Table of contents

The course is connected to the following study programs

Teaching language

English

Learning outcomes

At the completion of this course the students shall:

  • be able to use appropriate communicative strategies for speaking and writing English in a business context
  • be able to compose various types of business documents
  • know how to prepare and deliver an oral presentation
  • be able to use an appropriate register, vocabulary and grammar in spoken and written communication
  • be able to describe, illustrate and analyze intercultural problems that may arise in business situations

Contents

The course aims to help students develop good comprehensive language skills in business and administrative English. The course comprises communicative strategies for speaking and writing, with a particular view to enhance students' awareness of genre, register and appropriate vocabulary. Students will learn English grammatical conventions necessary for the production of business documents.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures and seminars. Oral presentations. Estimated work-load: Approximately 200 hours.

Examination requirements

One written assignment and one oral presentation must be approved.

Examinations

4-hour written examination under supervision. You are allowed to use English-English dictionary on the exam. Graded assessment.

Student evaluation

The person responsible for the course, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1.

Offered as a free-standing course

Yes. Subject to avalibility or capacity.

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course Reduction of Credits
EN-123 – Business English. 7.5
EN-123 – Business English. 7.5
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