1. Lecturer: MSc Sanda Katavić-Čaušić
ENGLISH COURSE Business English st year Graduate programme Academic year 2016/17 Winter semester
Lecturer:
MSc Sanda Katavić-Čaušić

3. “Education is our passport to the future,
for tomorrow belongs to the people
who prepare for it today.”
- Malcolm X -
NEVER STOP LEARNING!

6. IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS ENGLISH
‘lingua franca’
90% of websites in English
80% of data stored on computers in English
40% of internet users communicate in English
Global business speaks English (Google)
1.75 billion people worldwide speak English at a useful level
business, business people and customers
GLOBAL STRATEGY requires LANGUAGE STRATEGY
companies must determine and implement the strategy
a new skill advancing personal and professional developmet
everyone involved in developing linguistic capacity of a company
trigger for increasing the self-esteem of a person

7. COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
COURSE TITLE: BUSINESS ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LEVEL: Upper-intermediate (CEFR B2) NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS: 5 TARGET GROUP: 4th year students – graduate programme DURATION: 1 semester NUMBER OF LESSONS WEEKLY: 1 lecture and 2 practical exercises TOTAL IN SEMESTER: 45 LOCATION: Lecture room 3 TIME: Wednesday – TUTORIAL: Monday & Tuesday

8. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
preparing students for effective communication in international business environment, improving fluency and boosting confidence
increase the knowledge of key business concepts while learning English
pre-preparation for international business english exams such as BEC and BULATS
BY THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
read and understand business-related texts and pieces of academic writing
listen to and understand business conversations
speak and discuss opinions fluently
write different formats of texts in their field of specialisation
pass their final exam 

9. Different reading materials from various sources
LITERATURE:
Different reading materials from various sources
 will be provided by the instructor in advance
for photocopying or on the instructor’s site on
Efos website
SUPPLEMENTARY LITERATURE:
Robins, Sue (2014): Collins Cobuild Vocabulary in Practice, Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers
Hollet, V. (2000): Business Opportunities, Oxford: OUP
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10. STUDENTS’ OBLIGATIONS
Attendance - 70% of total number of lectures and practical exercises (lab sessions)
Quizzes – will be announced in advance
Homeworks
Active participation in lectures
FINAL WORK : My Business English Portfolio
(home assigment in progress)
due: towards the end of the 3rd semester

11. HOMEWORK FOR NEXT ENGLISH SESSION:
watch the video and read the text on Harvard Business Review site: or just google Global Business Speaks English
- from the text select 5-10 new expressions and find their equivalent definitions in a monolingual dictionary
- write your HW in your notebook!!!
- PHOTOCOPY MATERIALS FOR THE NEXT LECTURE
ASSIGMENT 1 FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO
My personal motivation for improving business English knowledge – LETTER OF MOTIVATION

12. CONTACT EMAIL: sanda.katavic-causic@efos.hr
OFFICE PHONE:
OFFICE: 65 (new building, 2nd floor)
STUDENT TUTOR: Ana Milković

13. ASSIGMENT 1 FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO: