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PL30718: German written & oral communication in the international business context

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2015/6
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
Further information on credits Credits: 12
Further information on unit levels Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Academic Year
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 30%, EX 50%, OR 20%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework 1 (CW 5%)
  • Coursework 2 (CW 5%)
  • Coursework 3 (CW 5%)
  • Coursework 4 (CW 5%)
  • Coursework 5 (CW 10%)
  • Oral Exam (OR 20%)
  • Examination A (EX 25%)
  • Examination B (EX 25%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
The aim of this unit is to keep up the level of linguistic fluency achieved during the year abroad and to further enhance German written and oral skills within the international business context.

Learning Outcomes:
To enable students to give a professional presentation and chair a discussion, making full use of appropriate techniques; to employ the relevant strategies for analysing and producing more demanding and complex German texts. To produce accurate commercial translations to a high standard.

Skills:
Skills in precision in the use of written and spoken language, in reading advanced texts and critically judging the quality of their contents and structure in translating, and in effective and idiomatic communication in the target language, are taught and assessed in this unit.

Content:
In Oral Communication Classes, special attention is paid to presentation techniques and discussion skills. In semester 2 students are also specifically prepared for their oral examination.
Exercises in Written Communication include advanced techniques of summarisation, methods of comparative text analysis, abstraction of argumentation, and conceptualisation of commentary writing. Regarding language students will study certain sophisticated linguistic points, i.e. reported speech, correct use of quotations, and a variety of stylistic means and expressions. The course will also focus on the skills required to produce accurate commercial translations to a high standard.
In both components of the unit classes focus on material and topics relevant to the international business context. The emphasis will be on issues of European economic integration and problems related to the globalisation of economic processes.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

PL30718 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

School of Management
  • UXXX-AYB04 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (German) with Year Abroad (Year 4)

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2015/16 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2016/17 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2015/16.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.