Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
Nelya Matusovsky, Catherine Manouvrier, Julie Milsom, Diana CIUBACIUC, Panteleimon Tsiokos, Catherine Le Moignic, Jennifer Eccles, Alan Dingley
Présentation
Presentation
Economic & financial English
• The business cycle
• The Role of government
• Understanding financial vocabulary
• Taxation
• Economic trends /Describing graphs
• News and current affairs
• The business cycle
• The Role of government
• Understanding financial vocabulary
• Taxation
• Economic trends /Describing graphs
• News and current affairs
Modalités
Forms of instruction
Small class sizes facilitate and ensure language acquisition through active student participation* and involvement in the learning of the themes studied. Common features of the classes will include • Discussions/debates• Short presentations• Role plays
• Short case studies
* Students will be expected to fully prepare in advance for the classes thereby maximising classroom time. This will involve • The prior acquisition of the necessary vocabulary• The reading of prescribed articles• Research on internet to further their knowledge of the topics.
• Short case studies
* Students will be expected to fully prepare in advance for the classes thereby maximising classroom time. This will involve • The prior acquisition of the necessary vocabulary• The reading of prescribed articles• Research on internet to further their knowledge of the topics.
Evaluation
Ressources
Bibliography
<em>Market Leader Intermediate and Upper intermediate</em>|| <em>Grammar and practice Intermediate, </em>OUP|| <em>English Grammar and Use</em>, CUP|| <em>English for Business studies, </em>CUP|| <em>Oxford Preparation Course for the Toeic Test </em>|| <em>Oxford Practice Tests for the Toeic </em>|| <em>Oxford Practice Tests for the Toeic 2</em>|| Articles from <em>The Economist</em>
Internet resources
Internet : http://economist.com/ http://www.ft.com/ http://bbcworldservice.com/learningenglish/newsenglish http://bbc.co.uk/ http://economist.com/research http://guardian.co.uk/ http://www.iht.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/