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68615 - Basic English

Academic Year 2019/2020

                
                        Docente:
                        Serena Ghiselli
                    
                        Credits:
                        3
                    
                        SSD:
                        L-LIN/12
                    
                        Language:
                        English
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Economics, Markets and Institutions (cod. 8038)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

This course aims at introducing the student to the base level of English necessary to build an academic career upon in the field of Economics. The student will be able to read and understand current economic articles and, thanks to the creation of specific economic field related glossaries, handle short open questions to demonstrate their acquired skills.

Course contents

The lessons will deal with four topics:

Microeconomics: demand and supply; production; consumer choices
Macroeconomics: GDP; fiscal policy; business cycle
EU institutions: European Parliament; European Council; Council of the European Union; European Commission; Court of Justice of the European Union; European Central Bank; Court of Auditors
Finance: venture capital; banking system; stock exchange

Readings/Bibliography

Lecture notes are provided by the teacher and downloadable from the teaching support platform Insegnamenti OnLine.

Teaching methods

Glossary creation; memorisation strategies for vocabulary; real examples of the use of vocabulary (written texts or audio documents); exercises to apply the acquired knowledge.

Assessment methods

30-minute written exam. The use of dictionaries is not allowed.

At the beginning of the course the English level should be B1. If the overall exam grade of the English language course (Basic English + English for Economics) is equal to or higher than 25/30 the English level is considered to be B2.

The exam includes 28 questions, divided into three parts. A first part is formed of 13 definitions of which students have to write the corresponding term (1 point per answer). In the second part of the exam students have to write the definition of two terms (max. 2 points per answer). The third part consists of an open cloze test with 13 gaps to fill in (1 point per answer). The cloze test focuses on idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs. The grade is expressed in thirtieths.

Teaching tools

Lecture notes are provided by the teacher and downloadable from the teaching support platform Insegnamenti OnLine.

Office hours

See the website of Serena Ghiselli