COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR BUSINESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IBF 3002 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR BUSINESS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR MEHMET UFUK KAPLAN

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Econometrics
Public Administration
Economics (Evening)
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Econometrics (Evening)
Economics
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Business Administration
Public Finance
Public Finance (Evening)
Public Administration (Evening)
Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

The course is aimed at teaching the terminology in English and basic communicative skills which the students can benefit from in their work lives

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Reading and understanding English texts in business context
2   Developing speaking skills that can be used in work life
3   Developing the skills to write texts in English
4   Making the students learn business terminology
5   Gaining skills in English that is enough to help the students follow journals

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 World of Work /Employment and Employability Unit 1 / 4
2 Work - Life Balance / Managing Talent Unit 6 / 7
3 Team Building / The Right Skills Unit 8 / 9
4 The Management of Change / Strategic Thinking Unit 14 / 16
5 Competition / Companies and Their Industries Unit 17 / 18
6 Key Strategic Issues / Innovation Unit 19 / 20
7 Customer Satisfaction / Brands and Branding Unit 23 / 26
8 Mid Term
9 Mid Term
10 Global Brands / The IT Revolution Unit 27 / 28
11 Internet Security / E-commerce Unit 29 / 30
12 Investment and Debt Unit 47
13 Trade Unit 48
14 Revision of the units covered

Recomended or Required Reading

Business Vocabulary in Use (advanced)
Bill Mascull

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Communicative approach

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria


1. The students will comprehend the new words effectively and understand the sentences related to them.

2. Students will understand and diffrenciate the meaning and form of the vocabularies.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 % of lecturers is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Rıdvan Konak rydvan@hotmail.com

Office Hours

Weekdays, before and after lesson hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Final 1 10 10
Midterm 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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