Course: English for Business II (A/2 AND B/2 ÜZNY II)

Classes per week: 0+4

Subject to courses previously accomplished: -
Credits: 3
Assessment: grade
Department: Department of International Business Languages
Dr. Válóczi Marianna PhD
Course assigned under the auspices of:
Head of Department

Staff of the English Division of the Department of International

Lecturers & teachers of the course:
Business Languages
Location of course in the curriculum: Term 2, Module B

Course objectives:

The course aims to

o further develop students' speaking, listening, writing and reading skills in the context of the
business topics assigned to the term

o improve mediation and presentation skills

o raise cultural awareness

Team- and independent work, self- and peer evaluation is encouraged throughout the course.

The course developers of Language for Business I (Term 1), Language for Business II (Term 2) and
Language for International Management and Business (Term 3), in terms of language skills
development, relied on the requirements and criteria of the Common European Framework of Reference
for Languages.

Syllabus
WEEKS MATERIAL TO BE COVERED
1 Revision; Current trends in the economy
2 Marketing; Products and brands Verbs with -ing or to+Infinitive

3 Marketing; Advertising Verbs with -ing or to+Infinitive

4 Raising finance - Banking Time clauses

5 The role of the Central Bank Time clauses

Revision
6 PROJECT WEEK
 Types of companies. Market structure and competition
7
TEST 1
8 Founding a company; Annual reports; Financial documents. Relative clauses

9 The business plan; Startups;

Venture capital, business angels Relative clauses

10 Stock Exchange basics. Shares and bonds.

11 Forms of company integration; M&A To Infinitive, in order to, so that, etc

12 EU institutions, decision-making

13
Presentations - in Prezi

COURSE EVALUATION
14
TEST 2

* Topics for PART TIME courses are covered via clusters of contact hours scheduled in 3-5 lessons for each
cluster.

Az ismeretek ellenőrzése - MONITORING THE ACQUISITION OF COURSE MATERIAL

1. Active participation in class: i.e. students are not only required to be present for 80% of the
classes (calculated on the basis of the actual number of classes in a term), but to come
prepared with both written and study tasks completed. Should a student be absent from a class,
(s)he should check what needs to be done for the next class.

2. One written assignment of 500 words with space between the lines set at 1.5, font Times New
Roman, size 12. To be submitted on the date set by the teacher.

3. Regular vocabulary and grammar development check

4. Independent research and in-class presentation (EU)

5. Two tests (ZH)

NOTA BENE: Students may be requested to write a short, 5-10 minute test at the beginning of any
class, without prior notice, on the contents of the previous class, incl. home tasks

Teljesítmény értékelése COURSE EVALUATION & GRADES

Grades will be based on the criteria above; home assignments during the term will also be
considered.

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A tananyag feldolgozásához szükséges irodalom

Compulsory literature – course book

 English for Business Studies. (Third Edition) MacKenzie, Ian. CUP, 2010
 http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/index_en.htm
 http://europa.eu/about-eu/basic-information/decision-making/index_en.htm
 + Handouts /Slides uploaded in CooSpace

Recommended literature
 Kis angol nyelvtan. Dohár Péter. Dover,2009.
 Business Grammar & Practice – New Edition. Michael Duckworth. OUP 2003
 Business English Grammar Exercises at http://www.better-english.com/grammar.htm
&/or at http://elt.oup.com/student/bgp/bgp?cc=hu&selLanguage=hu
 http://www.businessdictionary.com
 Internet websites of business journals / business sections of British dailies – e.g.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business or http://www.guardian.co.uk/business or
http://www.euronews.com/ etc.