ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 17 Interactive Classroom: 22 Total: 41
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Faculty of Business Administration and Management
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (En Extinción)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Planes en Extinción)
This course is a continuation of the subjects covered in Inglés para la Gestión Empresarial I. Students will reinforce the concepts learnt and improve both language and Business English skills. The aim of this course is to raise the proficiency level of students in English with a particular focus on Business English in particular. It aims to prepare students for working in the business sector.
The course combines both theoretical concepts and practical know-how and focuses on the development of reading, listening, writing and speaking skills.
At the end of the course students should reach an English language level between Common European Framework Reference B1 and B2.
This course will help students to:
• gain confidence speaking English in work situations
• learn and use a range of business terms and vocabulary
• become more fluent in terms of expressing, discussing and analysing business concepts and ideas
• improve listening in business and economic contexts
• develop reading comprehension of authentic business texts
• recognise and make effective use of a wide range of business text types
The course has three modules:
1.- International Trade
2.- Transport and Insurance
3.- Banking and Finance
Each module is divided into three main sections:
BUSINESS THEORY: this section presents different business topics through reading texts and documents and includes comprehensive exercises, vocabulary, listening activities, speaking and writing tasks. Some of the main topics dealt with in this section are: Importing and exporting, trading procedures, enquiries and reply to enquiries, types of transport, placing orders, invoices, transport documents, banking services, payment methods, finance, …
The material presented in this section will provide students with appropriate and relevant vocabulary in these fields.
BUSINESS PRACTICE: this section contains practical examples and authentic documents related to the topics dealt with in the theory section (financial documents, emails, phone calls, letters, orders, invoices, transport and payment documents, etc.) It presents various aspects of written and oral business communication, principally focusing on phraseology and functions, completed with a series of consolidation exercises (completion, reordering, matching, True/False) as well as a large variety of exercises for oral and written business communication, with a gradual progression from guided to free production. The aim is to improve students’ communicative abilities in order to allow them to communicate effectively in English both in social and professional situations within a business environment. Students must also actively strive to develop their linguistic ability, build their confidence, and improve their fluency in order to better prepare themselves to employ spoken English, as well as written English, in whatever situation they are likely to face in the future in relation to International Trade.
BUSINESS LANGUAGE AND SKILLS: this section focus on lexis (vocabulary and phraseology), functions, and grammar. It contains different types of exercises to help students develop and consolidate the specific business vocabulary and skills within the module. To deal with the situations that will be presented, it is necessary to master different skills and learn how to perform different functions in English, such as:
• Making enquiries
• Replying to enquiries
• Placing an order
• Filling in order forms and online orders
• Replying to orders
• Sending goods
• Looking for shipping advice
• Choosing a payment method
• Making a complaint
• Sending a statement of account
• Requesting new payment conditions
• Requesting extension of credit
• Writing payment reminders
• Replying to a payment reminder
I. COMPULSORY
• Text book:
SKOESTER, A., PITT, A., HANDFORD, M. & LISBOA, M. (2012). Business Advantage (Intermediate). Cambridge University Press
• Any grammar practice suitable for intermediate and upper intermediate level (see below: 1 GRAMMAR AMD PRACTICE section).
• A bilingual English-Spanish, Spanish-English dictionary and a good Business English dictionary (see below: 2 DICTIONARIES section).
II. SUPPLEMENTARY
1 GRAMMAR AND PRACTICE
ALEXANDER, L.G. (1990). Longman English Grammar Practice. Longman
BRIEGER, n. & SWEENEY, s. (1994). The Language of Business English: Grammar and Practice. Prentice Hall
CUDER DOMÍNGUEZ, P. y R. LÓPEZ (2005). Gramática Oxford para estudiantes de inglés: Bachillerato. Oxford U.P.
DUCKWORTH, M. (2003). Business Grammar and Practice. Oxford U.P.
EASTWOOD, J. (1999). Oxford Practice Grammar. Oxford U.P.
MURPHY, R. (2002). English Grammar in Use. Intermediate. Cambridge U.P.
SWAN, M & C. WALTER (1997). How English Works. Oxford U.P.
