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: Business Partner B1 by Margaret O'Keefe (Orange cover) ISBN: 978-1-292-23354-3

Students can buy the print book anywhere, including Amazon.  

You can buy an eBook from the Pearson website here:

https://it.pearson.com/

The first thing to do is click on "Catalogo & E Commerce"

Then look for Business Partner in the search field, click on the icon, then click on "Acquista Digitale Studente"

Full instructions in Italian are here: https://it.pearson.com/shop-saperne-di-piu.html

Please note that the eBook is actually a 24-month subscription, so it's not like Kindle where you have access to the book indefinitely

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

SUSAN MARIE CAMPBELL (President)

MARCO MAZZOLI (President)

LUCA BELTRAMETTI

ANNA BOTTASSO

GABRIELE CARDULLO

SIMONE LOMBARDINI

ELENA SEGHEZZA

LESSONS

LESSONS START

First lesson: Wednesday 20/9/2023 13.00-14.30 in aula Arsenale

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

Exam schedule