Business English I

Mastery of the English language in terms of its rules or grammatical structures at an intermediate level is essential for successful completion of this curricular unit.

Given the nature of the aims and syllabus of this curricular unit, the teaching methodology chosen has the fundamental purpose of stimulating and optimizing students’ learning. Therefore, an active teaching methodology centered on students will be favored, such as through Problem based learning, Project based learning, Flipped classroom and Brainstorming.

Carrying out work in class, individually and also in small groups, as well as the practice of debates/discussions in class, are pedagogical strategies that will also be used in classes.

Learning objectives

The curricular unit of English Applied to Business Sciences has as its primary objective to provide students with the necessary elements that allow them to satisfactorily use the English language as a privileged vehicle of communication in the business world.

Skills to be developed by students

With this subject it is intended that our students are able to reconcile technical teaching and specific terminology in the areas of business and economic sciences with intermediate and advanced grammatical structures of the English language. Thus, this curricular unit also includes a review, practice and consolidation of intermediate and advanced grammatical structures of the English language.

I. Applying for a job

1. Advertisements;

2. Letter of application;

3. Curriculum vitae;

4. Job interview.

II. Business correspondence

1. Layout (formal vs informal business letters);

2. Enquiries;

3. Replies and quotations/budgets;

4. Orders;

5. Payments:

     a)     Invoice;

     b)     Statement of account;

     c)     Debit note;

     d)     Credit note.

6. Complaints, apologies and adjustments.         

III. Revision/consolidation

1. Numbers/calculating;

2. Degrees of the adjectives;

3. Quantifiers;

4. Phrasal verbs.

NAO

Bibliografia principal

DUBICKA, Iwonna et al. (2019). Business Partner. Essex: Pearson Education Limited. FT Publishing, Financial Times.

GOUVEIA, Luís, Teresa Lameiras e Raquel Cardoso (2004). Glossário de Contabilidade: Inglês-Português (1ª ed. 2000). ISCA Aveiro e ISCAC Coimbra.

HARMAN, Clive M. (2016). All You Need To Know About Job Searching Skills: C. V. / Resume: Cover Letters: Interviewing Techniques Application Forms For Home Study or Training Candidates. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

SCOTT, Roger, John Adams (2020). English for Accountancy in Higher Education Studies. Garnet Education.

WILSON, James, Teresa Lameiras e Raquel Cardoso (2007). Manual de Correspondência Inglês-Português (1ª ed. 2004). Correspondence Handbook English-Portuguese. Coimbra: Almedina.

Bibliografia secundária

ASHLEY, A. (2004). A Handbook of Commercial Correspondence. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

CARVALHO-OLIVEIRA, J. M. e Hélder Fanha Martins (2002). A Vocabulary of Business, Accounting and Finance. Vocabulário Técnico Português-Inglês-Português. Lisboa: Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa.

FRENDO, Evan, Sean Mahoney (2008), English for Accounting. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

HELM, Sara (2010). Market Leader: Accounting and Finance. Essex: Pearson Education Limited, Longman. FT Publishing, Financial Times.