English Applied to Business Sciences I

Mastery of the English language in terms of its rules or grammatical structures at an intermediate level is essential for success in this course.

Given the nature of the objectives and syllabus of this course, the teaching methodology chosen has the fundamental purpose of stimulating and optimising student learning. In this way, an active teaching methodology centred on the students will be favoured, for example through Problem based learning, Project based learning, Flipped classroom and Brainstorming.
Individual and small group work in class, as well as debates/discussions in class, will also be pedagogical strategies used in this subject.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The main objective of the English Applied to Business I course is to provide students with the necessary elements to enable them to use the English language satisfactorily as a privileged vehicle for communication in the business world.

COMPETENCES TO BE DEVELOPED BY STUDENTS

The aim of this course is for our students to be able to reconcile technical vocabulary and terminology specific to the areas of business and economic sciences with intermediate and advanced grammatical structures of the English language. In this way, this course also includes a revision, 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)     Invoices;

b)     Statements of account;

c)     Debit notes;

d)     Credit notes.

             6. Complaints, apologies and adjustments.         

     Revision/consolidation

1. Numbers/calculating;
2. Degrees of the adjectives;
3. Quantifiers;
4. Phrasal verbs.
5. Verb tenses (Present Simple; Present Continuous; Past Simple; Past Continuous; Simple Future, Future Continuous; Future Perfect; Future Perfect Continuous);
6. Time and place prepositions;
7. Relative clauses;
8. Reported Speech;
9. For and to

• - Exam - 100.0%

• - Test - 40.0%
• - Test - 40.0%
• - Final Work - 20.0%

NAO

Main bibliography

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.

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

Secondary bibliography

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.