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Professional English
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:30.08.2024 08:53:40
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_143 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Economics; Other economic and management sub-sectors | Target Audience: | Business Management; Management Science; Person and Property Defence; Civil and Military Defense; Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Tatjana Zakutajeva | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | English knowledge and skills at Intermediate B1/B2 level corresponding to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students’ communication skills for use in academic and professional settings and to facilitate the acquisition of professional terminology for productive use. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 4 | Competition and company strategy. Tools to analyse company and its business environment. SWOT, STEPL, Michael Porter's diamond. Company competitive advantage. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Risk elimination. Effective crisis communication. Crisis management and sustainable development. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Citizenship and migration. Case study analysis, presentation and written report submission. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Safety of individuals and society. Fight against crime. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Intelligence and counterintelligence to fight organized and economic crime. Protection of state border. Case study analysis, presentation and written report submission. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Civil protection, fire safety, rescue. Case study analysis, presentation and written report submission. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the study course. Corporate communication. Enhancing corporate image. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Leadership and motivation. Emotional intelligence. Team and team building. Personal development: how to enhance your career prospects. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Business dimensions of culture: high and low context cultures. Corporate culture. Business ethics. Corporate social responsibility. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Competition and company strategy. Tools to analyse company and its business environment. SWOT, STEPL, Michael Porter's diamond. Company competitive advantage. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Risk elimination. Effective crisis communication. Crisis management and sustainable development. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Citizenship and migration. Case study analysis, presentation and written report submission. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Safety of individuals and society. Fight against crime. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Intelligence and counterintelligence to fight organized and economic crime. Protection of state border. Case study analysis, presentation and written report submission. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Civil protection, fire safety, rescue. Case study analysis, presentation and written report submission. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students do individual and pair work: they deliver presentations, perform written tasks, design questionnaires, draw up questions for a press conference, write reports, work with monolingual dictionaries (definitions/explanations of the terms). Students are obliged to fill in the course evaluation questionnaire at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in classes; timely submitted written tasks of high quality; presentations made in accordance with the topics covered during the course; successfully written vocabulary tests. At the end of the course: the examination consisting of a written part and a presentation. The written part of the examination assesses the knowledge of terminology and its practical use, comprehension of a general text and specific information and the use of the written language. In presentation, students demonstrate their speaking skills and general understanding: prepared monologue (summarising information, expressing opinion), and dialogue (asking/answering questions). Total grade consists of: Compulsory tests – 1. motivational speech, 2. company SWOT analysis, 3. report on innovative product/service or management process, 4. the concept of high/low context cultures, 5. research on leadership skills and Emotional Intelligence and data presentation, 6. Harvard Business Review article summary, 7. report on customer satisfaction, 8. crisis communication conference simulation, 9. Business Ethics/Corporate social responsibility presentation, 10. company message on CSR for the internet home page – 50%. Other tests (classroom activities: role plays, business case analyses, academic writing) – 20%. Final Project (crisis case study analysis, presentation and written company report submission) – 30%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the study course, students will: • know the most common terms used in economics, business and legislation for use in various academic and professional situations; • apply the acquired vocabulary for professional needs, communicating with clients and business partners; • distinguish between business language styles, find the written and oral information they need. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the study course, students will be able to: • get the necessary written and spoken information and express their point of view, applying the terms acquired during the course; • define and apply business and legal terminology; • write annotations, company reports, formal letters; • make and deliver presentations in English; • present their ideas in meetings, give recommendations, agreement or disagreement. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to communicate, write, read, work and deliver presentations in English, understanding and using professional terminology and concepts. Students will be able to explain and discuss in a reasoned manner the complex or systemic nature of the industry or aspects of the professional field. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Business Result: Advanced. Student's book / Kate Baade, Christopher Holloway, Jim Scrivener & Rebecca Turner; with additional material by Gareth Davies, Andrew Shouler, Chris Speck & Shaun Wilden., 2019. | ||||||||
| 2 | Market leader: intermediate business English course book / David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent. 2019. | ||||||||
| 3 | Intelligent Business, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, T. Trappe, Longman, 2019. | ||||||||
| 4 | Introduction to International Legal English, A. Krois-Lindner, M. Firth, Cambridge University Press 2021. | ||||||||
| 5 | Market leader: Upper intermediate business English course book / David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent. 2020. | ||||||||
| 6 | Business Result: Upper-intermediate. Student's book with online practice / Michael Duckworth, John Hughes & Rebecca Turner., 2021. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Professional English in Use. Law, G. D. Brown, S. Rice, Cambridge University Press, 2020. | ||||||||
| 2 | Business Vocabulary in Use, Intermediate, Advanced, B. Mascull, Cambridge University Press, 2021. | ||||||||
| 3 | English for Business Studies, I. MacKenzie, Cambridge University Press, 2019. | ||||||||
| 4 | New Insights into Business, student’s book, workbook, G. Tullis, T. Trappe, Longman 2019. | ||||||||
| 5 | New Business Matters, course book, workbook, M. Powell, Thomson, 2018. | ||||||||
| 6 | Business English Handbook, Advanced, P. Emmerson, Macmillan, 2021. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | https://hbr.org/ | ||||||||
| 2 | www.forbes.com | ||||||||
| 3 | www.ft.com | ||||||||
| 4 | ww.economisdt.com | ||||||||
| 5 | www.thetimes.co.uk | ||||||||
| 6 | https://www.iem.gov.lv/en/ministry-interior | ||||||||
