Module Details

Module Code: LANG H3302
Module Title: Business English Project
Title: Business English Project
Module Level:: 7
Credits:: 10
Module Coordinator: Martin Meagher
Module Author:: Gina Noonan
Domains:  
Module Description: This module focuses on providing the students with the necessary skills in English to complete a business-related project which compares an Irish company/institution with one from the student’s home country. The focus of the module is on English usage in the business environment.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Apply English structures competently within a business context.
LO2 Display practical language skills within real workplace scenarios including presentations, negotiations, telephoning, meetings and discussions.
LO3 Prepare, summarise, revise, analyse and edit business documentation and reports.
LO4 Demonstrate oral fluency in English through participation in problem-solving tasks, case studies and business scenarios.
LO5 Develop analytical skills through the completion of a comparative business project.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
1. Business and Commercial Language Skills/Written & Oral Communication:
Business English: a study of the language and terminology used when studying and working within a business/commercial field in an English speaking environment. The main themes covered will include: conducting meetings and negotiations; agreeing and disagreeing; business transactions (ordering, delivery, quotes, payment, customer service); job applications/CVs; interview techniques.
2. Grammar/Use of English:
Grammar points will also be studied as they arise in class but will also include: simple, compound, and complex sentences; question tags; structure phrases and clauses; phrasal verbs; the passive voice; introduction to complex tenses.
3. Specialised Business Language:
Business vocabulary; business idioms; collocations; expressions; analysing newspaper articles, specialised texts, charts and graphs; summarising texts and abstracting main points; writing transactional letters; article and report writing.
4. Oral/aural English Skills:
Role plays; advertisement analysis; debating and negotiating; presentation skills; listening skills.
5. Comparative Business Project:
A written project of approx. 4,000 - 5,000 words minimum to be completed by the student during his/her own time. The project will be a comparative study of an English-speaking company and one from the student’s native country. Students will independently carry out primary and secondary research. The project will be written in English and will be presented in both oral and written form. Those staying for one semester must complete a written project of between 2,000 – 2,500 words.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Examination % of Total Mark 15
Timing Sem 1 End Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
CA/Practical class work/Assessments
Assessment Type Examination % of Total Mark 15
Timing Sem 2 End Learning Outcomes  
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
In-class assessment
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 50
Timing Sem 2 End Learning Outcomes 1,3,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Comparative Business Project
Assessment Type Oral Examination/Interview % of Total Mark 20
Timing Sem 2 End Learning Outcomes 2,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Oral Presentation of Business Project
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination

Part Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Examination % of Total Mark 15
Timing Sem 1 End Learning Outcomes 1,3
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
In-class assessment
Assessment Type Examination % of Total Mark 15
Timing Sem 2 End Learning Outcomes 1,3,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
In-class assessment
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 50
Timing Sem 2 End Learning Outcomes 1,3,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Comparative Business Project
Assessment Type Oral Examination/Interview % of Total Mark 20
Timing Sem 2 End Learning Outcomes 1,2,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Oral presentation of project, followed by questions and answer session
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
Reassessment Description
The student will be required to resubmit the written project component.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Class-based activities Every Week 3.00 3
Independent Learning Time Non Contact Assignments/Blackboard Activities Every Week 4.00 4
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Class-based activities Every Week 1.50 1.5
Independent Learning Time Non Contact Assignments/Blackboard Activities Every Week 2.00 2
Total Weekly Contact Hours 1.50
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Powell, Mark, Allison, John. (2014), In Company 3.0 - Upper Intermediate, 2nd. Macmillan Education, [ISBN: 9780230455351].
  • Ronald B. Adler, Jeanne Marquardt Elmhorst. (2012), Communicating at work: Strategies for Success in Business and the Professions, 11th. McGraw-Hill, New York, p.480, [ISBN: 978-007803680].
  • Felicity O'Dell, Michael McCarthy. (2008), English collocations in use, Advanced. Cambridge University Press, [ISBN: 978-0521707800].
  • Penny Ur; consultant and editor: Michael Swan. (2009), Grammar practice activities, 2nd. Cambridge University Press, [ISBN: 978-0521732321].
  • Erica Williams. Presentations in English, Macmillan Education, p.74, [ISBN: 978-0230028784].
  • Paul Emmerson. Email English, Macmillan Education, p.96, [ISBN: 978-1405012942].
  • Hewings, M.. (2013), Advanced Grammar in Use, 3rd. Cambridge University Press, p.303, [ISBN: 978-11076973].
  • Andrea B. Geffner. (2013), How to write better business letters, 5th. Barron's Educational Series, Hauppauge, N.Y., p.208, [ISBN: 978-143800137].
  • Ian MacKenzie. (2010), English for Business Studies Student's Book, 3rd. Cambridge University Press, p.192, [ISBN: 978-0521743419].
  • John Allison, Rachel Appleby and Edward de Chazel. (2013), The Business 2.0, MacMillan.
  • Andrew Vaughan and Dorothy Zemach. (2013), Get Ready for International Business 1, Macmillan.
  • Michael McCarthy, Felicity O'Dell. (2012), English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate with Answers and CD-ROM, 3rd. Cambridge University Press, p.280, [ISBN: 9781107600942].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
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