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| LANG0911-1 | Business English 1 (self-study)
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| Duration : | 30h AUTR |
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| Lecturer : | Isabelle Peere |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Course contents :
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| a comprehensive business English course at intermediate level (grammatical structures, vocabulary, language functions, reading and listening comprehension, spelling and pronunciation) |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| acquiring, revising and developing basic communicative skills in everyday and business English |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The course materials are chosen to meet the needs of beginners as well as more advanced learners in providing self-explanatory theory and exercices, answers, transcripts but also multiple opportunities for reinforcing business communication skills.
We would like to insist that learning success and satisfaction will essentially depend on personal motivation and regular work in fair proportion with individual needs. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| self-study course including one face-to-face class per semester (from 18.00 to 21.00) |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - Strutt, Peter. Business Grammar and Usage. Market Leader (Upper-Intermediate)- course reader : Master en Sciences de gestion (120 crédits Horaire Décalé) Première année (I.Peere) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| written examination consisting of:- various grammar and vocabulary exercices drawn or adapted from the course manual (Business Grammar and Usage);
- one listening comprehension exercice;
- one accentuation exercice. |
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Work placement(s) :
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| not applicable |
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Isabelle Peere (Dr.)Chargée de cours
HEC-ULg
Bâtiment N1 bureau 215
14 rue Louvrex
4000 Liège
tel: 04 232 72 83
isabelle.peere@ulg.ac.be |
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| Items online : |
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| virtual platform on Campus (part-time programme) |
| platform accompanying the course with accessible and downloadable documents: - a recorded reading of the course reader (Pronunciation and Spelling Rules)
- video programme units for listening comprehension: Portfolio (Longman) |
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