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

Field of study

English Philology

Student workload

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

Study level

BA level studia

Education profile

part time studies academic profile

Type of course

elective courses
obligatory courses

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 4

Mode

(in Polish) Mieszany: realizowany zdalnie i w sali

Requirements

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

Course coordinators

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Zbigniew Pyż

Learning outcomes

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)

Assessment criteria

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

Bibliography

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.

Additional information

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