Study Guide

Objective

The student is able to work and perform in a multinational professional team promoting a product/ company. He/she performs well in the recruiting process. The student is able to manage personal professional development in English according to the principles of lifelong learning.

Content

- Developing and enhancing ( existing ) business skills in English
- Product and company promotion
- Sales negotiations

Materials

To be announced via the Moodle system.

Teaching methods

Contact lessons, pair work, individual work, group work, distant studies via the Moodle course platform.

Employer connections

There is no work placement included.

Exam schedules

No final exam.

Student workload

Total work load 78 h.
Scheduled studies 38 h, including contact lessons and student group meetings.
Autonomous studies 40 h, including individual and group work.

Further information

The course yields 1 virtual credit.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Simple structures, limited professional vocabulary, mistakes disturb understanding. Students understand slow and clear speech and some parts of easy field-related texts.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Satisfactory use of professional vocabulary in relation to the student?s field of expertise. Students understand the most common field-related texts. Performs fairly well in predictable field-related situations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Skillful use of professional vocabulary in relation to the student?s field of expertise. Students understand and manage to produce complex professional material. Performs very well in field-related situations.

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment and task-specific assessment by the teacher, self-assessment and peer assessment. No final exam.
•All tasks are mandatory
•General rule of absences; max 20 % allowed, 50 % minimum required for completion. Absences between 20% and 50 % will lower the final grade.
•Task-specific assessment will be given in each task description

The grade point average of the graded tasks, the completion of other, non-graded tasks as well as attendance record all have an influence on the final grade.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

1
You pass the course and receive the credit, 3 ects after having basically completed all the given tasks and met the deadlines. The general input remains modest.

2
You pass the course and receive the credit, 3 ects after having completed all the given tasks and met the deadlines. The general input remains satisfactory.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

3
You pass the course and receive 3 ects after having completed all the given tasks and met the deadlines.Your general input demonstrates professional conduct of a generally good level meeting grade 3.

4
You pass the course and receive 3 ects after having completed all the given tasks and met the deadlines.Your general input demonstrates professional conduct of a generally very good level with an average reaching up to grade 4.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

5
You pass the course and receive 3 ects after having completed all the given tasks and met the deadlines.Your general input demonstrates professional conduct of an excellent level reaching grade 5.

Qualifications

The course is aimed at students who study English as a second language. ( Not for students with English as a mother tongue or the official language of education). The course is ideal for Gateway students as well as 3 and 4 year students of the business school.

Further information

The course yields 1 virtual credit.