Prerequisite

• Please note that you must provide proof of B2 level English in order to to be able to register for Business English I. Please make sure to email your certificate to our office before registration opens. Any evidence sent after registration is complete cannot be considered for the current semester.

Topics

• Management / Present and past tenses
• Work and motivation / Future; passive
• Company structure / Modals; questions
• Managing across cultures / Conditionals
• Recruitment / Covering letters/ job interviews
• The different sectors of the economy / Collocations
• Production / Gerund and infinitive
• Logistics / Make, do, have & get
• Products / Pronouns, determiners and possessives
• Marketing / Articles/ Linkers/ Emails
• Advertising / Adjectives and adverbs; comparisons

Methods

• Classes are interactive and of a workshop nature. They involve a wide range of activities based on the course literature and are designed to enhance your reading, listening, speaking and writing skills in a business context. This will include audio-visual content, reading and listening comprehension exercises based on current affairs, group work, presentations, discussions, peer assessment, vocabulary development and reinforcement of grammatical structures, case studies and regular online quizzes.

Objectives

• Students should be able to understand, apply and translate business English vocabulary and terminology on a B2 level.
• Students should be able participate in discussions in fields such as: management, human resources, production and operations, sales, marketing and advertising. The course will help them to develop a range of business vocabulary and collocations and apply them correctly, apply key language features such as tense usage and linkers to optimise communication, and produce appropriate and effective texts for a range of different business situations.

Literature

• Emmerson, Paul (2009): Business Vocabulary Builder. Macmillan Education.
• Emmerson, Paul (2010): Business Grammar Builder. Macmillan Education.
• MacKenzie, Ian (2010): English for Business Studies. Cambridge University Press.
• Additional material will be provided during the lectures.