Business English text analysis 1

studia pierwszego stopnia

English Philology

semestr 3

studia niestacjonarne

profil akademicki

fakultatywne
obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

The course is designated to Business English elective module

Introduction to Business English and Fundamentals of economics successfully completed

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

total number of ECTS: 3

0,5 ECTS: 15h participation in classes

2,5 ECTS: 75h preparation for the classes with direct participation of the teacher

Course description

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

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

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 acc to PQR 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)

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)

Grading criteria:

60 -67% 3.0

68 - 75% 3.5

76 - 83% 4.0

84 - 91% 4.5

92 - 100% 5.0

Pass at 60% of the final grade