Academic year
2016-17
Is found in:
- International Curriculum, programme stage 2
This is a single course unit.
Study load:
6 credits
Weight:
6,00
Total study time: 150,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 01.12.2016 ()
Organisation of education
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
- exam contract (to obtain a credit).
- exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Special admission is required to enrol in this course unit under credit contract.
Co-ordinator: Mijlemans Birgit
Other teaching staff: Ergünes Burcu
Language course: Yes, English
Languages: English
Scheduled for: Semester 1
Objectives
- linking practical language skills to business-oriented, up to date and various knowledge
- deepening and developing receptive and productive skills
- obtaining the attitudes of a management assistant
Contents
- Further deepening of the grammatical skills.
- Expansion of the general and business vocabulary.
- Study of current business texts.
- Further attention goes also to specific tasks of the Management Assistant, eg organizing business trips and reporting.
Order of enrolment
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Final objectives
Core competence 1: understands announcements and simple argumentations about topics from his socio-economic and professional environment. (Listening and reading: B1) (DSL6, AC2, AC4)
Indicators:
- completely understands oral texts concerning socio-economic and work related topics when they are formulated clearly and in standard language. (I)
- completely understands texts with expressions frequently used in a socio-economic or work related context.
Core competence 2: communicates orally and written in more complex, professional related contexts. (spoken production, writing: B1) (DSL6, AC2, AC4, AC1)
Indicators:
- elaborates simple, cohesive texts about familiar topics that are business-oriented, such as minutes, presentations and summaries. (A&S)
- orally presents professional messages in a simple but correct language. (A&S)
Core competence 3: masters most linguistic competences that are required to have a simple work-oriented conversation in English. (spoken interaction: B1) (DSL6, AC2, AC4, AC1)
Indicators:
- takes part in a conversation with topics concerning professional life or personal interest; does this with preparation. (A&S)
- gives his/her critical opinion about the presentations of peers in non-complex terms. (E)
Organisation of education
group teaching, discussion, electronic platform
Evaluation
- first examination period:
continuous evaluation: 30%
written exam 70%
- second examination period:
written exam: 70%
oral exam: 30%