English Applied to Business Sciences V

Students should have a B1/B2 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.

Skills: this curricular unit aims to give students the ability to communicate in an intercultural context, making them aware of the existing cultural differences and, consequently, of the importance of these differences in the communication context.

Goals: to make students aware of cultural differences and of their influence in the communication context.

I – Cultural diversity and socialising

1. Cross-cultural understanding

2. Welcoming visitors

3. Small talk: keeping the conversation going

4. Culture and entertainment

II – Grammar

1. Verb tenses (Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous)

2. Reported Speech

3. For and to

4. Phrasal verbs

NAO

MACRAE, Paul (2014) Business and Professional Writing – A Basic Guide. Peterborough: Broadview Press

SWEENEY, Simon (2003) English for Business Communication. Cambridge/New York, Cambridge University
Press

TALBOT, Fiona (2016) How to Write Effective Business English. S.l.: Kogan Page Publishers.

VINCE, Michael (2003) Advanced English Practice: English Grammar and Vocabulary. Macmillan.