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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Topics covered: 1. Choosing jobs 2. Personal finance 3. Company financial services 4. Economic indicators 5. Economic cycles 6. Economic sectors
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of VCJ/FE1 is to enable students of relevant study programmes to use the English needed in the financial sector. The course focuses on financial terminology, but also develops language skills, especially reading, listening, speaking skills and to some extent also writing skills.
Acquisition of specialised terminology in finance on the B1-B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference.
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Prerequisites
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A minimum language level in English of level B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages is required .
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Written exam
Students are required to pass a credit test with the minimum result of 70% and pass an oral exam successfully. A student can gain up to 4% bonus if the following requirements are met: a) if a written assignment is completed successfuly and submitted by its deadline (2% bonus); b) if the attendance of a student is 100%, then he/she is entitled to gain extra 2% bonus. The final grade is based on the result of the credit test, active participation during the semester and the result of the oral examination.
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Recommended literature
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MacKenzie, I. Professional English in Use/Finance. Cambridge University Press.
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McCarthy, M., Jeanne McCarten, David Clarke and Rachel Clark. Grammar for Business. Intermediate to upper-intermediate. (Book with audio CD).
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R. Clark and D. Baker. (2011). FINANCE 1, Oxford English for Careers. Oxford University Press.
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