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  1. English for Business
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Insegnamento Course full name
English for Business
Course ID number
2223-1-E1601N006
Course summary SYLLABUS

Course Syllabus

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Obiettivi formativi

Conoscenza e comprensione

Il corso mira al consolidamento delle conoscenze della lingua inglese di livello intermediate/upper-intermediate (B1 /B2 del QCRE) attraverso lo sviluppo delle quattro abilità fondamentali (listening, reading, speaking, writing).

Capacità di applicare conoscenza e comprensione

Gli studenti saranno in grado di affrontare con consapevolezza e autonomia linguistica situazioni varie in contesti funzionali differenti e di leggere, comprendere e produrre testi di difficoltà medio/alta di carattere sociale e inter-culturale, con particolare riferimento al mondo della comunicazione, alle organizzazioni aziendali, alla ricerca sociale, al mondo del lavoro.

Contenuti sintetici

Durante il corso verranno affrontati i seguenti argomenti:

Globalization and global markets – Business organizations – Economics and society - Happynomics – Ethics - Leadership, management and motivation – Brands, marketing and competition – Business strategy - Training and development - Labour market and job opportunities - Corporate Culture - Cultural awareness - Entrepreneurs - Business and sustainability

Programma esteso

Il corso è incentrato su tematiche relative all'economia e alla sociologia, ai temi “caldi” della società attuale affrontati attraverso la lettura, l’approfondimento e l’analisi di testi di livello in linea con gli obiettivi del corso.

Le lezioni verteranno sulla considerazione della lingua inglese come mezzo di comunicazione internazionale, sulla globalizzazione culturale, economica e linguistica con riferimento ai più attuali contesti aziendali multiculturali e alla loro “policy”; ampio spazio verrà dato ai temi del mercato del lavoro e dell’istruzione, all’analisi di contesti aziendali e di figure professionali di successo, alla gestione del personale, al marketing, al rapporto tra economia e soddisfazione sociale nonché alla sostenibilità e ai temi legati all'etica professionale e personale.

Particolare attenzione sarà riservata alla lettura e all’analisi di testi e di articoli giornalistici di carattere socio-culturale, all’acquisizione della terminologia legata ai vari argomenti trattati.

Prerequisiti

Conoscenza della lingua inglese livello B1.

Metodi didattici

La metodologia privilegiata è di tipo PPP – Presentation, Practice, Production – in alternanza con skill-based lessons con attività di pre-, while- e post- reading/listening.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

L’esame consisterà in una prova scritta, in una prova orale parziale e in una prova orale (facoltativa) per valutare la capacità comunicativa dello studente attraverso l’esposizione degli argomenti del programma in lingua inglese.

La prova scritta consisterà in una serie di domande chiuse in cui verrà valutata la conoscenza degli argomenti del corso e in una reading comprehension, divisa in 3 sezioni: Section A - con una serie di parole significative, isolate dal testo, da associare al relativo sinonimo; Section B - con alcune frasi da completare con una parola che grammaticalmente, sintatticamente e semanticamente le completi (fill-in the gap exercise); Section C - con domande a cui rispondere vero o falso.

La prova orale parziale (project work) consiste nella realizzazione di un progetto multimediale da realizzare e consegnare secondo le indicazioni fornite all'inizio del corso.

Gli studenti potranno migliorare il voto unico dello scritto e della prova parziale (propedeutici) sostenendo un esame orale sugli argomenti del corso in cui verranno valutate la capacità di argomentare, la chiarezza espositiva e la conoscenza dei contenuti del corso rielaborati in modo personale e con collegamenti con l'attualità e i mondo del lavoro.

Testi di riferimento

Iwonna Dubicka, Margaret O'Keeffe, Bob Dignen, Mark Hogan, Lizzie Wright, BUSINESS PARTNER B1+, coursebook and interactive e-Book , Pearson 2018.

Durante le lezioni la docente fornirà ulteriori materiali didattici con esercizi e approfondimenti sui temi trattati che integreranno il programma. I materiali saranno a disposizione degli studenti frequentanti e non frequentanti.

