Business English I
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC
Departamento de Letras e Artes - DLA
Projeto de Extensão Dinamizando o Ensino da Língua Inglesa na UESC
Coordenação geral: Prof. Dr. Isaias Francisco de Carvalho
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Business English I
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Tasks
Assignments for UESC Business English students
Task 1 Read the Course Description, Assessment, the Bibliography, and the Course Plan (on the right column) of Business English I - UESC.
Task 2 Watch the video 123 Designs. Click here.
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Course Plan - 2016.1
Dates with assignments
April 12th: Getting to know each other [Disclaimers and planning]
Task 3 Go to Useful Classroom Expressions . Avoid Portuguese in the classroom as much as you can.
Task 4 Topics for research and production of final work (presentation, paper, workshop etc):
1. Trends in the work market: new careers versus old ways of working; the career ladder: a job for life? In-house staff or freelancers? [Students: Rhannah Brasil, Rhanna Ellen and Ursula]
2. Recruitment and selection: applying for a job and recruitment procedures nowadays [Students: Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx]
3. Skills and qualifications: education and training; leadership skills; business skills; planing and conducting meetings [Students: Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx]
4. Pay and benefits: wages, salary and benefits; labor rights; labor law [Students: Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx]
5. People and workplaces: management and administration; personnel and human resources; health and safety; bullying and harassment; discrimination [Students: Camila and Ana Carolina]
6. Business people and business leaders: entrepreneurs; leaders and leadership; magnates, moguls and tycoons; management styles [Students: Anny Adylla, Maria Luiza / Jovanda and Valdívio]
7. Manufacturing and services: industry, innovation and invention; research and technology; patents and intellectual property; mass production [Students: Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx]
8. Business philosophies: total quality management; benchmarking; business process re-engineering [Students: Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx]
9. Marketing: markets and competitors; market orientation; products and brands; branding; pricing; mass markets and niches; advertising; promotional activities [Student: Leonardo]
10. The internet and e-commerce; online careers; e-mailing and other resources [Students: Hisrain and Alexandre]
11. Assets, liabilities and the balance sheet: depreciation; accounts; capital; share capital; leverage; debt and debt problems; bankruptcy [Students: Mikael and Henrique]
12. Mergers, takeovers and sell-offs: stake and joint ventures; conglomerates [Students: Hévila, Sacha, Thamires]
13. Stock markets; financial centers; derivatives; market indexes; inflation; growth and GDP; indicators [Students: Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx]
14. Ethics: wrongdoing; corruption; bribery; fraud; embezzlement [Students: ]
15. Business presentations: types of presentation; dos and don'ts; planing; performance; visual aids [Students: Milena, Tiago]
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April 14th: Task 2: Lecture: "Why Brazil has more opportunity for growth than the USA", by George Cook
Task 5 Schedule of presentations (based on Task 4 above); other procedures and plans
Task 6 Check/explore (are they user-friendly? How do you like the design of each one? What about the kind of news each one offers?) the following links:
April 19th: Tasks 1, 3, 4 and 8
April 26th: Tasks 4 (finish), 5 and 10
April 28th: Tasks 6 and 7 [Students: Henrique, Hévila]
May 3rd: Tasks 7 [Students: Leonardo, Thamires] and 11 (oral group dynamics)
May 5th: Tasks 7 [Students: Hisrain] and 9
May 10th: Task 7 [Student: Alexandre / Milena] and:
Lecture by Julien Marion
"Small businesses in Germany and in the EU"
Task 7 Piece of news. Click here. From an authentic and original business news article/report in English, prepare to present a piece of business news in class (see links in Task 6 above). Use the following expressions, among others: "My piece of news is about..."; "It's from ... (source)"; "It's by..." (author); "In my personal opinion, ..."; "In short, ..."; "From my point of view, ..." etc. Click here for linking words, and here for other sentence starters.
Task 8 Watch Bloomberg's What a Rousseff Impeachment Would Mean for Brazil. Do some more research (search for news on the websites listed in Task 6 above) on the impeachment crisis and its influence on the Brazilian economy, business and finances.
May 12th: Tasks 7 [Student: Rhanna Ellen] and 12
May 17th: Tasks 7 [Student: Rhannah Brasil] and 13
May (18th) 19th: VIII SEPEXLE - Seminário de Pesquisa e Extensão em Letras
Task 9 Click here. Do all vocabulary quizzes at
May 24th: Tasks 7 [Student: Ursulla / Valdivio] and 14 [Faculty on strike]
May 26th: Holiday - Corpus Christi
May 31st: Tasks 14 and 7 [Students: Ursulla / Valdivio / Mikael]
June 2nd: Tasks 7 [Student: Sacha] and 15
Coordenação: Profa. Cristine Formato (DAAD-CAPES-UESC)
Quintas-feiras - 16:50 - Auditório de Direito
(Pav. Juizado Modelo, 1º andar)
02.06.2016
Be ready to answer a few random questions your professor will ask you to share with your classmates.
