English Applied to Business Sciences II

Students should have a B1 level of English (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

Although there will be some moments in the classes with a focus on a theoretical approach to the syllabus, more active activities will be privileged, aiming not only a more global participation of the students but also the practice and development of the several necessary skills in a foreign language learning and consolidation process. Therefore, discussion moments, group tasks, and the use of digital platforms of interaction will be proposed as classroom activities.

Objectives: The main objective of the English Applied to Business II 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 today’s business world, both internally and externally.

Skills: This course will cover the subject of meetings (preparation, organisation, execution). It will also address the issue of entering the labour market and how candidates should prepare for it (CV, cover letter, and job interview). English grammar structures will also be reviewed and consolidated.

I – Meetings

1. Making meetings effective
2. Sorry to interrupt, but…
3. What do you mean by…?

II – Labour Market

1. CV
2. Cover letter
3. Job interview

III – Grammar

1. Verb tenses (Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous)
2. Modal verbs

NAO

Main Bibliography:

Grant, David, Hudson, Jane, Hughes, John (2019) Business Result: Intermediate. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Irvine, Mark and Marion Cadman (2003) Commercially Speaking. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
MacKenzie, Ian (2010) English for Business Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Mascull, Bill (2002) Business Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sweeney, Simon (2003) English for Business Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Secondary Bibliography:

Duckworth, Michael (2009) Business Grammar and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Vince, Michael (2010) Intermediate Language Practice. MacMillan.