ENGLISH FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS II

The course aims to provide the student with the communicative language skills required in order to operate independently in the commercial world and is to be regarded as an extension of the English for Economics and Business 1 course. It aims to develop a knowledge of the language specific to various areas relating to international trade and tourism.

The course is at the B2.2 level of the CEFR.

The course provides a continuing systematic study of grammar and aims to develop the specific skills required in the field of international trade. Importance is given to the lexis specific to certain subject areas, e.g. finance and banking, environmental and cyber challeges, global mobility, alliances and acquistions, investment and risk management, innovation and new technologies and tourism. Further practice will be given in the development of language skills in the business context.

As from the academic year 2025/26, for students enrolling in the first year, it is not necessary to complete the English B1 OFA. However, a knowledge of English at the B1 level of the CEFR ((Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) is strongly advised in order to be able to follow the course in a profitable manner. Students who matriculated prior to this time must have completed the English B1 OFA, without which the English 2 exam cannot be registered.

The course provides a continuing systematic study of grammar and aims to develop the specific skills required in the field of international trade. Importance is given to the lexis specific to certain subject areas, e.g. finance and banking, environmental and cyber challeges, global mobility, alliances and acquistions, investment and risk management, innovation and new technologies, and tourism. Further practice will be given in the development of language skills in the business context.

IWONNA DUBICKA, MARJORIE ROSENBERG, BOB DIGNEN, MIKE HOGAN, LIZZIE WRIGHT, BUSINESS PARTNER B2+ COURSEBOOK & EBOOK WITH MYENGLISHLAB & DIGITAL RESOURCES Pearson/FT Publishing, Harlow, 2021 ISBN: 9781292392998. I will arrange for the San Leonardo University bookshop in Treviso to have copies available.
Please note that the coursebook "Business Partner B2+" is not the same as the coursebook used for the English 1 course which is entitled "Business Partner B2".

HELEN STEPHENSON, LEWIS LANSFORD, PAUL DUMMET, Keynote (Ted Talks) Upper Intermediate Student's Book, National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning, Andover UK, 2016

Further bibliographical references will be given during the course.

The final exam has a written part and an oral part. Students who attend regularly will be able to take the oral part of the exam during the course, in advance of the exam session.
For a detailed description of the exam, please consult Lingua inglese 2 - "exam description" in Moodle.

written and oral

Evaluation grid:
28-30L: mastery of the topics covered in class and in other materials provided; in oral presentation, appropriate use of the English language in all contexts covered;
26-27: good knowledge of the topics covered in class and in other materials provided; in oral presentation, fair use of the English language in all contexts covered;
24-25: not always in-depth knowledge of the topics covered in class and in other materials provided; in oral presentation,
orderly but not always correct use of the English language in all contexts covered;
22-23: often superficial knowledge of the topics covered in class and in other materials provided; in oral presentation, unclear and
poor use of the English language in all contexts covered;
18-21: knowledge of the topics covered in class and in other materials provided is at times incomplete; oral presentation in English is confused,
with little use of the specific vocabulary covered in class.

Conventional, audio-visual, CDROM, online materials

The final exam has a written part and an oral part. Students who attend regularly will be able to take the oral part of the exam during the course, in advance of the exam session.
For a detailed description of the exam, please consult COMES Lingua inglese 2 - "exam description" in Moodle.