Task 10 Check the Investments - Stock Market page for business English vocabulary (Group dynamics in class)
Task 11 Check the two following pages: Abbreviations and Acronyms and Money - Finance for business English vocabulary (Group dynamics in class). Be ready to explain at least one item from each page in class.
Task 12 Check the Negotiations page for business English vocabulary (Group dynamics in class). Be ready to explain at least two items from the list provided.
Task 13 Check the two following pages: Interview Questions and Presentations for business English vocabulary (Group dynamics in class). Be ready to use most of the items from each page in class.
Task 14 Recommended link: Essay sentence starters, transitions and others # Also, check this comprehensive, effective source of writing guidelines
Task 15 Watch the news report Why Zimbabwe printed a 100 Trillion dollar bill. Take notes and make comments to be shared in class.
Task 16 Read the 3 articles whose links are provided below. They're all about "international English". Answer the questions that follow the links.
Questions:
1. In your opinion, out of the 12 "reasons why native speakers need to learn to speak English internationally", which 3 are the most relevant? Why?
2. Highlight at least 2 excerpts from each of the links above. Be ready to discuss them in class.
3. Why is/isn't this issue appropriate for discussion in our Business English I course?
4. Follow-up: Read the article "Why native English speakers fail to be understood in English - and lose out in global business". How does it relate to the article in the 3 links above?
Task 17 Write a (personal) professional social media bio in the third person. Check out the following samples and sources:
How to Write a Professional Social Media Bio
What To Do When You Need A Bio, Rather Than A Résumé
Other samples of professional bios
Deadline: June 29th, 2016. Another recommended link: Essay sentence starters, transitions and others # [via e-mail: isaiasfcarvalho@gmail.com]
Task 18 Orientation sessions
June 7th: Task 7 [Student: Camila]
June 9th: Task 7 [Student: Tiago]
June 14th: Tasks 7 [Student: Maria Luiza] and 14 [Explore it. Share your assessment on how useful this resource can be in your English learning performance]
Presentation by Hévila, Sacha, Thamires
June 16th: Tasks 7 [Student: Uander], 16 and 17 [just instructions; deadline: July 7th]; Presentation by Milena, Tiago
Coordenação: Profa. Cristine Formato (DAAD-CAPES-UESC)
Quintas-feiras - 16:50 - Auditório de Direito
(Pav. Juizado Modelo, 1º andar)
16.06.2016
ALEMANYA
Alemanha 2010; Yasemin Samdereli; 97 min
June 21st: Task 7 [Student: Anny] and Presentation by Mikael and Henrique
Dimetri Duckrey's talk on the US presidential race
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Links
Useful Classroom Expressions
Prof. Isaias Carvalho
Curso LEA-NI
Saint John's celebration - Adonias Filho Pavillion, 1st floor, at Seu Lelê's
June 21st, 2016, 17:30
June 23rd to June 30th: Holidays - Saint John's, Saint Peter's and others
July 5th: Task 7 [Students: Ana Caroline] Presentation by Rhannah Brasil, Rhanna Ellen and Ursula
July 7th: Canceled - Class to be made up for
July 12th: Tasks 7 [Students: Henrique, Hévila / Camila] and 18; Presentation by Leonardo
July 14th: Tasks 7 [Students: Leonardo / Thamires / Maria Luiza] and 18
Coordenação: Profa. Cristine Formato (DAAD-CAPES-UESC)
Quintas-feiras - 16:50 - Auditório de Direito
(Pav. Juizado Modelo, 1º andar)
14.07.2016
UESC
Comprehensive, effective source of writing guidelines:
DIE FETTEN JAHRE SIND VORBEI
Alemanha/Áustria 2004; Hans Weingartner; 126 min
July 19th: Presentation by Sebastien Giancola
July 21st: Tasks 7 [Students: Alexandre / / Hisrain - Rhannah Brasil / Rhanna Ellen / Ursulla] and 18
July 26th: Tasks 7 [Students: / Valdivio / Mikael / Sacha] and 18; Presentation by Anny Adylla, Maria Luiza
July 28th: Holiday - Itabuna's Day
August 2nd: Tasks 7 [Students: Milena / Tiago / Anny / Ana Carolina]; Presentation by Jovanda and Valdivio; Presentation by Camila and Ana Carolina
August 4th: Presentation by Hisrain and Alexandre Closing remarks and feedback
Final Paper - Deadline: August 4th, via e-mail: isaiasfcarvalho@gmail.com
[check the Assessment Procedures - updated] - check the page O Artigo Científico
August 9th [16:50]: Prova final para quem não alcançou a média [resultados parciais serão registrados no sistema até a quinta-feira, 04.08.16, à noite]. A prova consistirá de uma entrevista e da apresentação por escrito de tarefas (listadas à esquerda) [enviadas por e-mail: : isaiasfcarvalho@gmail.com até as 16:50 do dia 09.08.16] não feitas durante o semestre.