CODE 106686 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 8706 (LM-77) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/12 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER Annual MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: ECONOMICS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS WITH LANGUAGE ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course provides the students with advanced knowledge of English managerial, economic and financial terminology commonly employed in professinal activities, technical reports and research papers. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Students who have finished this course should be able to work more fluidly in an Enlish-language office envronment in terms of their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. TEACHING METHODS The course is based on in-person communication, which is why attendance, while not manditory is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED for any student wishing to successfully work in an English-language environment. The course is not tradtional, in that new grammar points, new usages and new topics of discussion will be introduced communicatively, with a lot of student participation expected, in an open workshop environment. SYLLABUS/CONTENT We will focus on: Networking and building relationships with a focus on working across cultures, Team building, Raising finance and financial terms, the right register for various forms of spoken and written communication. Students will listen to finance- and business-related podcasts as part of their homework. In the II Semester, groups of students will prepare and give an oral presentation about one of the podcasts they have heard. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Our textbook is: Market Leader Upper Intermediate by David Cotton, David Falvey and Simon Kent ISBN: 978-1-4082-3709-0 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD SUSAN MARIE CAMPBELL Ricevimento: Office hours will be held in the classroom immediately after class or by appointment the "Docenti Lingue" office on the 2nd floor. or an appointment, please email susan.campbell@unige.it Exam Board SUSAN MARIE CAMPBELL (President) MARCO MAZZOLI (President) LUCA BELTRAMETTI ANNA BOTTASSO GABRIELE CARDULLO SIMONE LOMBARDINI ELENA SEGHEZZA LESSONS LESSONS START TBA Class schedule L'orario di tutti gli insegnamenti è consultabile all'indirizzo EasyAcademy. EXAMS Exam schedule Data Ora Luogo Degree type Note 05/06/2023 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 19/06/2023 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 03/07/2023 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 15/09/2023 12:00 GENOVA Scritto
