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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Week 1 - Formal and Informal Styles 2 - Meeting Minutes 3 - CV 4 - An Internal Report 5 - A Mission Statement 6 - Email Style 7 - A Formal Letter of Agreement 8 - Emails to a Client 9 - A Business Proposal 10 - A Financial Report
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Practice exercises, Individual work of students
- Home preparation for classes
- 80 hours per semester
- Participation in classes
- 10 hours per semester
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| identify and explain the goals of various genres of business writing |
| identify and explain the goals of various genres of business writing |
| identify and explain characteristics of various levels of formality in business correspondence in English |
| identify and explain characteristics of various levels of formality in business correspondence in English |
| identify and explain characteristics of various genres of business correspondence in English |
| identify and explain characteristics of various genres of business correspondence in English |
| identify and explain grammatical structures used in various genres of business writing |
| identify and explain grammatical structures used in various genres of business writing |
| identify and explain vocabulary structures used in various genres of business writing |
| identify and explain vocabulary structures used in various genres of business writing |
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| communicate clearly and effectively in written business English at an advanced level |
| communicate clearly and effectively in written business English at an advanced level |
| discuss different genres of written business English at an advanced level |
| discuss different genres of written business English at an advanced level |
| use appropriate grammatical structures of various genres of written business English at an advanced level |
| use appropriate grammatical structures of various genres of written business English at an advanced level |
| use appropriate vocabulary of various genres of written business English at an advanced level |
| use appropriate vocabulary of various genres of written business English at an advanced level |
| format and submit professional documents in various genres of written business English at an advanced level |
| format and submit professional documents in various genres of written business English at an advanced level |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Practice exercises |
| Practice exercises |
| Individual work of students |
| Individual work of students |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
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| Methods for written tasks (e.g. comprehensive exams, written tests) |
| Methods for written tasks (e.g. comprehensive exams, written tests) |
| Experience (self-experience) |
| Experience (self-experience) |
| Practice exercises |
| Practice exercises |
| Individual work of students |
| Individual work of students |
| Students working in pairs |
| Students working in pairs |
| assessment methods |
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| Analysis of the student's language performance |
| Analysis of seminar paper |
| Analysis of seminar paper |
| Analysis of the student's language performance |
| Analysis of another type of paper written by the student (Casuistry, diary, plan ...) |
| Analysis of another type of paper written by the student (Casuistry, diary, plan ...) |
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Recommended literature
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Paul Dummett. Advanced Business Writing.
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S. LAMB. Writing Well for Business Success: A Complete Guide to Style, Grammar and Usage at Work. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 1250064511.
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