Subject 'English A III'

Year:   2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    2020/2021    

Topic 1: Employment and the Hiring Process. Applying for a job, writing a CV and cover letter, the job interview; personnel issues.
Topic 2: Team Building. Team formation issues, team dynamics.
Topic 3: Product Development. Product development process.
Topic 4: Trends in Technology. Current technological trends in relevant field of study. Development and practice of presentation skills.
Teema 5: General Business Communication. E-mail communication, client service.
Topic 6: Business across Cultures. Intercultural business communication, cultural differences in management styles.
Topic 7: Negotiations. The language of negotiations. Basic negotiation skills.

The aim of this course is to help students develop elementary speaking and writing skills that can be applied in a wide range of business contexts. Students will take part in role-plays, simulations, discussions, and pair work. They will also write a number of short reports, complete a series of short writing exercises, and prepare a final presentation on a business topic.

A student who has successfully passed through this course will know how to write a cover letter in English, answer typical interview questions in English, formulate questions in an interview context, work through the team formation process and product development issues with others in English, write email messages and letters in English, serve clients in English, evaluate cultural differences in a business communication context and speak on this theme in English, express themselves in English in negotiation situations, and prepare a presentation in English.

Classroom lessons (for group and pair activities). Independent study online in Moodle (assigments and exercises).

Cotton, D. et al, Market Leader, intermediate, Pearson Longman, 2006.
David Cotton, et al., Market Leader, Upper-Intermediate Business English Coursebook, Pearson-Longman, 2006.
Emmerson, P., Business English Handbook, Macmillan, 2007.
Emmerson, P., E-mail English, Macmillan, 2004.
Lewis, R., When Cultures Collide, Nicholas Brealey, 1999.
Murphy R., English Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press, 2004
McCarthy M., O'Dell F., English Vocabulary in Use (Upper-intermediate and Advanced), Cambridge University Press, 1998
Muud materjalid õppejõu valikul.

e-learning tasks and exercises which are done and graded in the Moodle learning environment.
The grading criteria of the classroom activities are provided by the lecturer at the beginning of the course.

Business English

2013: AT*  ET*  FOR*  HE*  KT*  RA*  RG*  RR*  RT*  TD*  TE*  TL*  TT*  

2012: AT*  EI*  ET*  GI*  KT*  LI*  MI*  RA*  RR*  RT*  TD*  TEI*  TI*  

2011: AT*  EI*  GI*  KT*  LI*  MI*  RA*  RR*  RT*  TD*  TEI*  TI*  

2010: AT*  EI*  GI*  KT*  LI*  MI*  RA*  RR*  RT*  TD*  TEI*  TI*  

2009: AT*  EI*  GI*  KT*  LI*  MI*  RA*  RR*  RT*  TD*  TEI*  TI*  

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