ENGLISH II – BASIC BUSINESS ENGLISH: PART B

(All Departments)

PROVISIONAL 12–WEEK SYLLABUS

Delivered by Dr Anastasia Rothoni / E-mail: anroth@aueb.gr

Office Hours / Office Telephone Number: 210-8203419

PROVISIONS

· 4 hours of teaching per week

· A2 English language competence

WEEK	Academic Readings	Language Applications
1	What is Economics?	Topic Sentences
2	How Wants become Demands	Practice writing Topic Sentences
3	Utility	Supporting Ideas
4	What is Production?	Practice Developing Supporting Ideas
5	Markets	Adding Detail
6	Demand and Supply	Practice in Adding Detail
7	Production Costs and Prices	Conclusions
8	Factors of Production I	Practice Writing Conclusions
9	Factors of Production II	Transitional Words and Phrases
10	Competition	Practice Writing Paragraphs
11	Types of Business Organizations	Practice Writing Paragraphs
12	Vocabulary and Terminology Revision	Review: Elements of Paragraph Writing

COURSE MATERIAL

1. Stefan, J. (2002), English for Students of Economics: General Economics. Athens: τυπωθήτω / George Dardanos.

3. Stefan, J. (2018), Selected Elements of Writing. Course Notes, available on e-class.

ASSESSMENT

Final Exam, consisting of two parts:

· Part A (70 points): Exercises on text comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, working with numbers, understanding tables and graphs (from course material #1 above)

· Part B (30 points): Writing skills (from course material #2 above)

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this module are to introduce students to basic Business English concepts, develop their Business English vocabulary and further develop their knowledge of grammar and syntax. In addition, emphasis is placed on reading comprehension strategies and writing skills related to paragraphs. At the end of the module, students should be able to understand intermediate-level Business English texts and write well-developed paragraphs.