Course Title

English 2 for business

Course Number

10325

Instructor Name

ياسمين اغبر شحادة

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 2019
First Semester 2018
First Semester 2017

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

This course is open only to students of the Economics and Administrative Sciences. In reading, students will be exposed to a variety of materials, in business , taken from college texts, magazines, newspapers and related literature. Students will learn how to identify main ideas, use context clues, build vocabulary, recognize organizational structure and rhetorical strategies. In writing, students will gain mastery of English sentence structure and paragraph. In speaking, the focus will be on development of conversational skills useful in everyday life. In listening, the aim is to improve students’ pronunciation, stress, intonation and help them understand a spoken text. The course also aims at preparing students to function effectively in the world of work and business , after graduation.

1. to identify main ideas, use context clues, build vocabulary, recognize organizational structure and rhetorical strategies.
2. to produce basic forms of technical writing related to their field.
3. to use basic business  terminology in meaningful context.
4. to listen to and understand different types of specialized oral rhetoric.
5. to communicate and express their ideas clearly.

 

 

Textbooks:

- Brook, G. (2013). Business Benchmark. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.            ( upper intermediate)  

 

1.  Business Emporium,

http://www.emse.fr/~yukna/business/businessemporium.html

2.  Business English Links for ESL,

http://www.emse.fr/~yukna/business/businessemporium.html

3.  The English Club, Various ESL Activities,

http://www.englishclub.com/

4. Business English from BBC,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/index.shtml

5.  Dave’s ESL Café, Suggest Business English Links,

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Business_English/index.html

6. Comprehensive List of Business English Websites,

http://www.rong-chang.com/business.htm

7.  The Internet TESOL Journal, Business English Links,

http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Business_English/

8.  Professional Writing Resources and Handouts,

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/index.html

9. Talking Business  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/

10. Business to go http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/talkaboutenglish/2009/02/090211_tae_bltg.shtml

11. General Business English terms and expressions http://www.businessenglishsite.com/general-business-english.html

12. Business-English – Communication

http://www.ego4u.com/en/business-english/communication

13. Business English Level Test http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_business_level_test.htm