2025/2026

English for Business Purposes. Advanced Course - 2

Type: Optional course

Delivered by: Department of Foreign Languages

Where: School of Arts and Humanities

When: 3, 4 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Ekaterina Chistiakova, Olga G. Gorina, Svetlana Kucherenko, Tatiana Mitrofanova, Nina Anatolyevna Nenasheva, Evgeniy Pushkarev, Julia Rastvorova, Elena Stanislavovna Rumyantseva, Irina M. Solntseva, Alexandra V. Tsvetkova, Карташова Вера Михайловна, Трофимцева Анастасия Сергеевна, Лямзин Роман Викторович, Ефремова Ольга Владимировна, Осокина Евгения Дмитриевна, Каминская Альбина Владимировна, Косолапов Станислав Олегович, Филатов Андрей Сергеевич, Лямзин Роман Викторович, Ефремова Ольга Владимировна, Осокина Евгения Дмитриевна

Language: English

ECTS credits: 5

Contact hours: 80

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The aim of English for Business Communication (part 2) is to to build foreign language communicative competence at the B2 / C1 level (according to the Common European Framework of Reference) in situations of everyday intercultural and business communication. The course develops communication skills to the level necessary for effective professional communication in a multicultural environment, including conducting business meetings, negotiations and presentations in the international business sphere.

Learning Objectives

• Formation of linguistic competence (language skills in oral and written speech).
• Formation of sociolinguistic competence (ability to select language resources in accordance with the social situation of communication).
• Formation of sociocultural competence (sociocultural awareness in formal and informal communication situations).
• Formation of discursive competence (ability to interpret oral and written texts in accordance with the context).
• Formation of strategic competence (ability to plan time, educational strategies in the short-term and long-term perspective).
• Formation of critical thinking (mastery of analysis and synthesis tools in interpreting results and constructing arguments).

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Know and be able to apply grammatical structures in the comprehension and creation of texts (both orally and in writing).
• Be able to comprehend formal and everyday oral speech (monologue, dialogue), understand the general meaning of the utterance, specific questions, take notes on what is heard.
• Be able to construct a written expression in the genre of an essay or a brief summary of a text, relying on the developed lexico-grammatical base on the topic, critical thinking, genre characteristics.
• Be able to deliver an oral presentation (monologue, dialogue), drawing on the established lexico-grammatical foundation on the topic, socio-cultural aspects of the communication situation.
• Be capable of working in a team, presenting project outcomes in the form of a presentation, and answering questions.
• Know and be able to apply vocabulary related to general business and socio-economic topics in text comprehension and creation (both orally and in writing).
• Be able to read, comprehend the general meaning and specific aspects of texts on general business and socio-economic topics and apply various reading strategies.

Course Contents

• 1. Management and leadership. Anticrisis management
• 2. Management and leadership. Anticrisis management
• 3. Management and leadership. Anticrisis management
• 4. Management and leadership. Leadership
• 5. Management and leadership. Leadership
• 6. Management and leadership. Leadership
• 7. Globalization. International Communication
• 8. GLobalization. International Communication
• 9. GLobalization. International communication
• 10. Globalization. International outsourcing
• 11. GLobalization. International outsourcing
• 12. Design, technology and innovation. Affordable innovation
• 13. Design, technology and innovation. Affordable innovation
• 14. Design, technology and innovation. Affordable innovation
• 15. Final test

Assessment Elements

• Self-study work
  Forms of Projects: Project work can be organized in two forms (individual or team-based); and three types (academic project, professional project, language project). Choosing the Form and Type: The form and type of project are chosen by the instructor based on the competency level of the group. Essays on the topics of the course.
• Speaking
  Any type of task designed to assess unprepared oral speech will be used, including responses to card tasks, questions, participation in debates, etc. For each module, the student must receive at least three grades for full, unprepared oral responses.
• Lexical and grammatical test
  Tests on the course topics.
• Exam
  Exam includes tasks on listening, reading, lexis and grammar.

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 4th module
  0.3 * Exam + 0.25 * Lexical and grammatical test + 0.25 * Self-study work + 0.2 * Speaking

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• BEC vantage testbuilder, Allsop, J., 2004
• Долгова, Е. В. English for Managers : учебное пособие / Е. В. Долгова. — Орел : ОрелГАУ, 2014. — 67 с. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/71303 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Английский для менеджеров = English for Managers, [учебное пособие], 182 с., Сальникова, Л. В., 1992

Authors

• Ponomareva Alina Dmitrievna
• Smirnova Natalia Viktorovna
• Ursul Natalia Valerevna
• Diugaeva Irina Dmitrievna