An introduction to business English.  B1 level (European Framework)

The course is designed to gain an insight into business English through reading, listening and speaking activities as well as writing business documents.

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- Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione: (knowledge and understanding) At the end of the course the students must demonstrate to have acquired the knowledge of the business English vocabulary presented in class and its use. This will be carried out through lectures, group work, written assignments, discussions and listening activities.

- Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione applicate: the students must demonstrate to be able to apply their knowledge both for written and spoken English. This will be carried out through lectures, group work, written assignments, discussions and listening activities.

- Autonomia di giudizio: (making judgements) the students must be able to apply the knowledge acquired and to face different dynamics making their own judgements. This will be carried out through lectures, group work, written assignments, discussions and listening activities.

- Abilità comunicative: (communication skills) the students must demonstrate to be able to communicate effectively thanks to the vocabulary and structures learnt during the course.  This will be carried out through lectures, group work, written assignments, discussions and listening activities.

- Capacità di apprendere: (learning skills) The students must have developed appropriate learning skills so that they can deepen their knowledge. This will be carried out through lectures, group work, written assignments, discussions and listening activities.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Students will have follow-up lessons (Esercitazioni)  and seminars held by Dott.ssa Catherine Farwell in the linguistic laboratory and classrooms at the Economics building.

Teaching

Teaching methodology:

- lectures;

- group work and  written assignments

- discussions

- listening activities

Attendance

Attendance is necessary to prepare for the final written and oral exams for this course.

Course books

Materiale didattico e attività di supporto:

The materials will be available on  Moodle › blended.uniurb.it

Necessary textbooks :

1.     N. Whitby, Business Benchmark Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate Student's Book BEC Preliminary Edition, Cambridge: CUP, 2013

2.      N. Whitby, Business Benchmark Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate Personal Study Book BEC, Cambridge: CUP, 2013

3.     J.Taylor, E. Zazzeroni, Mailing, An introduction to Internet Business Writing/La posta elettronica sul lavoro, ARAS Ed., Fano, 2014

Suggested textbooks :

1.  R. Murphy, English Grammar in Use, Third Edition, Cambridge (to use in self access)

Assessment

The students must pass both a written and an oral exam.

Written exam (1 hour):

-  Reading comprehension + true/false and/or multiple choice questions.

-  Vocabulary and use of English

-  Grammar

-  A 100-150 word email

-  Listening test

-  Oral exam: being able to answer questions related to the topics presented in class.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Same as Attending.

Attendance

Same as Attending.

Course books

The same as for attending students

Assessment

The same as for attending students 

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

BEC/International certification

Students with  Cambridge Business English Certificate-Vantage B2 or equivalent officially recognised certification are kindly requested to contact the course teacher.

The course will be taught entirely in English.