Business English 3
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Course informations
| Study program level |
Undergraduate |
| Study program |
Entrepreneurship |
| Study program direction |
Entrepreneurship |
| Course year |
2. |
| Course semester |
III |
| Course status |
Core |
| ECTS |
3 |
| Lectures (h) |
15 |
| Excercises (h) |
30 |
| Seminars (h) |
- |
Course objectives
Develop competencies such as the ability to understand and use the modern English language in speech and writing in business communication.
Course outcomes
Name of the learning outcomes set: General English language and grammar structures in English 3
Level: 6
- Choose and use idioms and key vocabulary related to business communication correctly
- Use present and past tenses correctly (for example, when describing a company's historical development)
- Formulate and actively use marketing-related compounds
Name of the learning outcomes set: Business correspondence and oral business communication in English 3
Level: 6
- Apply and use the learnt terms in the discussion on successful communication
- Write an official e-mail relating to business using proper formulation and vocabulary
- Discuss various business risk forms using the appropriate vocabulary Give appropriate business advices for conducting business in a foreign country
Name of the learning outcomes set: Listening and reading in business communication in English 1
Level: 6
- Listen to an interview about a marketing school and name how students are educated in that field
- Analyze text related to the differences in conducting business in western and eastern cultures
- Set hypotheses before reading the text and confirm them by analyzing the read text
Course content
Communication (vocabulary, discussion); Idioms;
International marketing (vocabulary, listening); Brands (discussion);
Compound nouns;
Building relationships (vocabulary, multiword verbs);
How East is Meeting West (reading, discussion);
Success (vocabulary, discussion); Profile: Carlos Slim (reading);
Present and past tenses;
Job satisfaction (motivational factors, word-building, synonyms);
Risk (aspects of risk, adverbs of degree); Managing risk (listening);
Business culture in Kazakhstan (reading, listening, discussion)
