Business English (Three-Year Late-Afternoon/Evening Degree Programme)

Business English (three-year late-afternoon/evening degree programme)

Prof. Anna Anselmo

COURSE AIMS

The course has the dual goal of revising and consolidating the student’s basic language skills, setting these in the context of the specialised languages used in the various fields of what is called Business English.

In addition, the course content is also aimed at supplying the linguistic skills and methods sufficient for the student to take the B1-B2 level exam for the Common European Framework of Reference; this exam needs to be taken at an accredited certifying entity.

COURSE CONTENT

The course revolves around a full review of the grammatical foundations of General English and English for Specific Purposes (in our case Business English); the acquisition of the main discursive elements in the specialisation language (grammar, lexicon, functional, pragmatic and cultural implications, etc.); the development of a basic knowledge of the linguistic and textual dynamics demanded by the different business communicative situations (register, viewpoint, rhetorical and communication choices, etc.); and the strengthening of an aware structural ability for written/oral reception and written/oral production on specialist themes of interest.

READING LIST

Compulsory texts

P. Strutt, Market Leader: Business Grammar and Usage. Business English, Longman, Harlow, 2000.

E. Reggiani, In the (salmon) pink 3. L’Inglese per la comunicazione economica sulle pagine de The Financial Times, Sept. – Dec. 2008, EDUCatt, Milan, 2008.

Suggested reading

AA.VV., Longman Business English Dictionary (Con CD-ROM), Pearson Longman, London, 2008.

J. Rogers, Market Leader Intermediate – Practice file (con CD Audio), Pearson Longman, London, 2011.

TEACHING METHOD

Lectures with the use of multimedia aids.

ASSESSMENT METHOD

Students will be tested through a written exam, which will be supplemented with an interview about the course programme.

NOTES

The programme published here is subject to change should any particular didactic needs arise, in which case any such changes will be published online through the coordinator’s personal web page, which all students must visit regularly in its entirety and learn its contents.

Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice board.