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BUSINESS ENGLISH 2

Academic year 2019/20 –summer semester Course holder: Sanda Katavić-Čaušić, MSc

“English is now the lingua franca. That’s how it is. You have to speak English if you want to act and move in globalization.” Édouard Philippe French Prime Minister

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COURSE SPECIFICATIONS

Course title: Business English 2 Proficiency level: Upper-intermediate (CEFR B2+) Number of ECTS credits: 5 Target group: 4th year students – graduate programme Duration: 1 semester Number of lessons weekly: 1+2 Location: Room 10 (IT room upon agreement) Time: Tuesday 12pm – 2.35pm

Groups: 1 and 2 Group 1 (BUBALO-MARKOVIĆ): 12pm – 1.15pm Group 2 (MILKOVIĆ-ŽIVKOVIĆ) : 1.20pm – 2.40pm

Overview

• Contents and topics
• Obligatory literature
• Students’ obligations throughout the semester
• Digital portfolio
• Online quizzes
• Attendance and assessment
• Final exam
• Events – aimed at developing intercultural and global

competence

• in cooperation with the American Corner – World Poetry Day 21/3
• International poetry evening – Creative Treasury (April 2020)

together with ERASMUS incoming students

• in cooperation with the American Corner – lecture by Josh Leib

Contents and topic ics:

• 1. Team building – Building successful teams / Recipes for

team building; Language work: Prefixes / Modal perfect; Skills: Resolving conflict

• 2. Management styles – Management qualities / Interviews

with two famous CEOs; Language work: Text reference; Skills: Presentations

• 3. Risk – Describing risk / Managing risks / Internationalisation

– risk or opportunity?; Language work: Adverbs of degree; Skills: Reaching agreement

• 4. Job satisfaction – Staff motivation / Working for the best

companies – Marriott Hotels International; Language work: Synonyms and word-building / Passives; Skills: Cold-calling

• 5. Revision units and Working across cultures (pg.60&61)

Obli ligatory ry lit literature: :

MARKET LEADER 3rd Edition Business English Course Book Upper Intermediate (UNITS 5-8) Business English Practice File Upper Intermediate (UNITS 5-8)

Publisher: PEARSON Longman

Stu tudents obli ligations th throughout th the semester

• Digital portfolio
• the term was coined in 2010 by David Niguidula

Definition: "a multimedia collection of student work that provides evidence of a student's skills and knowledge"

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" a dynamic, digital collection of information from many sources, in many forms, and with many purposes that better represent a student's understanding and learning experiences "

Matt Renwick

Steps:

• Ss are to create Google account
• open new Google site on their Drive
• rename it to DIGITAL PORTFOLIO
• in top left corner include their name
• include an inspirational quote on the initial page
• add pages in accordance with number of assignments (e.g.

Assignment 1, Assignment 2 etc.)

• each assignment is to be written on a separate page
• share with the Professor on:

poslovniengleski2portfolio@gmail.com

GOOGLE SIT ITES AS WEB HOSTING SERVICE – How to……

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpGKTAnX-o0
• CREATE A DIGITAL PORTFOLIO IN THE NEW GOOGLE SITES (steps

from the beginning)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCFb_pGvfmg
• MAKING A PORTFOLIO ON THE NEW GOOGLE SITES
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb9jmfFTCZM
• CREATING DIGITAL PORTFOLIO WITH GOOGLE SITES (more detailed)

Dig igital portfoli lio assig ignments:

ASSIGNMET 1: Short biography & Ss photo

• Ss portrait photo
• textual

biography (200-300 words) – Ss should introduce themselves briefly to the teacher with emphasis on professional experience (key info from Ss academic career

• internships,

awards, ERASMUS exchange program, volunteering …) + CV in tabular form (free form)

DUE: 10 March 2020

ASSIGNMET 2: : Vid ideo cli clip and text revi view + Ss opinion

• Source: Harward Business Review on

https://hbr.org/2012/05/global-business-speaks-english Text: Global Business Speaks English & video embedded in the text Why Everyone at Your Company Should Speak (a Little) English Task: After having read the text and watched the video clip write a short review of both and include your opinion on the importance

• f English knowledge for your future professional life (app. 300

words) DUE: 17 March 2020

ASSIGNMENT 3: : Team building – recording audio fil file

Task: Record yourself giving your opinion / answers to the following questions on team building. Save the audio file in your digital portfolio.

• 1. What does it mean to be a member of a team?
• 2. What makes a good team player?
• 3. What can a team accomplish that one person working alone

cannot?

• 4. What sort of team player are you?
• 5. What qualities could you contribute to a team? What qualities

would make you a good team member?

• 6. What positive/negative experiences have you had as team

member? DUE: 24 March 2020

ASSIGNMENT 4: : Short report

Task: Study the CASE STUDY in Unit 7 of Market Leader (pg.72 and 73) and to the Writing task on pg. 73. In the task you are supposed to write a short report to the Board of Directors recommending their preferred candidate as the new Project Manager. Important: Study the Writing File on Reports writing and follow the

• guidelines. Writing File can be found on the webpage Poslovni engleski 2.

