Teaching code

4S011424

Teacher

Marco Minozzo

Coordinatore

Marco Minozzo

Credits

3

Also offered in courses:

• English for Business and Economics - Bachelor's Degrees of the course Bachelors' degree in Business Administration and Management

Language

English

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

NN - -

Period

Periodo generico dal Oct 1, 2022 al May 31, 2023.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

Learning objectives

Overview
The course is aimed at facilitating students’ oral and written communication within a business context. Students will be provided with a selection of texts taken from the coursebook (Market Leader, Upper Intermediate). Students are expected to contribute actively to the course, in particular though group discussions and brainstorming sessions (in presence and/or online) and via written assignments. They are also asked to deliver speaking tasks throughout the course.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- describe different kinds of graphs, charts, infographics using appropriate vocabulary and collocations;
- read and understand texts taken from major business media and infer meaning from context;
- use search operators, online concordances and collocation dictionaries to look up unknown words and phrases;
- recognize collocations recurring in business texts and newspapers;
- present (pitch) a new business idea, plan or product;
- recognize and understand formal business register, write a business letter.

Program

Course content
lexis and grammar in business texts and contexts
reading comprehension strategies (skimming, scanning, summarizing, synthesizing)
business communication and business texts
lexis and grammar for describing graphs, charts, infographics
lexis and grammar for presenting a business idea, plan or product
Coursebook (recommended not mandatory)
David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent (2016). Market Leader: Upper Intermediate Business English Course Book (B2-C1), terza edizione. Pearson-Longman, ISBN‎ 978-1292134819
Teacher
Dott. Massimo Marzio (massimo.marzio@univr.it), Lecturer, Centro Linguistico d’Ateneo, Università di Verona
Organization of the course
Students can self-enroll on the following Moodle page:

https://moodledidattica.univr.it/course/view.php?id=12045

First lessons starts on Friday the 7th of October 2022 (14:00-16:30) in Santa Marta, classroom SMT.11 (only in person, not online).
Lessons are every Friday from the 7th of October till the 9th of December.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Lessons will be in person, not online.

Learning assessment procedures

Si ricorda che i laureandi di dicembre 2022/aprile 2023 non possono partecipare e richiedere l'accreditamento di cfu per la presente attività, in quanto si tratta di un'erogazione 2022/2023, mentre le sessioni di laurea si riferiscono all'a.a. 2021/2022.
Gli studenti regolarmente iscritti all'a.a. 2022/2023 sono tenuti a inserire l'attività a libretto.
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Students who have reached at least 75% of live attendance will be assessed by means of a written and an speaking exam:
- Written assessment (70 minutes)
Part 1 - Graph/Chart description
Part 2 - Business article Reading comprehension with focus on specific vocabulary/ lexis
- Speaking assessment (only for those who pass the written exam of about 15 minutes in pairs):
Students are asked to talk about a given business topic.

Exam language

English