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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ECONOMIA

PERCORSO GENERALE IN ECONOMIA
ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ECONOMIA E GESTIONE AZIENDALE

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Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 1

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - 9 credits - Basic
ECONOMIC HISTORY - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
ELEMENTARY ENGLISH: BASIC NOTIONS - Student's own choice
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS: BASIC NOTIONS - Student's own choice
ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (INTRODUCTORY AND INTERMEDIATE LEVEL) - 9 credits - Characterising
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ELIGIBILITY - 2 credits
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND CALCULUS - 9 credits - Basic
MICROECONOMICS - 9 credits - Basic
PRIVATE LAW - 9 credits - Basic

Course year: 2

COMMERCIAL LAW
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ECONOMIC POLICY - 9 credits - Characterising
FINANCIAL AND ACTUARIAL CALCULUS - 6 credits - Characterising
FINANCIAL MARKETS AND ISTITUTIONS - 9 credits - Characterising
MACROECONOMICS - 9 credits - Characterising
PUBLIC LAW - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
STATISTICS - 9 credits - Characterising

Course year: 3

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF TOURISM ENTERPRISES - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BANKING - 9 credits - Characterising
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - 9 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS ORGANISATION - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION - 6 credits - Student's own choice
CO-OPERATIVE FIRMS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice
COST ACCOUNTING - 9 credits - Student's own choice
DECISION ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY - 9 credits - Student's own choice
EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FINAL TEST - 4 credits - Language/Final Examination
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MODELS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FRENCH LANGUAGE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIOLOGY OF TOURISM
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
GERMAN LANGUAGE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
HERITAGE AND TOURISM POLICY - 9 credits - Student's own choice
HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT - 9 credits - Student's own choice
INNOVATION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INTERNSHIP - 3 credits - For stages and internships
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Characterising
INVESTMENTS - 9 credits - Characterising
LABOUR ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
LABOUR LAW - 9 credits - Student's own choice
MANAGEMENT CONTROL - 9 credits - Student's own choice
MARKETING - 9 credits - Student's own choice
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice
OPERATIONS RESEARCH - 9 credits - Student's own choice
PORTFOLIO CHOICES - 6 credits - Characterising
PROBLEM SOLVING FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
PUBLIC ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
PUBLIC ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATION - 6 credits - Student's own choice
SPANISH LANGUAGE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
STATISTICAL INFERENCE - 9 credits - Characterising
STRATEGY ANALYSIS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
TOURISM MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Alphabetic division AG-HZ

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Academic Year of provision:

2017/2018

Divisions:

A-G

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in BANKING AND FINANCE

Disciplinary Sector:

English Language and Translation

Is part of:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ZANOLA Annalisa Professor

DAKIN Elisa Diane Collaborator

SMITH Jenovia Amisti Collaborator

Cycle:

First four months

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

165

Students will attend the course after passing the ‘Test di orientamento (A2/B1 level)’.

Educational Goals

Speaking and writing in English (level B2 ADVANCED); discussing on business-related topics; managing essential business communication skills.

Content

Syntax, phonetics, lexicon of the English language (level B2 of the Council of Europe). Foundations of English for Business (EfB) and Business Communication (BC).

Extended Syllabus

Market Leader Intermediate (3rd Edition)
UNITS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11.
Topics:
1. Brands: texts, language works, skills
2. Travel: texts, language works, skills
3. Change: texts, language works, skills
4. Organisation: texts, language works, skills
5. Advertising: texts, language works, skills
6. Money: texts, language works, skills
7. Cultures: texts, language works, skills
8. Human Resources: texts, language works, skills
9. International Markets: texts, language works, skills
10. Ethics: texts, language works, skills
11. Leadership: texts, language works, skills

Market Leader Business Grammar and Usage
UNITS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15.
Topics:
1. Present Tenses
2. Past tenses
3. Combining past and present
4. The future
5. Conditionals
8. Modal Verbs
11. Nouns
12. Identifying Nouns (articles & quantifiers)
13. Describing nouns (Adjectives, adverbs & prepositions)
15. Focusing on information (linking & relative clauses)

Skills:
- telephoning
- managing meetings
- structuring a presentation
- dealing with feagures
- social English
- presenting
- negotiating

Recommended Bibliography

P. Strutt, Market Leader. Business Grammar and Usage, Pearson-Longman, Edinburgh 2010 (ISBN 9781408220085);

D. Cotton, D. Falvey, S. Kent, Market Leader Intermediate. Business English Course Book, 3rd ed. EXTRA, Pearson-Longman, Edinburgh 2012 (ISBN: 978-1-292-13477-2, Coursebook/DVD)

Teaching Methods

Lectures and work Groups (to implement communication skills). The 60-hour course will be accompanied with tutoring and small-group lessons during the entire academic year (max 24 students).

Assessment Methods

The exam will be in English. It will be divided into two parts: written text (including listening test) + oral exam: the exam is passed only when both the two parts are passed (in the same session) with a mark higher than 18/30.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Monday, September 11, 2017

End date of teaching period:

Friday, December 15, 2017

Other Information

Supplementary online materials will be given via website for students who have poor background in English. In that case, further tutorial support may be given on request.