BUSINESS ENGLISH

S1. The Business of Business. Types of business ( Unit 1, Unit 2) 1.1. Listening- preparing for a lecture 1.2. Listening-understanding lecture organization 1.3. Speaking- speaking from notes S2. The Business of Business. The history of businesses( Unit 1, Unit 2) 2.1.Vocabulary focus-prefixes and suffixes 2.2. Vocabulary focus-words from general English with a special meaning in business 2.3. Listening-making lecture notes S3.The Organization of Work. Structure of organizations( Unit 1, Unit 2) 3.1. Vocabulary focus-English-English dictionaries 3.2. Vocabulary focus-headwords, definitions, phonemes, stress makers 3.3. Reading-using topic sentences to get an overview of the text S4. The Organization of Work .Leadership and teams( Unit 1, Unit 2) 4.1. Vocabulary focus-countable/uncountable 4.2. Vocabulary focus-transitive/intransitive 4.3. Writing-summarizing a text S5.Getting the Work Done. Productivity( Unit 1, Unit 2) 5.1. Listening-preparing for a lecture 5.2. Listening-predicting lecture content 5.3. Listening-making lecture notes S6. Getting the Work Done. Theories of motivation( Unit 1, Unit 2) 6.1. Vocabulary focus-stress patterns in multi-syllable words 6.2. Vocabulary focus-prefixes 6.3.Speaking- reporting research findings S7. Getting the Work Done. Management by objectives( Unit 1, Unit 2) 7.1. Vocabulary focus-suffixes 7.2.Speaking-formulating questions

Students use English correctly, fluently and adequately in oral and written business communication. Students can identify and analyze a large variety of economic texts (business, accounting, finance, banking). Students can use their language competences in order to provide their own business discourses in all the economic environment.