BUSINESS ENGLISH

Students will be encouraged to:

-        improve and expand their basic knowledges of the English language;

-        create written texts and oral presentations in English focusing on economic and business;

-        develop critical thinking and collaborate with other students sharing opinions, ideas and knowledges.

Students will work and improve the following skills:

-        READING SKILLS: read, understand and analyse a written text, reflect on the contents and on the language structures;

-        WRITING SKILLS: write a text or an email using appropriate language;

-        LISTENING SKILLS: listen to dialogues, conversations and oral presentations, understand their contents and aims; the discourse is articulated at a leisurely pace;

-        ORAL SKILLS: participate in discussions related to the business sector and trade in general, comment oral texts and academic articles, present orally.

The teacher will advise and suggest students in order to help them in learning methods, improve or refresh previous and new knowledges.

Attendance is not mandatory, but students are invited to attend lessons in order to practice for the final exam.

Lessons will be divided in two parts: a refresh of the most important grammatical structures in English and specialized language in economics and business. Particularly:

-        Jobs

-        Written communication: CV, cover letter, email

-        Oral communication: graphs, call, meeting

-        Economics and business organization

-        Production, incoterms, credit and transport

Every lesson will be organized as follow:

-        Topic and introduction

-        Readings and vocabulary concerning specialized language

-        Grammar

-       Practice for the final exam

1.     Giuliana Garzone - Walter Giordano, Communicating Business in English, Milano, Pearson Italia, 2020 (capp. 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9).

2.     G. Zani, E. Randali, New Business.net, Milano, Minerva Scuola, 2008 (selected parts).

3.     M. Foley – D. Hall, My GrammarLab (Intermediate B1/B2), Harlow, Pearson, 2012. (capp. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 19, 20).

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

Further material will be provided during lessons and will be available on Studium. 

The final examination consists of a written examination and an oral examination (based on Business Preliminary B1 – Cambridge). This exam hasn’t a final mark, nut only “eligible” or “not eligible”.

-        Listening comprehension

-        Use of English (reading comprehension and grammar)

-        Writing

-        Oral skills