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) An article summary

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

b) a short test

1. Course overview, working across cultures

2. Company finance

3. Reading bank: news and annual reports

4. Financial terminology

5. Presenting figures, financial reporting

6. Case study: Business ideas: Make your pitch

7. Case study writing task

8. In-class presentations

9. Economics and ecology

10. Considering solutions and consequences

11. Case study: Carbon footprint

12. Using professional resources, research routines

13. Case study writing task, summarizing findings

14. Revision

course portfolio