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Business English text analysis 1

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Course ID: 1.N3.EP.BE.4
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (0232) Literature and linguistics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Business English text analysis 1
Name in Polish: Business English text analysis 1
Organizational unit: Faculty of Philology
Course groups: (in Polish) Studia niestacjonarne
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Study level:

BA level studies

Field of study:

English Philology

The semester in which the subject is carried out:

semester 3

Education profile:

part time studies

academic profile

Type of course:

elective courses
obligatory courses

Mode:

(in Polish) Mieszany: realizowany zdalnie i w sali

Requirements:

Business English elective module

Introduction to Business English

Fundamentals of economics

Student workload:

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total number of ECTS: 3

0,5 ECTS: 15h classes (50% online/50% on university site)

1 ECTS: 25h preparing for classroom discussions

1 ECTS: 25h preparing for credit test

0,5 ECTS: 10 hrs of consultation with the course instructor

Short description:

Course description

This is a course designated to Business English Module. It gives students preliminary practice in Business English text analysis.

Full description:

Course objectives

- to improve comprehension and interpretation skills and independent creation of text from a wide range of business area in English.

- to familiarise students with practical strategies of writing business and commercial correspondence

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Course content

analysis of Busienss English texts such as letters, faxes, e-mails, reports, memos, CVs and covering letters, press, popular science, advertising

identify equivalents in Polish and in English business texts

writing and editing business correspondence, like orders, enquiries, invoices and payments, complaints and adjustments.

using dictionaries and sources in business correspondence

mastering basic vocabulary and specific phrases.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:

material analysis, discussion, vocabulary excersises, individual work, group work, ICT tools/MSTeams

Bibliography:

Reading list:

Allison. J, Emmerson, P. (2011). The Business. London: Macmillan.

Berezowski, L. (2012). Jak czytać i rozumieć angielskie umowy? Warszawa: Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck.

Kienzler, L (2001). Biuro i korespondencja. Gdynia, IVAX Biuro Tłumaczeń i Wydawnictw.

Kierzkowska, D. (1994). Selection of English Documents. Warszawa: Polish Society of Economic, Legal and Court Translators TEPIS.

Supplementary reading

Steiner, G. (1975). After Babel. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Learning outcomes:

Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019

Knowledge

Student knows and understands

1. the English business language; knows the lexical-grammatical and stylistic rules of the English business language, and the rules of the selection of means for expressing specific types of information (m-W-1/P6S_WG)

Skills

Student can

2. search, analyze, select and use specialised business texts utilizing various sources and methods, including online resources (m-U-1/P6S_UW)

3. use the English language at C1 level in writing and speaking with relative fluency, accuracy and communication efficiency in a wide range of business topics (m-U-2/P6S_UK)

Social competences

Student is ready to

4. specify the priorities for the implementation of their goals and tasks designated by others in the business context (m-K-1/P6S_KR)

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active participation in classes (group work) - 45% of the final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4)

2. Written in class assignments (text analysis/test) - 55% of the final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4)

Pass at 60% of the final grade

Classes in period "Winter semestr 2023/2024" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-02-29
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Type of class:
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Coordinators: Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf, Zbigniew Pyż
Group instructors: Zbigniew Pyż
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Classes in period "Winter semestr 2024/2025" (future)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-02-28
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Type of class:
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Coordinators: (unknown)
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