Sustainable Development Goals

SCONFIGGERE LA POVERTÀ | SALUTE E BENESSERE | ISTRUZIONE DI QUALITÁ | PARITÁ DI GENERE | LAVORO DIGNITOSO E CRESCITA ECONOMICA | IMPRESE, INNOVAZIONE E INFRASTRUTTURE | RIDURRE LE DISUGUAGLIANZE | CITTÀ E COMUNITÀ SOSTENIBILI | CONSUMO E PRODUZIONE RESPONSABILI | LOTTA CONTRO IL CAMBIAMENTO CLIMATICO | PACE, GIUSTIZIA E ISTITUZIONI SOLIDE
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Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding

The course aims to help students to strengthen grammar, vocabulary and listening at intermediate/upper-intermediate level (B1 /B2 The CEFR) through the development of the four skills - speaking, reading, writing and listening – using English in a range of real communicative situations.

Applying knowledge and understanding

The course also aims to improve the knowledge and understanding of English language in order to allow students to acquire practical reading and speaking skills, to learn to read, understand and produce texts about social and cultural themes relating in particular to communication, business organizations, society, labour market.

Contents

During the course we will focus on the following issues:

Globalization and global markets – Business organizations – Economics and society - Happynomics – Ethics - Leadership, management and motivation – Brands, marketing and competition – Business strategy - Training and development - Labour market and job opportunities - Corporate Culture - Cultural awareness - Entrepreneurs - Business and sustainability

Detailed program

The course will focus on the analysis of language, grammar and syntax and on the reading and examination of specific texts, about English language as an international communication tool, as well as about multicultural business contexts and their policies. The centre of the course will be the understanding and analysis of specific economic and socio-cultural texts and the acquisition of sectorial vocabulary related to the following topics: labour market and education, types of business organizations, management of human resources, marketing, entreprenership, sustainability, ethics, the role of the human being as an active citizen, happynomics as the science of the relationship between economics and social satisfaction.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of English Language B1 level.

Teaching methods

Two kinds of methodologies will be used: PPP – Presentation, Practice, Production - and skill-based lessons, with pre-, while- and post- reading/listening activities.

Assessment methods

Assessment of students’ skills in English is through a written test, a project work and an oral test (the oral exam is not compulsory).

The written test consists in a test with questions related to the course and a reading comprehension divided into 3 sections: Section A - consists in an exercise with some relevant words taken from the text to be matched with the related synonyms; section B - consists in some sentences to be completed with an appropriate word so that the sentences reflect the same meaning as in the text and are grammatically correct (fill-in the gap exercise); section C - consists in some sentences to be marked as True or False.

Students will be also engaged in the development of a project work (basically a video) to be submitted according to the instructions given at the beginning of the course.

For the oral exam, which is not compulsory, the students will be asked to talk about the main themes of the course in English, connetting them to the labour market and their personal experiences. This is helpful for students who wants to improve their final mark.

Textbooks and Reading Materials

Iwonna Dubicka, Margaret O'Keeffe, Bob Dignen, Mark Hogan, Lizzie Wright, BUSINESS PARTNER B1+, coursebook and interactive e-Book , Pearson 2018.

During the classes, the teacher will provide students with further materials about the themes of the course, which will be part of the programme. The material will be available on the e-learning page of the teacher.

Sustainable Development Goals

NO POVERTY | GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING | QUALITY EDUCATION | GENDER EQUALITY | DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH | INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE | REDUCED INEQUALITIES | SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES | RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION | CLIMATE ACTION | PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
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Key information

Field of research
L-LIN/12
ECTS
6
Term
Second semester
Activity type
Mandatory
Course Length (Hours)
42
Degree Course Type
Degree Course
Language
English

Staff

    Teacher

  • MM
    Maria Domenica Mangialavori
  • Tutor

  • PT
    Paola Tosi

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Enrolment methods

Manual enrolments
Self enrolment (Student)

Sustainable Development Goals

NO POVERTY - End poverty in all its forms everywhere
NO POVERTY
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
QUALITY EDUCATION - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
QUALITY EDUCATION
GENDER EQUALITY - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
GENDER EQUALITY
DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
REDUCED INEQUALITIES - Reduce inequality within and among countries
REDUCED INEQUALITIES
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
CLIMATE ACTION - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
CLIMATE ACTION
PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

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