technical Studies, debates in English.
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Subject contents
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1.promotional tools/marketing vocabulary / marketing metaphors
2.customer service/idiomatic expressions: pass the buck, ripped off/ gerunds
3.complaints/ writing a letter of complaint/ active listening: showing interest,question tags 4.crisis management/ handling crisis- vocabulary/ conditionals 5.interviews/ neutral/ polite/ aggressive language in interviews / linkers
6.mergers/ describing mergers- useful vocabulary/ prediction and probability
7.acquisitions/ words to go with acquisitions/ making a presentation/ using emotive language 8. formal and informal register/ 9. small talk/ language: ice -breakers, keeping in touch/ participating in an international conference 10. training/ collocations: run a course, on line learning etc./ clarifying and confirming 11. appraisal interview/ writing a report, two word expressions: horse trading etc.
12. decision making/ putting forward proposals, , emphasizing a point/ articles - review
13. employment trends / a letter of application/ irregular plural forms
14.marketing/ customer- centric marketing/ intrusive marketing, multichannel
relationship
15. making an impact in presentations/ creating rapport with the audience/ referring
to slides
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Recommended
and required
reading
Required reading
1. Cotton, Falvey, Kent, Market Leader New Edition (A1-C2). Pearson Longman, Harlow, England, 2007.
2. Strutt, Business Grammar and Usage New Edition. Pearson Longman, Harlow, England, 2010.
3. Kozierkiewicz, Dictionary of Business Terms, angielsko-polski, polsko-angielski. Wydawnictwo C.H.Beck,
Warszawa 2005
4. Collin, Słupski, Słownik Biznesu, Wydawnictwo Wilga, Warszawa, 2000.
6. Badger, I. ed. English for Work, Everyday Technical English. Pearson Longman: Harlow, 2003.
Recommeded reading
1. Strutt, Business Grammar and Usage New Edition. Pearson Longman, Harlow, England, 2010.
2. Kozierkiewicz, Dictionary of Business Terms, angielsko-polski, polsko-angielski. Wydawnictwo C.H.Beck,
Warszawa 2005
3. Collin, Słupski, Słownik Biznesu, Wydawnictwo Wilga, Warszawa, 2000.
4. Badger, I. ed. English for Work, Everyday Technical English. Pearson Longman: Harlow, 2003.
5. Cambell, English for Business. Thomson, Croatia,2000
6. Mascull, Business Vocabulary In Use (intermediate-advanced). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
2004.
7. Godwin, Strutt, Test Your Business Vocabulary in Use (intermediate-advanced). Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, 2005.
8. Badger, Everyday Business English. Pearson Longman, Harlow, England, 2003.
9. Taylor, Model Business Letters, E-mails & Other Business Documents (sixth edition). Pearson Longman,
Harlow, England, 2004.
10. Swan, Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005.
11. Strutt, Business English Usage. Longman, Harlow, England,1992 .
12. Vaughan, Business Studies. Prentice Hall, Hertfordshire,1997.
13. Yates, Economics. Prentice Hall, Hertfordshire,1998.
14. Maciejewska, J. and Kucharska-Raczunas, A. English for Information Technology. Wydawnictwo PG:
Gdańsk.2012.
Lesson type and
method of
instruction
Lesson type
Number of study hours
Total number of study hours per semester
included in study plan
Lecture
Tutorial
Laboratory
Project
Seminar
0.0
30.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
30
e-learning hours included: 0.0
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Assesment
methods and
criteria
Subject passing criteria
Passing threshold
Percentage of the
final grade
e-learning
60.0
20.0
class participation/speaking
60.0
20.0
tests
60.0
60.0
Example issues / example questions / tasks being completed
case study, reading and listening comprehension, negotiations, formal writing
Language of
instructions
English
Work placement
Not applicable
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