IT20310 - THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS

Module Identifier	IT20310
Module Title	THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Elisabetta Tarantino
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-Requisite	(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 2 Italian.
Co-Requisite	IT20120
Course delivery	Contact Hours	15 Hours (12 x 1-hour lessons plus 3 x 1-hour seminars)
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%
	Exam	2 Hours	60%

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.

Learning outcomes

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).

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