Business English

2023/2024

Type: Optional course

Delivered by: School of Foreign Languages

When: 1-4 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Evgeniya Yuryevna Klepko, Viktor Makarenko

Language: English

ECTS credits: 14

Contact hours: 120

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The discipline refers to the educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for bachelor's degree while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. The course is designed to help the students communicate effectively in the workspace using the language of business, building effective business communications. The course offers practical training in functional business skills such as collaboration, challenging conversations, presentations, analysing risk and maintaining relationships, which allows for personalization of the learning experience with a structured modular approach that gives the flexibility to focus on specific needs and learning outcomes.

Learning Objectives

To acquire language mastery relevant to common business communication areas, through enhancement of business vocabulary and grammar.
To master presentation agility and fluency with the various skills, practical training in functional business areas such as presentations, negotiations, meeting facilitation, and brainstorming.
To acquire basic skills in reading, listening, writing and speaking in the academic environment.

Expected Learning Outcomes

To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details)
To develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
To develop skills in giving a presentation (can give reasons in support or against a particular point of view, give the advantages and disadvantages of various opinions) - optional
To develop skills in writing e-mails (business correspondence)
To develop skills of participating in debates (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
to develop skills in writing essays
To develop skills in delivering a monologue: informative, descriptive, reasoning
To develop skills of participating in dialogue on general, academic, and professional topics: active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies
To develop skills in describing graphs, pie charts, tables, bar charts, maps, diagrams, processes

Course Contents

Academic English for International Exams
English for Business

Assessment Elements

Written Assessment
Written assignment includes essays and grammar and vocabulary tests
Oral Assessment
Oral assessment includes presentations, monologues and discussions
Interim Test
Independent Work Assessment
Independent work assessment includes essays, chart descriptions, reading and listening tests
Final Assessment
Final assessment includes reading, listening, speaking, writing and vocabulary tests

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 4th module
0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.15 * Independent Work Assessment + 0.1 * Interim Test + 0.2 * Oral Assessment + 0.25 * Written Assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Business partner B2+ : coursebook, , 2019

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Business English for students of economics = Деловой английский для студентов-экономистов: учебное пособие / Б.И. Герасимов, О.А. Гливенкова, Н.А. Гунина ; под ред. М.Н. Макеева. - 2-е изд. - Москва :Форум, НИЦ ИНФРА-М, 2018. - 184 с. - ISBN 978-5-00091-116-7. - Текст : электронный. - URL: http://znanium.com/catalog/product/966749
English for Business Studies : A course for Business Studies and Economics studints, Student's Book, 2nd ed., 208 p., MacKenzie, I., 2006
Nickerson, C., & Planken, B. C. (2016). Introducing Business English. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1067517
Talbot, F., & Bhattachrjee, S. (2012). Improve Your Global Business English : The Essential Toolkit for Writing and Communicating Across Borders. London: Kogan Page. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=460992
Телешевская, А. М., Cross-Cultural Business English Communication : учебник / А. М. Телешевская. — Москва : Русайнс, 2021. — 140 с. — ISBN 978-5-4365-7665-7. — URL: https://book.ru/book/940582 (дата обращения: 25.08.2023). — Текст : электронный.

Course Syllabus