The report can be designed according to Ss preferences (pdf, Word…..)

DUE: 14 April 2020

ASSIGNMENT 5: Mini presentation and vid video recording

Task: Study the WORKING ACROSS CULTURES in Unit 6 on pg. 60 and 61 of Market Leader. Your task is to make a presentation of a country you know well or are interested in. Use the same or similar categories as those in the presentation of Business culture in Kazakhstan to structure your talk. Prepare a short presentation (up to 10 slides including mostly images) Steps: Record a short video of yourself giving the presentation. You must be visible at least in the very beginning of the video, and the rest of the video can be focused on the slides only. Your presentation should not exceed 5 minutes. In your digital portfolio, under Assignment 5 save the file with the presentation (in PowerPoint, Canva……) and the video file with you presenting it. DUE: 12 May 2020

ASSIGNMENT 6: : Ss web research and opinion Steps: Start the assignment on your portfolio page with a quote on job satisfaction / motivation. On the web find a short video on job satisfaction / motivation and insert the video to your portfolio page. Then find a research / study on job satisfaction (e.g. of millenials) and insert the text (e.g. a pdf document) into your portfolio.

Finally, give your opinion on the following questions /

• statements. The answer to each should contain at least three

sentences.

• 1. What do you find satisfying and frustrating about your work
• r studies?
• 2. How true are the following statements according to you?

a) There is no such thing as company loyalty these days. b) Only successful people can have a good work-life balance. c) Job satisfaction is about personality, not external factors. d) Job satisfaction increases with age. e) Improvements in technology lead to greater job satisfaction. f) Job sharing and job rotation are not good for motivation. g) Millenials are changing jobs more than any other generation. DUE: 26 May 2020

ASSIGNMENT 7: Students’ self-reflection on le learning Task: In a few sentences reflect on Business English course and the learning process, your efforts, progress and achievements during the summer semester. Address areas of your strength and weaknesses by considering pieces that went well and areas that could be improved by setting potential learning goals for yourselves.

DUE: 1 June 2020

Share your portfolio assignments ON TIM IME

NO PORTFOLIO = NO EXAM

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Percentage

1) DIGITAL PORTFOLIO*

Sufficient-excellent

2) ONLINE QUIZES (e.g. Kahoot, Edmodo etc.)

Points / percentage

3) READING POETRY

• American Corner volunteering at poetry event
• volunteering with incoming Erasmus students

Points / percentage (excellent)

4) PARTICIPATION IN LESSONS

Points

5) ONLINE EXAM (Market leader units)

Sufficient-excellent

REGULAR STUDENTS ATTENDANCE MARK/EXAM 100%+each portfolio assignment

• n time

NO EXAM 70%+AMERICAN CORNER / KR POETRY+full portfolio until 1 June NO EXAM 70-99%+each portfolio assignment

• n time

+ (Ss met the requirements for the FINAL EXAM) less than 70%

NOT ELLIGIBLE TO TAKE EXAM * if particular assignment is not submitted by the due date REDUCED PORTFOLIO POINTS (total number for DP is 21 points)  EXAM

Poetry readin ing event at t th the American Corner

• for volunteers and extra ‘benefits’
• 21 March marking World Poetry Day and the beginning of spring
• together with students from another faculty
• contact me after the lesson! – find a poem written by an English

speaking author, send it to my email NLT 3 March 2020

International poetry evening - April

Objective: promoting intercultural competences in authentic multicultural and plurilingual context Project partner: ESN ESN VIDEO 2019 ESN VIDEO 2018 Participants: EFOS students and incoming ERASMUS exchange students

EU MOTO

• for volunteers and extra ‘benefits’

Steps:

• Ss volunteers are to contact an incoming Erasmus student

(email contacts will be provided by the Prof.)

• Erasmus student will find a poem in her/his native

language and its English translation

• your task will be to get the English translation from

Erasmus student and maintain contact with them

• on the occasion of International cultural evening at

Creative treasury you will read the translation and Erasmus student the original in her/his native language

• CONTACT DEADLINE AND ACQUISTION OF

THE POEM - 17th March 2010

• SEND THE POEM AND FEEDBACK TO:

nera.ivanjko@gmail.com

EXTRA ACT CTIVITY: : VID IDEO PROJECT CT IN IN COOPERATION WITH ITH TH THE AMERICAN CORNER AND CIN CINEMA URANIA

• max. 5 students

TASK: making short promotional video for the American Corner PREREQUISITES:

• attendance of informative/intro workshop at cinema Urania
• meeting at the American Corner: getting to know the location,

its activities and employees

• 2-3 working sessions at the faculty with the Prof.
• mobile phone
• creativity
• team spirit

BENEFITS:

• no specified attendance rate to English lectures
• choice: either digital portfolio or exam