2 DICTIONARIES
____________ Cambridge International Dictionary of English. Cambridge U.P.
____________ Diccionario Oxford Inglés Español, Español-Inglés. Oxford U.P.
____________ Oxford Dictionary of Business English. Oxford U.P.
____________ Longman Business English Dictionary. Longman.
____________ Diccionario Oxford Business Español-Inglés Inglés-Español. Oxford.
LOZANO IRUESTE, J.M.; Diccionario Bilingüe de Economía y Empresa. Pirámide
3 VOCABULARY
FLOWER, J. (1990). Build your Business Vocabulary. Language Teaching Publications
HORNER, H. & P. STRUTT (1996). Words at Work. Cambridge U.P.
LEWIS, M. (Ed.) (1987). Idioms at Work. Language Teaching Publications
MASCULL, B. (1996). Key Words in Business. HarperCollins Publishers
MASCULL, B. (2002). Business Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate. Cambridge U.P.
REMACHA, S & MARCO, E (2007). Professional English in Use ICT. Cambridge
4 BUSINESS ENGLISH
ASHLEY, A. (1984). A Handbook of Commercial Correspondence. Oxford U.P.
BRUCE, K. (1992). Telephoning. Longman
ELLIS, M. & N. O'DRISCOLL (1987). Socializing. Longman
FARRAL, C. & M. LINDSLEY (2008). Professional English in Use: Marketing. Cambridge U.P.
KERRIDGE, D. (1988). Presenting Facts and Figures. Longman
NATEROP, B.J. & R. REVELL (1997). Telephoning in English. Cambridge U. P.
O'DRISCOLL, N. & A. PILBEAM (1987). Meetings and Discussions. Longman
PRODROMOU, L & LUCIA BELLINI (2012). Flash on English for Commerce. ELI
SMITH, A. (2013). Best Commercial Practice. ELI
STRUTT, P. (1995). Longman Business English Usage. Longman
5 PRONUNCIATION
HANCOCK, MARK (2003). English Pronunciation in Use. Cambridge
ONLINE RESOURCES
http://www.elionline.com
1 DICTIONARIES
https://www.oed.com
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/
http://www.ldoceonline.com/
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://thesaurus.reference.com/
http://www.wordreference.com/
2 GRAMMAR
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
http://www.englishpage.com/grammar/
3 PRACTICE
http://www.english-test.net/
http://esl.about.com/od/intermediateenglish/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/
BASIC AND GENERAL COMPETENCIES
Students who take this module must…
CG4 – Develop critical thinking, including ethical reflections on fundamental issues of a business and economic nature in the digital age, and communicate them effectively, both in their own languages and in English
CB1 – Be able to demonstrate that their knowledge and skills are in development, building on and improving the basic skills learnt at high school, and that they are up-to-date with the latest information related to their field of study
CB2 – Be able to professionally apply knowledge gained at university to their work and vocations, including the ability to defend arguments and solve problems that may arise as part of their degree programme
CB3 – Be able to gather and interpret significant data (relevant to their degree programme) they can reflect on and from which they can draw valid and justified conclusions
CB4 – Be able to pass on and communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences
CB5 – Develop their learning skills and be able to independently apply these skills in order to carry out subsequent independent studies
TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCIES
CT3 – Exchange information in English
CT7 – Oral and written communication adapted to the needs of participants
CT9 – Show initiative and demonstrate independent learning abilities and self-assessment
SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
CE9 – Students must be able to manage communicative strategies for a digital and globalized environment and be able to use English effectively in the fields of business and technology
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I. CONVOCATORIA ORDINARIA (Xaneiro)
a) Probas finais oral e escrita
• Proba escrita 80%
• Proba oral 20%
II. CONVOCATORIA EXTRAORDINARIA (Xullo)
Aplicarase o mesmo sistema que para a convocatoria ordinaria de xaneiro.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
In the event of fraudulent or plagiarised work or submissions in tests or exercises, the terms stated in art. 16 of the “Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revision de cualificacións” will be applied.
Inglés para la Gestión Empresarial II is a compulsory subject taught during the third semester of the Gradoen Empresa y Tecnología and is worth 4,5 ECTS.
The workload for students is 113 hours.
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Antonio Alvarez Rodriguez
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- antonio.alvarez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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