INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | ENG2071 | ||||||||
Ders İsmi: | Professional English I | ||||||||
Ders Yarıyılı: |
Spring Fall |
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Ders Kredileri: |
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||||||
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Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Lecturer SELMA UZUN | ||||||||
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Course Objectives: | This course aims to improve students' professional English knowledge; to make them able to use English effectively in their professional life; to improve students' reading, comprehension, writing and speaking skills; to make students able to express themselves both in written and spoken English. |
Course Content: | Professional terminology, correspondence (letters, emails, etc.), presentation methods, telephone calls, understanding of official documents and regulations, financial statements and tables, job application. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Staff development and training - Reading: Recruitment brochure | Vocabulary review (Job training) |
2) | Job descriptions and job satisfaction - Writing: Brief job descriptions | Vocabulary review (Job titles and acronyms for job titles) |
3) | Letters of enquiry and applications - Writing: An email applying for a job | Vocabulary review; composing an email for a job application |
4) | Telephone skills - Listening: Telephone language | Vocabulary review; preparation for role-playing (Talking on the phone) |
5) | New product development - Speaking: Introducing a new product | Vocabulary review (Marketing terms); choosing a new product and preparing the introduction speech |
6) | Establishing relationships and negotiating - Reading: Asking questions about a product | Vocabulary review (Terms and conditions) |
7) | Review | |
8) | Financing the start-up - Speaking: (Role-play) Getting advice about starting up | Vocabulary review; preparation for the role-play |
9) | Presenting your business idea - Reading: Making the most of presentations | Vocabulary review (Equipment for presentation); drafting the presentations to be made |
10) | Reports - Speaking: Saying what charts show | Vocabulary review ( Vocabulary for expressing changes) |
11) | Business meetings - Listening: A business meeting | Vocabulary review (Types of meeting, expressing opinions) |
12) | Using the Internet - Reading Website design | Vocabulary review (Computers and the Internet) |
13) | Students' presentations | Preparation for the final draft of presentations |
14) | A staff survey - Writing: Report on staff survey to modernise the office | Vocabulary review (Expressing numbers and percentage) |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Brook-Hart, Guy. Business Benchmark, Upper-Intermediate,BULATS Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
References: | Brook-Hart, Guy. Business Benchmark, Upper-Intermediate,BULATS Edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları | ||||||||
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Program Outcomes | ||||||||
1) Has theoretical and practical knowledge on management, business, trade, economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainable development related to International Trade and Business and can use this information | ||||||||
2) Can collect data from different sources in the global business world and successfully apply research techniques, use information and communication technologies. | ||||||||
3) Can analyze opportunities and threats with strategic thinking skills by using different resources and channels in the ever-changing global business world. | ||||||||
4) Can communicate orally and in writing with a good knowledge of English grammar. | ||||||||
5) He / she can transfer the knowledge and skills he / she has acquired in the field to the relevant people in written and oral form and evaluate them critically. | ||||||||
6) Adopts the principles of business ethics with the awareness of professional responsibility and can apply these principles within the framework of legal rules in the field of global trade and business. | ||||||||
7) He / she can collaborate in and out of the field, take responsibility, respect cultural differences and have ethical values. | ||||||||
8) Has sufficient awareness of social rights, justice, cultural values, environmental awareness, occupational health and safety. | ||||||||
9) With the lifelong learning skill acquired, she/he can identify learning needs and improve herself/himself |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Has theoretical and practical knowledge on management, business, trade, economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainable development related to International Trade and Business and can use this information | |
2) | Can collect data from different sources in the global business world and successfully apply research techniques, use information and communication technologies. | |
3) | Can analyze opportunities and threats with strategic thinking skills by using different resources and channels in the ever-changing global business world. | |
4) | Can communicate orally and in writing with a good knowledge of English grammar. | |
5) | He / she can transfer the knowledge and skills he / she has acquired in the field to the relevant people in written and oral form and evaluate them critically. | |
6) | Adopts the principles of business ethics with the awareness of professional responsibility and can apply these principles within the framework of legal rules in the field of global trade and business. | |
7) | He / she can collaborate in and out of the field, take responsibility, respect cultural differences and have ethical values. | |
8) | Has sufficient awareness of social rights, justice, cultural values, environmental awareness, occupational health and safety. | |
9) | With the lifelong learning skill acquired, she/he can identify learning needs and improve herself/himself |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 16 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 5 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
Final | 1 | % 35 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 65 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 35 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Homework Assignments | 6 | 2 | 12 |
Quizzes | 4 | 4 | 16 |
Midterms | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 75 |