Teaching code

4S013370

Teacher

Marco Minozzo

Coordinator

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

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

NN - -

Period

Primo semestre L dal Sep 23, 2024 al Jan 10, 2025.

Erasmus students

Not available

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

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 see pic).
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

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Lessons will be in person, not online.
Coursebook (recommended not mandatory)
M O'Keefe, Lewis Lansford (2018). Business Partner B2 Coursebook and Standard MyEnglishLab Pack (first Edition). Pearson Education, ISBN‎ 978-1292248585
Teacher
Dott. Massimo Marzio (massimo.marzio@univr.it), Lecturer, Centro Linguistico d’Ateneo, Università di Verona
Organization of the course
First session starts on October 3rd in Santa Marta Classroom SMT. 01 (only in person, not online).
Lessons are every Thursday till December 5th from 14.00 to 16.30.
Classroom: SMT.01 Santa Marta.

For the second semester, dott. Christopher Bacon (christopher.bacon@univr.it) will deliver another course in English for business and economics.

Learning assessment procedures

Si ricorda che i laureandi di dicembre 2024 e aprile 2025 non possono partecipare e richiedere l'accreditamento di cfu per la presente attività, in quanto si tratta di un'erogazione 2024/2025, mentre le sessioni di laurea si riferiscono all'a.a. 2023/2024.
Gli studenti regolarmente iscritti all'a.a. 2024/2025 sono tenuti a inserire l'attività a libretto.
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Students who have reached at least 70% 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
The written exam is scheduled for Mid December 2024.
- 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