Bachelor
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Business English
Type:
Optional course (Management and Digital Innovation)
Area of studies:
Business Informatics
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
Where:
Graduate School of Business
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
14
Contact hours:
120
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for bachelor's degree while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. The course is designed to help the students communicate effectively in the workspace using the language of business, building effective business communications. The course offers practical training in functional business skills such as collaboration, challenging conversations, presentations, analysing risk and maintaining relationships, which allows for personalization of the learning experience with a structured modular approach that gives the flexibility to focus on specific needs and learning outcomes.
Learning Objectives
- To introduce students to the general vocabulary of work-place English and the main language functions
- to acquire language mastery relevant to common business communication areas, such as professional development and managing change
- To build the basic skills of argumentative communication in English and successful representation of intentions and results to ensure the maximum range and authenticity of business content
- To acquire the basic skills of business communication (structural elements, business register peculiarities, essential business vocabulary) within multiple touchpoints from which to explore the possibilities of use of any given language skill.
- To master presentation agility and fluency with the various skills, practical training in functional business areas such as presentations, negotiations, meeting facilitation, and brainstorming
- To apply business communication skills to the specific subject area of International Affairs, from business conversations in the workplace, to negotiations and presentation skills
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details)
- To develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
- To develop skills in giving a presentation (can give reasons in support or against a particular point of view, give the advantages and disadvantages of various opinions) - optional
- To develop skills in writing e-mails (business correspondence)
- To develop skills of participating in debates (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
- to develop skills in writing essays
- To develop skills in delivering a monologue: informative, descriptive, reasoning
- To develop skills of participating in dialogue on general, academic, and professional topics: active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies
- To develop skills in describing graphs, pie charts, tables, bar charts, maps, diagrams, processes
Assessment Elements
- Written assessmentWritten assignment includes essays and grammar and vocabulary tests
- Oral assignmentOral assessment includes presentations, monologues and discussions
- Interim test
- Independent work assessment
- Final assessment
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 4th module0.1 * Interim test + 0.3 * Final assessment + 0.25 * Oral assignment + 0.25 * Written assessment + 0.1 * Independent work assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Business partner B2+ : coursebook, , 2019
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Business English for students of economics = Деловой английский для студентов-экономистов: учебное пособие / Б.И. Герасимов, О.А. Гливенкова, Н.А. Гунина ; под ред. М.Н. Макеева. - 2-е изд. - Москва :Форум, НИЦ ИНФРА-М, 2018. - 184 с. - ISBN 978-5-00091-116-7. - Текст : электронный. - URL: http://znanium.com/catalog/product/966749
- English for Business Studies : A course for Business Studies and Economics studints, Student's Book, 2nd ed., 208 p., MacKenzie, I., 2006
- Nickerson, C., & Planken, B. C. (2016). Introducing Business English. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1067517
- Talbot, F., & Bhattachrjee, S. (2012). Improve Your Global Business English : The Essential Toolkit for Writing and Communicating Across Borders. London: Kogan Page. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=460992
- Телешевская, А. М., Cross-Cultural Business English Communication : учебник / А. М. Телешевская. — Москва : Русайнс, 2021. — 140 с. — ISBN 978-5-4365-7665-7. — URL: https://book.ru/book/940582 (дата обращения: 25.08.2023). — Текст : электронный.