MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS Independence- Freedom - Happiness

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR ECONOMICS

BACHELOR’S DEGREE ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Field of Training: English Language Studies

Major: Business English

Course Outline

1. Course Title: Listening 2

2. Course Code:
3. Units of Credit: 2 ( Theory: 0.5 and Practice: 1.5)
4. Entry Level: 2nd year students
5. Time Allocation:
- Theory: 07 periods
- Practice: 23 periods
- Autonomous learning: students are encouraged to self-study while subject to the
teacher’s periodical assessment. The minimum time for self-study is 60 hours.
6. Prerequisites:
- Students are required to have completed Listening 2.
- English competency required is mid-B1 (CEFR)
7. Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will achieve the following
learning outcomes:
7.1 Knowledge: Students will be able to:
- know and understand some knowledge of the topic areas in Economics-
Commerce such as Cultures, Human Resources, International Markets, Ethics,
Leadership, and Competition;
- develop some listening skills such as predicting, identifying speaker’s purpose,
interpreting cues and transitions, listening for information and note-taking via tasks
and practice exercises;
- apply listening tactics in different real-life business communication cases.
 7.2 Skills: Students will be able to:
- listen and identify stressed words, intonation, common reductions in spoken
language;
- listen for gist and take notes of essential information;
- apply the acquired knowledge to do listening exercises;
- hear and understand the content of business conversations, interviews, debates or
announcements in similar cases.
7.3 Attitude: Students will:
- be aware of the importance of listening skills and strategies;
- be more confident when communicating in English;
- be conscious of self-study and frequent practice to improve listening
comprehension.
At the end of the course, students are expected to achieve listening skills at level
B1 (CEFR).
8. Course Description:
The course consists of the last 6 units with a wide variety of areas in Market Leader
-Intermediate – 3rd edition, David Cotton, David Falvey & Simon Kent), which lasts
within 8 sessions or 30 periods of classwork.
Each unit lesson has 2 main parts:
- Part 1: listening to conversations or interviews to people in business (emphasize to
develop listening skills and note-taking).
- Part 2: listening to individual sounds (vowels, consonants, diphthongs), stressed
words, intonation and common reductions in spoken language.
Besides, students are prepared to do some listening practice for international exams
orientation.
9. Performance Requirements: In order to pass this subject, students are required to
- Attend class regularly;
- Complete homework and class assignments;
- Participate in class discussion and other activities;
- Work in teams and give presentations.
10. Course Materials
- Core Materials:
[1] Cotton, D., Falvey, D. & Kent, S. (2010). Market Leader – Intermediate, Course
Book (3rd ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education.
 [2] Rogers, J. (2010). Market Leader-Intermediate Practice File (3rd ed.). Harlow:
Pearson Education.

- Supplementary Materials
[2] Allison, J & Emmerson, P. (2013). The Business –Intermediate. Oxford:
Macmillan.

[3] Hartman, P. & Blass, L. (2011). Quest 2 (2nd ed.). New York: Mc GrawHill.

[4] Mascull, B. (2011). Market Leader –Intermediate Teacher’s Resource Book (3rd
ed.). Harlow: Pearson Longman.

[5] Powell, M. (2009). In Company – Intermediate (2nd ed.). Hong Kong: Macmillan.

[6] Rogers, B. et al (2011). Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn. Harlow: Pearson ESL.

[8] Tarver, B. & Broukal, M. (2011). Pathways 2. Stamford: Heinle Cengage Learning.

[9] Trappe, T. & Tullis, G. (2005). Intelligent Business – Intermediate Business

English. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

[10] Cambridge BEC Vantage (2005). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[11] Extra materials to develop listening sub-skills & strategies

[12] Website: http://highered.mcgraw-

hill.com/sites/0073328464/student_view0/

11. Learning Assessment Scheme:

- Class Attendance: 10%
- Class Participation: 10%
- Mid-term Test: 20%
- Final Exam: 60%
12. Grading Scale: ( credit system)
13. Course Contents:
Session Content Reading Materials Student’s Objectives
Preparation

Session 1 + Course Material [1]: - Studying the Meeting the

(4 periods) introduction; - Listening: An interview topic in advance objectives
Preview of with the manager of a to brainstorm mentioned in
required cultural training centre ideas for class item 7
study Material [3]: activities
methods Resource Bank – - Reviewing
+ Unit 7: Listening required
Cultures knowledge and
skills
- Complete
assigned tasks or
homework
Session 2 Unit 7 (cont) Unit 7 - ditto - - ditto -
(4 periods) Material [5]:
Sound work

Unit 8: Material [1]:

Human - Listening: An interview
Resources with an international
recruitment specialist
Material [3]:
Resource Bank –
Listening

Session 3 Unit 8 (cont) Unit 8 - ditto - - ditto -

(4 periods) Material [5]:
Sound work

Unit 9: Unit 9: Material [1]:

International - Listening: An interview
Markets with an expert on
nogotiation
Material [3]:
Resource Bank –
Listening

Session 4 Unit 9 (cont) Unit 9 - ditto - - ditto -

(4 periods) Material [5]:
Sound work

Unit 10: Unit 10: Material [1]:

Ethics - Listening: An interview
with the director of an
environmental
organization
Material [3]:
Resource Bank –
Listening

Session 5 Unit 10 Unit 10 - ditto - - ditto -

(4 periods) (cont) Material [5]:
Sound work

Unit 11: Material [1]:

Unit 11: - Listening: An interview
Leadership with the managing
director of an executive
recruitment company

Material [3]:
Resource Bank –
Listening

Session 6 Unit 11 Unit 11 - ditto - - ditto -

(4 periods) (cont) Material [5]:
Sound work

Unit 12: Material [1]:

Unit 12: - Listening: An interview
Leadership with a manger from the
competition commission.
Material [3]:
Resource Bank –
Listening

Session 7 Unit 12 Unit 12

(4 periods) (cont) Material [5]:
Sound work

Material [8]:
BEC Practice (Listening)
Session 8 + BEC
(2 periods) Listening MID-TERM TEST (~20m)
Practice

+ Revision: Q&A
Reviewing
and
answering
student
questions

Ho Chi Minh City, January, 2018

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