English Language

General

• Code: 201
• Semester: 2nd
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: General Background
• Teaching and exams language: English
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures and Practice work (3)
• ECTS Units: 5
• Course homepage: https://elearning.cm.ihu.gr/course/view.php?id=761
• Instructors: Syrpa Panagiota
• Class Schedule:
  • Wed 14:00 - 17:00: Θ+Α, Σύρπα, ΑΜΦ3
• Exams Schedule:
  • 19/06/2024, 14:00 - 16:00: Σύρπα

Course Contents

• Learning the English language using the special terminology used by financial executives in daily practice (written and oral communication).
• Special emphasis is placed on commercial-economic terminology, adequate written, but also oral communication, in matters of specialization in the foreign language.
• Lexical, semantic, syntactic analysis of texts and articles of economic, business and commercial content.
• Principles and practice in composing different types of business letters, memos, reports, articles, resumes, charts, etc.

Educational Goals

The course aims in enabling students to understand and handle a developed and specialized vocabulary of economic terms, with an emphasis on Economic, Commercial and Business terminology through appropriate texts, articles, exercises, reports, etc. of commercial and financial content, as well as being able to hold a conversation on commercial topics using commercial and financial terminology. The course material also aims in knowing and understand the basic technical writing and drafting of resumes, business letters of different types, memoranda, reports, diagrams, etc., referring to financial, commercial or business matters.

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

• Understand texts, articles, reports concerning issues related to the Economy and Business.
• Understand and be fluent in commercial, financial and business terminology.
• Understand the techniques of writing and drafting different types of business letters and resumes.

General Skills

• Working independently.
• Team-work.
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.

Teaching Methods

• In the classroom, face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Basic software (windows, word, power point, the web, etc.).
• Support of learning process through the electronic platform / e-class.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

Written final exams that may include:

• Judgemental questions.
• Short answer questions.
• Lexical economic exercises.
• Commercial mail composition.

In each question, corresponding evaluation points are specified.
Evaluation criteria on commercial mail cmposing are explained to the students throughout the classes.

Recommended Bibliography

1. Business English Studies, Antoniou Constantina.
2. THEORY & PRACTICE DEVELOPING TECHNICAL & ACADEMIC READING & WRITING SKILLS IN ENGLISH THROUGH 20 AUTHENTIC TEXTS , E.PANOURGIA.
3. ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS ENGLISH IN A NUTSHELL:A course book for Specific and Academic Purposes, ΦΩΤΕΙΝΗ ΠΕΡΔΙΚΗ, ΖΩΗ ΜΑΛΙΒΙΤΣΗ.