COURSE INTRODUCTION

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COURSE INTRODUCTION

• Business English 1

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Contact information for Boglarka Kiss Kulenovic

• Office hours
• Tuesday 1000 1200
• Tuesday 1600 -1700
• Office 20
• Webpage www.efzg.hr/bkiss
• E-mail bkulenovic_at_efzg.hr

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Classes

• Lecture
• RUŠ TOJ Tuesdays 1215 1345
• Seminars
• ŠAS TOJ Tuesdays 1430 1600
• RUŠ ŠAR Thursdays 900 1030

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COURSE AIMS

• to develop business communication skills
  (writing, speaking and listening)
• to acquire specialist vocabulary (on selected
  business topics)
• to encourage critical thinking (analysis,
  synthesis, foreseeing, deducing, selecting)
• to understand the difference between
  written/spoken language and formal/informal
  language
• to learn how to use dictionaries and other
  reference material

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Where could you read such sentences?Keywords?

• PM unveils marriage tax breaks plan
• PM unveils marriage tax breaks plan
• Messi in Spain tax fraud hearing
• Messi in Spain tax fraud hearing
• Blackberry loss after sales slump
• Blackberry loss after sales slump
• Energy costs fuel Japan price growth
• Energy costs fuel Japan price growth

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Listening

• Topics, keywords?
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11876811

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• COURSE REQUIREMENTS
• regular attendance
• You will not get a signature if you miss more
  than 6 classes (lectures/seminars).
• All doctors notes and other proofs of
  absence to be handed in the week of your return
  to classes.
• active in-class participation (home assignments,
  participation in discussions)
• deliver a group (5-6) presentation
• passing progress tests and/or exams.

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• TWO WAYS TO GET A GRADE
• 1) PROGRESS TESTING - BEFORE REGULAR EXAM DATES
• regular attendance
• active class participation
• group presentation
• occasional pop quizzes
• homework assignments
• midterm test endterm test business letters
  test minimum 51
• oral exam
• FINAL GRADE written tests oral test class
  participation

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2) REGULAR EXAM DATES

• regular attendance
• homework assignments
• group presentation
• final comprehensive written test (regular exam
  period)
• final comprehensive oral exam (regular exam
  period)

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3. THE ORAL EXAM

• At the oral exam you are expected to
• present business topics covered during the course
  and discuss them with your peers and the teacher
• express a viewpoint on a topical issue
  (advantages, disadvantages, agreeing,
  disagreeing) and to ask relevant questions.

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THE PRESENTATION

• The teams and presentation times will be assigned
  by the teacher.
• YOUR GROUPS OWN WORK!!!
• team-work
• thorough research
• clear structure
• ability to use the language of presentations
  effectively
• ability to present information in visual form
  correctly

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How?

• PPT presentation
• Duration10-15 minutes, about 7-10 slides
• 1st slide title, list of team members
• Last slide list of works consulted. Check out
  rules on citing literature on my website!
• SLIDES WILL HAVE TO BE MAILED TO ME AT LEAST A
  WEEK BEFORE THE PRESENTATION
• Answering questions from the group (hostile and
  friendly)
• Will be held after classes during the semester.
• Each group will be observed by the next 2 groups.

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REQUIRED LITERATURE

• Business English Resource Bank I 2014/15 Bring to
  next class!
• MacKenzie, I. (2010) English for Business
  Studies, Third edition
• The MacKenzie book is available in
• Algoritam
• VBZ Knjižara

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University Essentials
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Answer these questions

• What do you study?
• Where do you study?
• Are you a graduate or an undergraduate student?
• Are you a part-time or a full-time student?
• Are you a freshman or a sophomore?
• Which degree will you earn when you graduate?

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Match up the terms

• Britain
• First-year student
• Second-year student
• Third-year student
• Fourth-year student

• USA
• Junior
• Freshman
• Sophomore
• Senior

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What kind of degree will you get after ...

• 4 years?
• 5 years?
• 9 years?

• Bachelors degree
• Masters degree
• Doctors degree

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Whats the difference?Which one will YOU get?

• BA or BSc or Bachelor of Economics
• MA or MSc
• Masters degree in Management or MBA
• PhD

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• When do you choose your major?
• Who is the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and
  Business?
• Who is the Head of the Department of Business
  Foreign Languages?
• Is BE a compulsory or an elective course?
• Will you have to write papers in the BE course?
• Is there a difference between class attendance
  and class participation?
• Why do you have to attend this course regularly?
• How do you become eligible for the teachers
  signature at the end of the semester?
• Where can you find the BE syllabus?
• How do you apply for the exam?
• What does ECTS stand for?

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ECTS

• European Credit Transfer System
• PurposeTo help compare courses in different
  European universities.
• Reason To make it easier for students to take
  courses abroad.
• How many ECTS points is BE1 worth?
• 5 ECTS 5 x 30 hours of work / semester

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Fill in the missing prepositions

• He has a BA _____ English literature.
• She has a masters degree ____ Economics.
• He has a PhD _____ the University of Zagreb.
• Take a course ___ Macroeconomics.
• Enrol __ a course.
• Attend a course ___ Business English.
• Participate ___ classes.
• Sign up ____ an exam a week early.

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Fill in the missing prepositions

• He has a BA _in__ English literature.
• She has a masters degree _ in _ Economics.
• He has a PhD _from__ the University of Zagreb.
• Take a course _in__ Macroeconomics.
• Enrol _on_ a course.
• Attend a course _ in __ Business English.
• Participate _ in __ classes.
• Sign up _for__ an exam a week early.

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Find English words for these expressions

1. Prosjek svih ocjena stecenih u odredenom
   razdoblju
2. Visoko ucilište u SAD-u koje izvodi dvogodišnje
   programe
3. Diploma dvogodišnjeg preddiplomskog studijskog
   programa (Diploma Preddiplomskog strucnog
   studija)
4. Bod koji odredeni predmet nosi
5. Prijepis predmeta i ocjena
6. Novcana potpora, pomoc
7. Studentski kredit
8. Semestar
9. Medicinski fakultet
10. Docent
11. Izvanredni profesor
12. Asistent
13. Redovni profesor
14. Školarina
15. Konzultativna nastava

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Homework

• Study p 6-7 in the Resource Bank
• Do p. 6/ exercise I
• Do p. 11/ exercise V