Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
EU30718 German written & oral communication in the international business context |
| Credits: 12 |
| Level: Honours |
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| Assessment: EX50CW30OR20 |
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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. |