Studiengang Business Administration, 2. Studienjahr - HSBA

HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration
Business English II
Module Description
General
Code: BE2EN
Year of study: 2011/2012
Form of course: Obligatory
Frequency of course offer: In every second year
Prerequisites: Successful completion of
Business English I
Name of lecturer: Deborah Prétat and others
Language of teaching: English
ECTS credits: 2
Workload and its composition: 24 contact hours,
36 hours independent study
Contact hours: 24 hours in academic year
Methods of examination: Presentation
Emphasis of the grade for the final grade: 1 %
Aims of course:
The goals of the course are to
1. consolidate and develop core English-language competences for international business
transactions,
2. train effective oral communication skills, focusing on discussion techniques and
3. train effective written communication skills, including the analysis of business problems
and the presentation of justified and well-argued solutions.
Contents of the module:
Students deal with international business case studies: They should
1. analyse the dilemma, discuss possible solutions and finally present their own decision
with detailed reasons in spoken / written form,
2. train other skills in the course of the case study: language for small talk, meetings,
negotiations and telephoning and
3. discuss the following themes: ethics and CSR; the environment and business; globalisation;
marketing and advertising; and HR
Teaching and learning methods:
Class discussion; group work; role plays; simulations; mini-presentations; audio- and videocassettes
/ DVDs; exercises.
Special features:
A good command of English is absolutely essential for anyone working in the international
business world and therefore an important element of students’ training at the HSBA. It is a
goal of this course to professionalize the existing skills the students have in English with specific
attention to business and economics vocabulary, work-related idioms, register expectations,
fluency and lexical range. in addition, the language of meetings and negotiations and
successful language strategies will be trained.
Recommended literature:
» Professional English in Use: Finance, Ian McKensie, 2006
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