554.032 (17S) English III: Advanced Professional Communication b
Overview
- Lecturer
- Course title german English III: Advanced Professional Communication b
- Type Course (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 23 (20 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- possible language(s) of the assessment English
- Course begins on 08.03.2017
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
Training towards the IELTS test (International English Language Testing System). Students train their listening, speaking and reading writing skills for the purposes of business interaction and academic study. Special focus on training reader-friendly business and academic writing. Also training in speaking English as part of a team to run a seminar-style workshop session.
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
Communicative methodology with peer and teacher feedback, online inputs and training tasks.
Students work in small teams to plan & run team workshop sessions on subject-specialist topics; online and teacher-mediated training for IELTS test formats; teacher, print & digital inputs; reader-friendly business/academic writing - process writing with individual feedback (feedback-editing loop); pair & group work; Moodle activities and training tasks.
Course content
- Study-related topics selected by students for team workshop sessions and individual special-interest academic/business papers
- Team workshop presentations - presenting study topics in an interactive style, combining subject focus, presentation techniques and team work
- Reader-friendly business and academic writing
- Speaking training - IELTS topics, small talk, workshop-style presentations, academic discussion
- Listening training - advanced listening, range of accents, topics, communicative situation including academic (based on IELTS & TOEFL training materials)
- Training in reading academic texts & handling IELTS questions, speed reading, vocabulary building
- CV / Resumé
- Vocabulary development (business vocabulary)
- Key issues in English grammar - remedial work
Literature
Course workbook, online inputs, training on Moodle, IELTS training materials, also TOEFL and Cambridge Business English Certificate Higher (CBEC Higher) training materials (various sources, individual student choice of preferred test format for training).
Examination information
Examination methodology
Distribution of points for coursework as follows (% of final grade): Team Presentation (25%); IELTS listening test (10%) & IELTS reading test (15%); Portfolio of written work (25%); Classwork and homework (25%)
Continuous Assessment throughout course on course tasks and assessed writing tasks (writing portfolio)
End-of-semester on-line listening and reading tests (IELTS format - alternative options = TOEFL and CBEC formats)
Team workshop-style presentation session on subject-specialist topic
Examination topic(s)
Skills-based assessment using IELTS format/criteria for listening and reading skills Own choice of business topics (study-specialization-related) for group workshop sessions and reader-friendly academic/business paper |
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
IELTS (or TOEFL or BEBCH) listening and reading tests. Academic or business paper on own choice of topic (2 pages). Team workshop session (one hour). Assessed homework tasks.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor's degree programme Applied Business Administration
(SKZ: 518, Version: 14W.3)
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Subject: Business Language in Context
(Compulsory subject)
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§9(1) English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 554.032 English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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§9(1) English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Business Language in Context
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme Information Management
(SKZ: 522, Version: 12W.1)
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Subject: Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation
(Compulsory elective)
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4.1.1 Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
- 554.032 English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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4.1.1 Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation
(Compulsory elective)
- Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law
(SKZ: 519, Version: 12W.3)
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Subject: Business English in Context
(Compulsory elective)
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English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KU / 3.0 ECTS)
- 554.032 English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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English III: Advanced Professional Communication (
2.0h KU / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Business English in Context
(Compulsory elective)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Sommersemester 2021
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2020/21
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2020
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2019/20
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2019
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2018/19
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2018
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2017/18
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2016/17
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b: Human Resources Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2016
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2015/16
- 554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b: Human Resources Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2014/15
- 554.032 KU English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2014
- 554.032 KU English III: Advanced Professional Communication B (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)