Kursübersicht "Business English II (3 Gruppen)"

Lehrende(r) der Kurseinheit: Brandon Davenport, Jens Andreas Faulstich

Objectives

Oral communication skills, especially in presentations, meetings and argument development are fostered through interactive exercises. In addition, written skills, such as writing resume/CVs, cover letters and emails and company graph/progress reports are part of the curriculum for this course. In all of these activities, there is an emphasis on fluency, structure and coherence. Students learn to distinguish and use formal and informal language in both written and oral situations. Furthermore, students learn sensitivity to and handling of cross-cultural issues.

Making Small Talk and Dealing with Cross-Cultural Situations
Writing Short Reports Describing Graph Trends and Company Progress
Presenting and Defending an Argument
Participating in Meetings
Team Working and Consensus Building
Email Writing
CV/Resume Writing
Cover Letter/Formal Letter Writing
Developing and Structuring Presentations

Teaching Methods

As communication skills have to be developed, the focus will be on interactive teaching methods to give students the chance to improve listening comprehension and speaking performance; students will have to give short papers and take part in role plays and discussions.

Prerequisites

Formal: Full time B.A. Student in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences at RheinAhrCampus Remagen.

Academic:

Successful completion of Module B14 ("Überfachliche Qualifikationen") in the first semester.
Students must be able to work and communicate in an English-speaking academic environment.

Types of assessment

All course units in Module B25 require active and regular participation in class.
B253 Business English II: participation, presentation, debate, written assignments, test - both terms.

Art	Datum der Leistungserbringung	Prüfungsanmeldung
(bitte Zeitangabe ...Min)		Ende 1. HS*	Ende 2. HS*	individuelles Datum
Klausur: ...Min.	wird vom PA festgelegt*			bei Klausur nicht möglich
Test: ...Min.	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Präsentation	Terminvergabe im Rahmen der Veranst.		X	tt.mm.jj
Hausarbeit	Absprachen im Rahmen der Lehrveranstaltung			tt.mm.jj
Andere	Absprachen im Rahmen der Lehrveranstaltung			tt.mm.jj

* Prüfungsamt Termine

Bewertung

Voraussetzung für die Vergabe von ECTS-Punkten ist das Bestehen der Prüfungsleistung für das Modul. Diese wird durch Kumulation der Kurseinheitenprüfungen generiert. Die Teilleistungen für die einzelnen Kurseinheiten gehen zu je einem Viertel in die Modulnote ein. Kurseinheitenbezogene Bestehensgrenzen bestehen nicht.

Das Modul geht mit 7 ECTS in die Gesamtzahl von 180 ECTS-Punkten ein.