2024/2025
English for Business Purposes. Advanced Course - 2
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
3, 4 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Завалина Анастасия Владимировна,
Воронцова-Менало Анна Сергеевна,
Yuliya Antonova,
Irina Yuryevna Bukina,
Anna Cheremnykh,
Evgeniya Yuryevna Klepko,
Tatiana Borisovna Pospelova,
Lyudmila Yuryevna Rokotyanskaya,
Yuliya Suvorova,
Хомякова Варвара Ильинична,
Демидова Ксения Владиславовна,
Жукова Виктория Александровна,
Малых Ольга Сергеевна,
Карцева Алина Викторовна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for bachelor's and master's degree at choice 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 introduce the students to the language of business, specifically to the peculiarities of building effective business communications. The course offers practical training in functional business skills such as presentations, negotiations, meeting facilitation, and brainstorming, allowing 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
- The course focuses on introducing students to the general vocabulary of work-place English and the main language functions and is aimed at acquiring language mastery relevant to common business communication areas, such as finance, digital business, performance appraisal, time management and managing change, thus the main objectives of the course are as follows: to enhance 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 develop 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 through practical training in functional business areas such as presentations, negotiations, meeting facilitation, and brainstorming; to apply BC skills to the specific subject areas, from business conversations in the workplace to negotiations and presentation skills .
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
- To develop skills in delivering a monologue (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- To develop skills in writing a summary
- To develop skills in writing essays (opinion, discussion)
- To develop skills of participating in dialogues on general, academic and professional topics. (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
- To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details) To form skills of note-taking
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To write a detailed structured cover letter.
- To form understanding of text structure
- To develop skills in giving a presentation (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- To develop skills in writing e-mails
- To improve understanding academic/ professional presentations which are linguistically complex
- To develop skills of using basic reading techniques (skimming and scanning, predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- To develop understanding of articles, reports, straightforward and specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the effective operational proficiency level
- To use business vocabulary
Course Contents
- Corporate social responsibilities 2
- Challenges
- Global mobility
- Alliances.
- Risk.
- Decisions.
Assessment Elements
- Written Assessment (WA)Written Assessment icludes written tasks completed in class (Tests, essays, emails, cover letter)
- Oral Assessment (OA)Monolgue, dialogue, presentation (optional)
- Student Independent Work Assessment (IWA)Tasks from SMART LMS Task Achievement • Coherence and Cohesion • Grammar Accuracy • Lexical Resource • Meeting the deadline.
- Final Assessment (FA)The interim exam lasts 70 minutes. The exam is written paper-and-pen test and is aimed at checking whether the student can demonstrate the acquisition of the learning objectives set. The exam consists of two parts, i.e. Reading and Writing that weigh 40% and 60% respectively in the total mark for the exam. The actual score for Reading is turned into percentages which are tuned into a final mark out of 10 points. Period of FA: 10 days prior to the fourth module’s session. The release of examination papers: during the session. Time limit: 70 minutes online/offline. 1. Reading (R) Max. 10 points Students have no more than 20 minutes to complete the Reading part. Read the text. Possible reading tasks: • Correct option for each task (multiple choice). • Fill in the gaps (gap-filling). • Decide whether the statement is True, False or Not Given. 2. Writing (W) Write an essay on one of the topics given. Max. 10 points. Students should write a 250-word essay. Students have 50 minutes to complete the Writing part. Grading formula: R* 0.4 + W*0.6 = 10.
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 4th module0.3 * Final Assessment (FA) + 0.2 * Oral Assessment (OA) + 0.25 * Student Independent Work Assessment (IWA) + 0.25 * Written Assessment (WA)
