ENGLISH VI - BUSINESS TERMINOLOGY

(6th Semester – Departments of Accounting & Finance,

International & European Economic Studies, Economics)

PROVISIONAL 12-WEEK SYLLABUS

Delivered by Dr Kleoniki- Kelly Karagkouni / E-mail: karagkou@aueb.gr

Office Hours / Office phone number: 210-8203419)

 

PROVISIONS:

·         4 hours teaching per week

·         C2 English Language Competence

 

       WEEK

Academic Readings / Journal Excerpts

Required Terminology & Language Applications

1

Course Material Overview & Description

2

Unit 1.1: Macroeconomics. Blanchard, Olivier. 2002

Unit 1.2: Financial Markets. Giddy, Ian. 1994

3

Unit 1.6: Financial Institutions. Saunders, Anthony. 1997

Unit 1.7: Securities. Sharp, William et al. 1995

4

Unit 1.10: Investment Analysis. Elton, Edwin et al. 1995                              

5

Academic Reading and Vocabulary Practice from a Journal (1)

6

Unit 1.9: Theoretical Econometrics. Judge, George et al. 1988

Unit 1.8: Applied Econometrics. Ανδρικόπουλος  Α. 2003

7

Unit 2.4: Management Accounting. Horngren, Foster, & Datar. 2007

Unit 3.3: Compensation. Wade J.B & Carpenter M.A. 2002

8

Academic Reading and Vocabulary Practice from an Academic Journal

9

Unit 6.1: The Institutions of the European Union (Functions & Procedures)

Unit 6.2: The European Central Bank (Functions & Procedures)

10

Unit 2.1: Financial  Accounting. Παπάς, Αντώνης.2002

Unit 2.2: Tax Accounting. Χέβας, Δημοσθένης. 2000

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Academic Reading and Vocabulary Practice from a Journal (2)

12

Revision

 

COURSE MATERIAL:

  • Karamitroglou, F. (2021). Essential Business Terminology for Native Speakers of Greek [Revised Edition]. Athens. Fedimos
  • Academic Readings available on e-class

 

ASSESSMENT:

1 Final Exam: Text Comprehension, Terminology, & Language Applications

 

OBJECTIVES:

Anchored on a diffuse set of drills and texts from all fields of Business for specialized vocabulary purposes, this module aims to further provide familiarisation with key terms and expressions used in academic and professional business writings. Through a series of carefully and selectively chosen extracts and in-class discussions, students learn to understand, decode and reproduce financial texts. Clearly aimed at prospective professionals and/or graduate students, this module is designed to unveil the phrasing and content of real-life material used in the broadest range of business circumstances and enable them to perform sophisticated tasks with consistency and linguistic competence.