Technical English-Accounting

The main purpose of the Curricular Unit Technical English: Accounting is to provide the student with the
necessary elements which will allow him to use the English language satisfactorily as a privileged means of
communication in the business world, particularly in the specific area of Accounting.
The teaching of the specific terminology of this area, Accounting, as well as the revision and consolidation of
elementary and intermediate grammar structures will give the student the intended use.

A.COMPANIES AND CORRESPONDENCE
1. The structure of a business letter
2. Four considerations of a business letter
a.Subject;
b.Audience;
c.Purpose;
d.Organization/Style.
3.Numbers/calculating
4.Types of Business Correspondence
a.Enquiries;
b.Replies and Quotations;
c.Orders;
d.Payments;
e.Complaints, Apologies and Adjustments.
B.ACCOUNTING
Financial Statements
a. Director’s report
b. Auditor’s report
c. Profit and loss account
d. Balance sheet
e. Cash flow statement

NAO

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