Center |
Faculty of Economics |
Departament |
English and German |
Lecturers in charge |
Sin datos cargados |
Met. Docent |
Current business-related topics, which are presented in written texts or audiovisual material, are preceded by discussion questions in English, with the teacher eliciting information from learners. In pairs or small groups learners then participate in oral and written discussion activities. |
Met. Avaluació |
At the end of the course, students are required to take the officially scheduled final written examination covering the topics that were dealt with in class. |
Bibliografia |
Alcaráz Varó, Enrique & Brian Hughes. 1996. Diccionario de Términos Económicos, Financieros y Comerciales [:] Inglés-Español Spanish-English. Barcelona: Ariel Referencia. Longman Business Dictionary. 2000. Harlow: Longman. MacKenzie, Ian. 2002. English for Business Studies: A Course for Business Studies and Economics Students. 2º edition. Cambridge University Press. Murphy, John & Fernándo García Clemente. 2000. Essential Grammar in Use. 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Nohira, Nitin. 1998. The Portable MBA Desk Reference. 2º edition. New York: John Wiley & Soncis, Inc. The New York Times [nytimes.com] The Financial Times [ft.com] |
Continguts |
The course includes the following topics: accounting and financial statements, banking, stocks and shares, bonds, futures and derivatives, market structure and competition, takeovers, mergers and buyouts, efficiency and employment, the role of government, central banking, money and taxation, exchange rates, the business cycle, Keynesianism and monetarism, international trade, economics and ecology, information technology and electronic commerce, entrepreneurs and venture capital. |
Objetius |
This course focuses on the linguistic needs of students pursuing a university degree in economics. The class will examine the key English language vocabulary currently being used in the field. The course is designed to prepare students to understand and discuss a wide range of contemporary buisness-related issues. For this reason students taking the course need to be at least at the intermediate level in English. |
URL de Fitxa |