Key words
English I, IWETO-code, H360 Foreign Language Education and H570 English Language and Literature
Objectives
The systematic integration of relevant language structures.
Students learn technical vocabulary, general vocabulary and economic terminology. They also learn to use it.
Students develop elementary written and oral communication skills for business English.
Students learn to consult simple types of professional literature and understand its contents independently; students are able to understand an oral presentation, distinguish between main points and side issues and formulate questions.
Topics
- Basic grammar and language study (spelling, pronunciation) with exercises
- Communication skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing.
- Basic vocabulary: general and economic.
- Business texts
Prerequisites
Students master the four elementary communication skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) based on the general level attained after secondary education.
Students can participate in the initiating course of English. Here the basic knowledge, especially in the grammar area, is tested.
Subsequently the existing problems are discussed and students practise the most typical and obstinate errors and problems.
Final Objectives
Knowledge:
General:- Practical written and oral knowledge of English.
Job-related- Knowledge of general and economic terminology.
Skills:
General:- Communication : the abilility to communicate information
- Self-study
- Consulting relevant sources
- Acquiring and assimilating information
- Practical use of English
Job-related- Practical written communication
- Oral presentations
- Telephoning
- Reading general texts and texts dealing with subjects on economics; distinguishing main points from side-issues, summarizing
- Listening to general texts and texts dealing with subjects on economics; distinguishing main points from side-issues, being able to summarize
Attitudes:
General:- Being critical
- Having an eye for quality
- Being efficient
- Being self-confident
Materials used
Syllabus: English Language and Communication, Communicative English Grammar with Exercises.
Study costs
Syllabus and extra copies: price determined under Hogeschool rules.
Study guidance
Regular monitoring of progress through continuous assessment.
If the lecturer or student records difficulties, students are referred to tutoring.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, practical classes, independent work, in-class discussion of exercises, interactive question-and-answer, guided self-study.
Assessment
- First exam session: continuous assessment (30%) and written exam (70%)
- Second exam session: Written exam (100%)
- Students only enrolled for taking the exams:
First and second exam session: written exam (100%)
Lecturer(s)
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