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English II - Basic Business English: Part B

(MISC158) -  ΔΡ. ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΑ ΡΟΘΩΝΗ

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The objectives of this module are to introduce students to basic Business English, develop their Business English vocabulary and further develop their knowledge of grammar and syntax. In addition, emphasis is placed on reading comprehension strategies and writing skills. At the end of the module, students should be able to understand intermediate-level Business English texts and write well-developed paragraphs and basic business letters.

Ημερομηνία δημιουργίας

Κυριακή, 24 Φεβρουαρίου 2013

  • Office Hours

    Instructor: Dr Anastasia Rothoni

    Email: anroth@aueb.gr

    Office: Derigny 12, 2nd floor

    Office Telephone Number: 210 8203 419

    Syllabus

    ENGLISH II – BASIC BUSINESS ENGLISH: PART B

    Departments of Accounting & Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Informatics, International and European Economic Studies, Management Science & Technology, Marketing and Communication, Statistics

    PROVISIONAL 13–WEEK SYLLABUS, Delivered by Dr Anastasia Rothoni / anroth@aueb.gr

     

    PROVISIONS

    • 4 hours of teaching per week
    • A2 English language competence

     

    WEEK

    Academic Readings

    Language Applications

    1

    What is Economics?

    Topic Sentences

    2

    How Wants become Demands

    Practice writing Topic Sentences

    3

    Utility

    Supporting Ideas

    4

    What is Production?

    Practice Developing Supporting Ideas

    5

    Markets

    Adding Detail

    6

    Demand and Supply

    Practice in Adding Detail

    7

    Mid-term revision

    Mid-term revision

    8

    Production Costs and Prices

    Conclusions

    9

    Factors of Production I

    Practice Writing Conclusions

    10

    Factors of Production II

    Transitional Words and Phrases

    11

    Competition

    Basic letter writing

    12

    Types of Business Organizations

    Practice in Basic letter writing

    13

    Vocabulary and Terminology Revision

    Review: Elements of Paragraph Writing

     

    Books

    1. Stefan, J. (2002), English for Students of Economics: General Economics, Athens: τυπωθήτω George Dardanos.

    2. Stefan, J. (2018), Selected Elements of Writing, Course notes, available on e-class.

    Evaluation Methods / Exams

    Final Exam, consisting of two parts:

    • Part A (70 points): Exercises on text comprehension; vocabulary; use of grammar; working with numbers, tables and graphs (from course material #1 above)

    • Part B (30 points): Writing skills (from course material #2 above)