COURSE SYLLABUS

PRACTICAL BUSINESS ENGLISH (2)

Lecturer: LYSONGO ORU Valentine
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lysongo_val@yahoo.com

Course Description

This Upper Intermediate/Advanced course is designed to offer students real world business
English competency, fluency and confidence within an atmosphere conducive to success.
Encompassing the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, Business English will
ensure that students have the linguistic tools to succeed in an international business setting.

Course Objectives
1. Elevate levels of English proficiency within a participatory atmosphere.
2. Facilitate a class discussion through a presentation.
3. Speak in an extemporaneous manner from a wider lexicon.
4. Demonstrate confidence and mastery of the materials covered in class.
5. SPEAK ENGLISH. Absolutely, positively NO Korean in class!

Professionalism
A professional business-like attitude is a must if you are to succeed in the marketplace.
Professionalism means being fully prepared, having a positive attitude, being punctual,
participating fully and being courteous to others. This is an intensive, interactive course.
Students must be prepared to fully engage themselves with the material and participate in an
active manner. Final marks will reflect your level of professionalism.

Required Textbook
English for Business Studies, 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press
Ian MacKenzie

Assessment
Professionalism/Attendance 15%
Homework 10%
Unit Review Presentation 20%
Midterm Exam 25%
Final Exam 30%
 Notes on Assessment:
Every week, the designated class captain or assistant captain will be responsible for taking
attendance and recording homework completion marks.
Professionalism will be earned by making yourself available, unique, responsible and
memorable. The more a student engages with the material, the greater amount of marks will
be awarded. Peer evaluation is also important to this component.
Each week, a few students will be responsible for conducting a review of the previous week’s
material. A handout will be distributed and the facilitators will go through the main points
discussed in class.
The midterm and final will consist of multiple choice, fill in the blanks, short answer and one
oral question from the topics covered in class.

Class Day/Period: _____________________________________________________

Class Captain:__________________________________________________________

Assistant Class Captain:_______________________________________________

Tentative Outline
Week 1 – August 31
Introduction and Class Syllabus
Week 2 – September 7
Unit 1 – The three sectors of the economy
Unit 2 - Management
Week 3 – September 14
Review Leaders (unit
1/2)______________________________________________________________
Unit 3 – Company Structure
Unit 4 – Work & Motivation
Week 4 – September 21
Review Leaders (unit 3/4):
_____________________________________________________________
Unit 5 – Management & Cultural Diversity
Unit 6 - Recruitment
Week 5 – September 28
Review Leaders (unit 5/6):
_____________________________________________________________
Unit 7 – Labor Relations
Unit 8 - Production
Week 6 – October 5
 Review Leaders (unit 7/8):
______________________________________________________________
Unit 9 – Products
Unit 10 – Marketing
Week 7 – October 12
Review Leaders (unit 9/10):
____________________________________________________________
Midterm Review
Week 8 – October 19
MIDTERM EXAM (25% of final mark)

Week 9 – October 26
Unit 11 – Advertising
Unit 12 – Promotional Tools
Unit 13 – Accounting & Financial Statements
Week 10 – November 2
Review Leaders (unit 11~13):
___________________________________________________________
Unit 14 – Banking
Unit 15 – Stocks & Shares
Unit 16 - Bonds
Week 11 – November 9
Review Leaders (unit 14~16):
___________________________________________________________
Unit 17 – Futures & Derivatives
Unit 18 – Market Structure & Competition
Unit 19 – Takeovers, Mergers & Buyouts
Week 12 – November 16
Review Leaders (unit 17~19):
___________________________________________________________
Unit 20 – Efficiency & Employment
Unit 21 – Business Ethics
Unit 22 – The Role of the Government
Week 13 – November 23
Review Leaders (unit 20~22):
___________________________________________________________
Unit 23 – Central Banking, Money & Taxation
Unit 24 – Exchange Rates
Unit 25 – The Business Cycle
Week 14 – November 30
Review Leaders (unit 23~25):
___________________________________________________________
Unit 26 – Keynesianism & Monetarism
Unit 27 – International Trade
 Unit 28 – Economics & Ecology
Week 15 – December 7
Review Leaders (unit 26~28):
___________________________________________________________
Unit 29 – Information Technology & Electronic Commerce
Unit 30 – Entrepreneurs & Venture Capital
Final Review
Week 16 – December 14
FINAL EXAM (30% of final mark)

IGL117 : Anglais et Comptabilité Générale

Expression orale : 2 crédits (30 heures); CM, TD, TP, TPE

1. How to introduce oneself:

In facing a job interview
In attending a staff meeting
In social and professional encounters
In ”selling oneself”
NB: using adequate terms and expressions (Let me introduce myself; meet Peter; glad
to meet you, etc)

2. Initiation to Specialized translation (Comparing and contrasting 2 technical

texts)
3. Contextual expressions in English and explanations
Do you mind if..?
Here you are
May I?
I beg your pardon, etc.
4. Reading comprehension, commenting it and answering questions :
5. Counting, figures, fractions, currencies, amounts, dots, commas, etc
Zero/ naught/nil/oh/nothing/ love…, fourteen, …. Forty…, one hundred, one thousand
million /one billion….
606 (six oh six)
two-thirds
Irregular plural and irregular singular in English
IIA117 : Anglais et Comptabilité générale

Expression orale : 2 crédits (30 heures); CM, TD, TPE

1. How to introduce oneself:

In facing a job interview
In attending a staff meeting
In social and professional encounters
In ”selling oneself”
NB: using adequate terms and expressions (Let me introduce myself; meet Peter; glad
to meet you, etc)

2. Initiation to Specialized translation (Comparing and contrasting 2 technical

texts)
3. Contextual expressions in English and explanations
Do you mind if..?
Here you are
May I?
I beg your pardon, etc.
4. Reading comprehension, commenting it and answering questions :
5. Counting, figures, fractions, currencies, amounts, dots, commas, etc
Zero/ naught/nil/oh/nothing/ love…, fourteen, …. Forty…, one hundred, one thousand
million /one billion….
606 (six oh six)
two-thirds
Irregular plural and irregular singular in English