Advanced English Language for Economists
Instructor: Милица Богдановић, PhD, Professor of foreign language and skills
Upon completion of this course a student will gain advanced knowledge of English language grammar and professional vocabulary. The student will be able to display knowledge and skills relevant to the curriculum and to use them in certain situations, which include business communication, oral and written.
| Code : | О2018ИНЕЈ |
|---|---|
| Status: | E |
| Semestar: | 6th |
| Number of classes per week: | 3+2 |
| ЕECTS: | 6 |
| Teachers: |
Милица Богдановић,
PhD Professor of foreign language and skills |
| Prerequisites: | English Language for Economists I |
| Learning Outcomes (gained knowledge): | Upon completion of this course a student will gain knowledge of English language grammar and professional vocabulary. The student will be able to display knowledge and skills relevant to the curriculum and to use them in certain situations, which include business communication, oral and written, analyzing reports and translating professional texts. |
| Subject Contents: | The working day, Present simple and present continuous; Online communication, Finding and recording collocations; Company growth, Past simple; Corporate culture; Describing equipment, Vocabulary to describe objects; Processes and procedures, The present passive; Distribution and delivery, Modal verbs of obligation; Advertising and marketing, Vocabulary to talk about advertising and marketing; Making arrangements, Present continuous for future arrangements; Transport, Vocabulary for air travel; Contrast words; Working holidays; Conferences, Comparatives and superlatives; New places, new people, Present perfect and past simple; Corporate gift-giving, Countable and uncountable nouns; Teamwork, Vocabulary to describe aims and achievements; Thinking globally; Quantifiers; Describing statistics, Adjectives and adverbs, Comparison; Company finances, Finance vocabulary; Investments, Stocks and shares vocabulary; Starting up, Relative clauses; Job applications, CV and describing application Employee productivity, Infinitive and –ing forms, Grammar revision |
| Teaching Methods and Learning Activities: | Interactive teaching. Preparation and presentation of the seminar paper with the mandatory application of the Instructions for the preparation of scientific papers. |
| Literature: | Norman, W. (2006). Business Benchmark, Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate, Student’s Book. Cambridge University Press Brook-Hart, G. (2006). Business Benchmark, Upper-Intermediate, Student’s Book, Cambridge University Press Johnson, C. (2000). Market Leader Banking and Finance, Pearson Education Limited Murphy, R. (2004). English Grammar in Use, Third edition. Cambridge University Press Mascull, B. (2002). Business Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge University Press |
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