Business English correspondence 1.N3.EP.BE.6

Course objectives
- to familiarise students with written communication between persons in the business context
- to practice writing business texts that are accurate in both texts structure and specialist contenty
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Course content
Principles of business correspondence
Internal correspondence.
External correspondence.
Sales correspondence.
Personalized correspondence.
Circulars.
Routine correspondence
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
multimedia presentation, material analysis, writing tasks, group discussion, individual and pair work, ICT tools/MSTeams

Kierunek studiów

English Philology

Nakład pracy studenta

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties: total number of ECTS: 2 0,5 ECTS: 15h classes (50% online/50% on university site) 1 ECTS: 20h preparing for classroom discussions + 10h preparing for credit test 0,5 ECTS: 10 hrs of consultation with the course instructor

Poziom studiów

studia pierwszego stopnia

Profil kształcenia

studia niestacjonarne profil akademicki

Rodzaj przedmiotu

fakultatywne
obowiązkowe

Semestr, w którym realizowany jest przedmiot

semestr 4

Tryb prowadzenia

Mieszany: realizowany zdalnie i w sali

Wymagania

Business English elective module Introduction to Business English Fundamentals of economics Business English text analysis 1 Business English communication skills

Koordynatorzy przedmiotu

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Zbigniew Pyż

Efekty kształcenia

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge
Student knows and understands
1. the English business language; knows the lexical-grammatical and stylistic rules of the English business language, and the rules of the selection of means for expressing specific types of information (m-W-1/P6S_WG)

Skills
Student can
2. search, analyze, select and use specialised business texts utilizing various sources and methods, including online resources to write business correspondence (m-U-1/P6S_UW)
3. use the English language at C1 level in writing with relative fluency, accuracy and communication efficiency in a wide range of business topics (m-U-2/P6S_UK)

Social competences
Student is ready to
4. specify the priorities for the implementation of their goals and tasks designated by others in the business context regarding handling business correspondence (m-K-1/P6S_KR)

Kryteria oceniania

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active participation in classes - 45% of the final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4)
2. Written assignments - 55% of the final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4)

Pass at 60% of the final grade

Literatura

Reading list:
Allison. J, Emmerson, P. (2011). The Business. London: Macmillan.
Berezowski, L. (2012). Jak czytać i rozumieć angielskie umowy? Warszawa: Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck.
Kienzler, L (2001). Biuro i korespondencja. Gdynia, IVAX Biuro Tłumaczeń i Wydawnictw.
Kierzkowska, D. (1994). Selection of English Documents. Warszawa: Polish Society of Economic, Legal and Court Translators TEPIS.
Talbot, Fiona (2018) How to write Effective Business English.

Supplementary reading
Steiner, G. (1975). After Babel. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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