Información detallada de curso |
Primer semestre 2017
Abr 23, 2024 |
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| Código y Nombre de la Asignatura: IGL 7750 - BUSINESS ENGLISH V |
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División Académica:
Instituto de Idiomas
Departamento Académico: Dpto. Lenguas Extranjeras IGL 1380 Calificación mínima de 3.0 o Homo. Inglés Negocios Int. 005 o Certificado Inglés Negocios In 005 o Examen Clasif.Inglés Negocios 005 Número de créditos: Intensidad horaria (semanal para nivel pregrado y total para nivel postgrado): 4.000 Horas de Teoría 0.000 Horas de Laboratorio Niveles: Educación Continua, Educación Superior Pregrado Tipos de Horario: Teoría This course is geared to studentswho have completed the previous course (Business English 4), or have directly placed in this level. These students already have general language skills, but need to strengthen and extend their English skills and competence in the field of business. This level aims to raise awareness about intercultural differences and provide tools to communicate with different cultures in business contexts. While all four linguistic skills will be practiced, there will be a focus on reading. 3. RATIONALE Globalization has brought many challenges that all professionals need to face in order to be more competitive and marketable. Among these challenges is the need to adopt a foreign language that would facilitate communication within the international environment at a professional and personal level. The Instituto de Idiomas has designed this Business English program for students in order to contribute to their intellectual, professional and cultural development through English. 4. OBJECTIVES 4.1. GENERAL OBJECTIVES At this level, students continue to develop their communication skills and general English skills in particular, with a strong emphasis on intercultural communication. It uses an integrated skills approach with emphasis on critical reading which allows students to establish differences and similarities between the cultures studied in order to use this knowledge in their professional lives. Students during the course should be completing the B1 level of English. 4.2. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES Reading: -Identify the general and specific information contained in a text, make inferences, and draw conclusions. -Compare and contrast concepts in written texts. Writing: -Write simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. -Write a well-structured informational report, supported with relevant information and examples. -Use in-text citations and reference sources using APA format. Speaking: -Speak spontaneously about a topics related to the content covered in the course. Business content and communication skills: -Apply intercultural strategies to simulated business scenarios. -Identify key aspects of world cultures and subcultures, non-verbal communication, and other factors that differ from or are similar to learners own culture. -Identify key components and strategies of intercultural communication. 5. CONTENT Topic 1 Understanding and Describing Culture Topic 2 Business Blunders Topic 3 Nonverbal Communication Topic 4 Subculture and Corporate Culture 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY MARKETLEADER: Working across culture |
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