6 ECTS credits
180 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1021619BNR voor alle studenten in het 1e en 2e semester met een verdiepend bachelor niveau.

Semester
1e en 2e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Faculteit
Academisch Centrum voor Taalonderwijs
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Academisch Centrum voor Taalonderwijs
Onderwijsteam
Hanneke Vanhellemont
Karen VERHEYDEN
Britt Gabriëls
Moorach-Oona Devaere
Nancy De Ryck
Tine Truijen
Voorzitter ACTO (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
80 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
100 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen
Inhoud

This course is designed to optimally prepare students of Business and/or Economics for further academic study and for the world of work, for both of which the English language is indispensable in the current globalized world. It immerses students in English, and aims on the one hand to equip them with both the language (subject-specific vocabulary, grammar, academic/professional style) and skills (both spoken and written) necessary to function in these contexts, and on the other hand to provide maximal opportunity for the students to apply these in tasks which simulate real-life professional settings (e.g. a job application, an interview, a business presentation).

The course is structured in such way as to build towards increasing autonomy on the part of the students as language-users. The first module, ‘Written English for Business and Economics’, provides language input (subject-specific terminology, features of formal academic/professional writing style), and the chance to apply the acquired knowledge in controlled writing tasks (e.g. professional email, cover letter). Students develop as writers on the basis of feedback from both their peers and their tutors.

In the second module, ‘Spoken English for Business and Economics’, speaking and listening skills are central. Students continue to develop their critical reading and discussion skills, this time on the basis of an extended contemporary work by an Anglophone author which is read and discussed throughout the semester. In addition, a key focus of this module is on speaking tasks typical of those encountered in a business environment (presenting statistics, describing graphs and figures, giving a presentation). Language input provides the necessary vocabulary, and students are given ample opportunity to simulate these contexts and to receive feedback from their peers and tutors.  At the end of the course, students have the opportunity to combine and demonstrate these skills in a formal interview.

Studiemateriaal
Handboek (Vereist) : Business Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate, Intermediate Book with Answers: Self-Study and Classroom Use, Mascull, Bill, 3de, Cambridge University Press, 9781316629987, 2018
Handboek (Vereist) : Doughnut Economics, Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, Raworth, Kate, Random House, 9781847941398, 2017
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Additional course material, In class and via Canvas
Bijkomende info

Additional course material will be made available via Canvas.

Leerresultaten

Algemene competenties

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

  • use accurately and appropriately a range of subject-specific vocabulary
  • speak and write accurately in a style and register appropriate for academic and professional contexts
  • identify and implement the characteristics features of specific text types (e.g. professional email, cover letter)
  • carry out a range of professional spoken tasks in English (presentation of statistics, interview)
  • read critically authentic Anglophone texts relating to current themes in the fields of Business and Economics, and present and defend their views on these topics
  • operate effectively and autonomously as users of the English language in academic and professional contexts.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 35% van het eindcijfer

Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 25% van het eindcijfer

Examen Andere bepaalt 15% van het eindcijfer

ZELF Praktijkopdracht bepaalt 20% van het eindcijfer

Andere bepaalt 5% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Mondeling examen (interview) met een wegingsfactor 35 en aldus 35% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • End-of-module assessment met een wegingsfactor 25 en aldus 25% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Participatie met een wegingsfactor 15 en aldus 15% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie ZELF Praktijkopdracht dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Schrijftaken met een wegingsfactor 20 en aldus 20% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Woordenschat/grammaticatests met een wegingsfactor 5 en aldus 5% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

- In the first exam session, assessment is on the basis of written assignments (20%), completion of online vocabulary and grammar checks (5%), an end-of-module assessment (25%), an oral exam (35%) and continuous assessment (15%).

- Students who do not participate in the end-of-module assessment are unable to pass the course in the first exam session.

- Students who do not participate in the oral exam are unable to pass the course in the first exam session.

- Students who do not complete the written assignments will receive a score of 0 for this assessment component but are still eligible to be assessed for the course in the first exam session.

- Students who do not complete the online vocabulary and grammar checks will receive a score of 0 for this assessment component but are still eligible to be assessed for the course in the first exam session.

- Students who do not complete the continuous assessment component will receive a score of 0 for this assessment component but are still eligible to be assessed for the course in the first exam session.

- In the second exam session, assessment is on the basis of a written exam (50%) and an oral exam (50%).

- Students who fail the course in the first exam session and who wish to be examined in the second exam session are required to take the written exam if they achieved a fail grade for either the writing assignments and/or the end-of-module assessment in the first exam session.

- Students who fail the course in the first exam session and who wish to be examined in the second exam session are required to take the oral exam if they achieved a fail grade for either or both of the oral assessment components in the first exam session (continuous assessment and/or oral exam).

- Students who fail the course in the first exam session and who already passed both the writing assignments and the end-of-module assessment in the first exam session may choose to carry over the combined written assessment grade (writing assignments + online vocabulary and grammar checks + end-of-module assessment) instead of taking the written exam in the second session.

- Students who fail the course in the first exam session and who already passed both forms of oral assessment in the first exam session may choose to carry over the combined oral assessment grade (continuous assessment + oral exam) instead of taking the oral exam in the second session.

- In both the first and the second exam session, an overall final grade of 10/20 or above is sufficient to pass the course even if a pass grade has not been achieved for each module and/or individual assessment component.

- No scores for individual assessment components or exams may be carried over to a subsequent academic year.

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

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