Primary literature

Cotton, D., Falvey, D., Kent, S. Market Leader, Intermediate, 3rd. Ed. (Pearson)

Class handouts

Secondary literature

Emmerson, Paul. Business Vocabulary Builder (MacMillan).

Emmerson, Paul. Business Grammar Builder, 2nd Ed. (MacMillan).

Simon, Sweeney. English for Business Communication. (Cambridge University Press).

Dooley, Jenny; Evans, Virginia. Grammarway 3 (Express Publishing). https://tsufacultyoflaw.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/grammarway3-withanswers1.pdf

Desmond, A. Gilling. The Essential Handbook For Business Writing. (Greenlink Consulting) https://www.academia.edu/31717020/The_Essential_Handbook_For_Business_Writing

Assessment details

The Course Portfolio consists of two main sections: a) tasks completed throughout the semester based on teacher’s instructions, and b) a short test.

a) Tasks completed throughout the semester include:

1) An individual presentation based on the coursebook.

2) A team presentation, “Presenting the results of any Case study”, based on the coursebook.

3) Action minutes

4) A student-created business vocabulary patterns in complex business-oriented sentences.

b) a short test

1. Course overview, business people

2. The Business World

3. Products, markets, and marketing

4. Brands

5. Reading bank: Brand loyalty, Word formation

6. Taking part in meetings

7. Meetings: Listening practice, taking minutes

8. Roleplay

9. Case Study: Hudson Corporation, building a brand

10. Case study writing task

11. Business travel services, retaining key clients

12. Reading bank: Financial Times article, text analysis

13. Writing task: A summary

14. Revision

a course portfolio