554.032 (18S) English III: Advanced Professional Communication b

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Sommersemester 2018

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First course session
12.03.2018 16:30 - 19:45 On Campus

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Overview

Lecturer

Mag. Rachel Köberl, M.A.

Course title german

English III: Advanced Professional Communication b

Type

Course (continuous assessment course )

Hours per Week

2.0

ECTS credits

3.0

Registrations

27 (20 max.)

Organisational unit

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Language of instruction

English

possible language(s) of the assessment

English

Course begins on

12.03.2018

eLearning

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Intended learning outcomes

Students should train their listening, speaking, reading andwriting skills for the purposes of business interaction and academic study, especiallyto be able to tackle the international IELTS test of English proficiency (or equivalent, e.g. TOEFL) for study purposes. Students should also be able to produce academic and business texts written in a reader-friendly and accurate style and be able to work in a team to run an interactive workshop session on a current business topic in English.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Communicative methodology with peer and teacher feedback, online inputs, and training tasks.

Students work in teams to plan & run 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 & groupwork; 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, 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)
Issues in English grammar for business communication

Prior knowledge expected

Students must already have passed English I and English II on the AAU Business Administration undergraduate English programme, or have gained credit for equivalent courses taken at other institutions.

Successful completion of 554.01... and 554.02.....

Literature

Course workbook, online inputs, recommended readings, IELTS practice tests. TOEFL and Cambridge Business English Higher training materials also available.

Intended learning outcomes

Themen

Prinzipien wissenschaftlichen Schreibensauf Englisch
Lesetraining - wissenschaftliche Te

Learning Outcome

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.

Methodology

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 overview

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).

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Communicative methodology with peer and teacher feedback, online inputs 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

Prior knowledge expected

AAU students should already have completed English I and English II

554.01......

554.02......

B2 level required

Literature

Link to further information

Moodle course

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

Bachelor's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 14W.3)
- Subject: Business Language in Context (Compulsory subject)
  - §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)

Bachelor's degree programme Information Management (SKZ: 522, Version: 17W.1)
- Subject: Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation (Compulsory elective)
  - 8.1 Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
    - 554.032 English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
      Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen

Bachelor's degree programme Information Management (SKZ: 522, Version: 12W.1)
- Subject: Englische Wirtschafts- und Technikkommunikation (Compulsory elective)
  - 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)

Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 12W.3)
- Subject: Business English in Context (Compulsory elective)
  - 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)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Sommersemester 2021

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Wintersemester 2020/21

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Sommersemester 2020

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Wintersemester 2019/20

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Sommersemester 2019

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Wintersemester 2018/19

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Wintersemester 2017/18

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Sommersemester 2017

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Wintersemester 2016/17

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b: Human Resources Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Sommersemester 2016

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Wintersemester 2015/16

554.032 KS English III: Advanced Professional Communication b: Human Resources Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Wintersemester 2014/15

554.032 KU English III: Advanced Professional Communication b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)

Sommersemester 2014

554.032 KU English III: Advanced Professional Communication B (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)