IT20310 - THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS

Module Identifier

IT20310

Module Title

THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS

Academic Year

2003/2004

Co-ordinator

Giovanni Fanton

Semester

Semester 2

Other staff

Mr Adriano Vincentelli

Pre-Requisite

(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 2 Italian.

Co-Requisite

IT20120

Course delivery

Other

15 Hours Contact Hours. (12 x 1-hour lessons plus 3 x 1-hour seminars)

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	2 Hours	60%
Semester Assessment	Continuous Assessment: * Weekly assignments, (mostly letter-writing and summaries); * One seminar presentation on contemporary business topics - this counts for 20% of the continuous assessment mark.	40%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
At the end of this course, students should

be aware of the most important aspects of the financial structure of Italian society;
be able to write basic letters and CVs;
be able to summarise in English an Italian text on a business-related topic (intermediate level).

Brief description

This course aims at enabling students to communicate in a business situation, both orally and in writing, at an intermediate level. The emphasis will be on the writing of letters, role-playing in interviews and telephone conversations, CV writing, summarising in English an Italian text on a business-related topic.

Basic concepts and abbreviations likely to appear in a business context will be dealt with as they arise in the course material.

Reading Lists

Books
** Should Be Purchased
McKeane, Rossana and Margaret Powell (1993) Hotel Europa Italia - Business Italian for Beginners Hodder & Stoughton
** Reference Text
Edwards, Vincent and Gianfranca Gessa Shepheard (1996) Manual of Business Italian Routledge
Edwards, Vincent and Gianfranca Gessa Shepheard (1996) Italian Business Correspondence Routledge
Edwards, Vincent and Gianfranca Gessa Shepheard (1995) Italian Business Situations Routledge

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 5