Description:
| Aims: A course to upgrade, review and refine language skills already acquired based on business-related vocabulary and with an emphasis on analysis so that students may operate confidently and effectively in the sphere of foreign business and management.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of the Unit students will be able to:
* give a presentation in the target language about a company of their choice which will take the form of an analysis of a specific problem faced by the company, or an explanation of company strategy in a particular business context.
* extract information from texts and use these to write reports within a specific context.
* use their analytical skills in order to advise managers, clients, workforce etc both in writing and orally.
* improve their understanding of authentic and challenging written and audio materials in a range of styles, registers and nuances.
Skills: Speaking, reading, listening and writing in the target language - all assessed
Interpersonal skills, communication, team skills - facilitated
IT skills - facilitated
Intercultural skills - facilitated and taught
Autonomous learning - facilitated
Research and organisational skills - facilitated
Cognitive - taught.
Content: The material will cover topical aspects of the foreign business environment which will stimulate discussions and debates. Target language will be used throughout the course, emphasising fluency, grammatical accuracy and the use of specific business vocabulary.
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