30903 - English For Business II

Course contents

This language course is designed to help students who already possess an intermediate knowledge (level B1) of English to achieve an Upper Intermediate B2 level (as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - Council of Europe). The course aims  to develop and improve the students' use of the correct terminology for a general application in industry and commerce and, at the same time, to provide a good practical preparation for employment within the students' chosen fields.

The course lasts 40 hours and will be followed by a further course for those students wishing to prepare for a TOEFL examination.

Tenses:

• present tenses (revision)
• past simple and present perfect
• the future
• passive forms

Modal verbs:  

• to express possibility (could, may, might)
• to express obligation (should, must, need)

Adjectives and adverbs:

• comparative and superlative
• adjectives and common adverbs

Syntax:  

• hypothetical phrases (conditional forms 1, 2 and 3) and the their structure  

Vocabulary:

• talking about a job
• giving a presentation
• predicting consequences
• considering alternatives
• making and responding to suggestions
• describing graphs
• small talk
• writing letters and emails
• writing a CV

Readings/Bibliography

Intelligent Business – Workbook (Intermediate) by Louise Pile (Publisher: Longman)

Other useful reading materials:

• Market Leader  Business Grammar  Peter Strutt (Longman)
• Market Leader   IntermediateLevel   (Longman)
• Business Vocabulary in Use  B:Mascull  (Cam.Univ.Press)
• In Company  Simon Clarke (Macmillan)
• Working with Grammar  (Gold  Edition-Longman)

Teaching methods

In order to prepare proficiency tests, the linguistic center (CLIRO) organizes, for those students who already have a certain knowledge of English (B1 Level), blended modules made up as follows:

• Group work (traditional lessons with exercises, activities, grammar and lexical explanations on the basis of all the topics shown on the E-learning Platform)
• Discussion forums to interact on-line with tutors and other students
• Exercises and instructions via the CLIRO E-learning Platform

Assessment methods

Computerised test, in 60 minutes.

Demo

Teaching tools

Classes of traditional teacher-students lessons with exercises, activities and grammar and vocabulary explanations (based on the topics contained within the aforementioned text book) supported by computer work and audio-video material.

Links to further information

http://www.cliro.unibo.it/portale/corsi/corsi.asp

Office hours

See the website of Felix San Vicente Santiago