6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1021619BNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
This course is designed to optimally prepare students of Business and/or Economics for further academic study and for the world of work, for both of which the English language is indispensable in the current globalized world. It immerses students in English, and aims on the one hand to equip them with both the language (subject-specific vocabulary, grammar, academic/professional style) and skills (both spoken and written) necessary to function in these contexts, and on the other hand to provide maximal opportunity for the students to apply these in tasks which simulate real-life professional settings (e.g. a job application, an interview, a business presentation).
The course is structured in such way as to build towards increasing autonomy on the part of the students as language-users. On the one hand, we focus on ‘Written English for Business and Economics’, providing language input (subject-specific terminology, features of formal academic/professional writing style), and the chance to apply the acquired knowledge in controlled writing tasks. Students develop as writers on the basis of feedback from their tutors. Secondly, we focus on ‘Spoken English for Business and Economics’, where speaking and listening skills are central. Students develop their critical reading and discussion skills on the basis of contemporary works by Anglophone authors which are read and discussed throughout the year. In addition, a key focus is on speaking tasks typical of those encountered in a business environment (presenting statistics, describing graphs and figures, giving a presentation). Language input provides the necessary vocabulary, and students are given ample opportunity to simulate these contexts and to receive feedback from their peers and tutors. At the end of the course, students have the opportunity to combine and demonstrate these skills in a formal interview.
Additional course material will be made available via Canvas.
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 15% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 25% of the final mark.
Other determines 30% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- In the first exam session, assessment is on the basis of written assignments (25%), an end-of-module assessment (15%), an oral exam (30%) and continuous assessment (25%).
- Students who do not participate in the end-of-module assessment are unable to pass the course in the first exam session.
- Students who do not participate in the oral exam are unable to pass the course in the first exam session.
- Students who do not complete the written assignments will receive a score of 0 for this assessment component but are still eligible to be assessed for the course in the first exam session.
- Students who do not complete the continuous assessment component will receive a score of 0 for this assessment component but are still eligible to be assessed for the course in the first exam session.
- For each assessment component, the course instructor(s) will explicitly indicate the permissibility of using generative AI, specifying whether its usage is prohibited, limited to certain extents, or fully permitted. Non-compliance with these specifications will be considered academic fraud and penalised accordingly.
- In the second exam session, assessment is on the basis of a written exam (50%) and an oral exam (50%).
- Students who fail the course in the first exam session and who wish to be examined in the second exam session are required to take the written exam if they achieved a fail grade for either the writing assignments and/or the end-of-module assessment in the first exam session.
- Students who fail the course in the first exam session and who wish to be examined in the second exam session are required to take the oral exam if they achieved a fail grade for either or both of the oral assessment components in the first exam session (continuous assessment and/or oral exam).
- Students who fail the course in the first exam session and who already passed both the writing assignments and the end-of-module assessment in the first exam session may choose to carry over the combined written assessment grade (writing assignments + online modules + end-of-module assessment) instead of taking the written exam in the second session.
- Students who fail the course in the first exam session and who already passed both forms of oral assessment in the first exam session may choose to carry over the combined oral assessment grade (continuous assessment + oral exam) instead of taking the oral exam in the second session.
- In both the first and the second exam session, an overall final grade of 10/20 or above is sufficient to pass the course even if a pass grade has not been achieved for each module and/or individual assessment component.
- No scores for individual assessment components or exams may be carried over to a subsequent academic year.
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