Inglese - ENG

Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”
Faculty of Economics
Degree Course in Economics and Business Administration
English

Prof. Michael Ellard

Codice Insegnamento: E0250
L-LIN/12
2CFU – 16 ore
Sede:  Casale

Educational aims

The course will deal with general topics in English grammar, with the main focus being on the business/economics environment.

Content of the course

More specifically, the following grammatical topics will be reviewed:

•    Articles/determiners
•    Verb tenses – Present/Past/Future
•    Adjectives/Comparatives/Superlatives/Adverbs
•    Modal verbs
•    Question formation
•    Conditional forms
•    Passives
•    Prepositions

In addition the use of business vocabulary will be covered.

Prerequisites

Italian State High School Final Diploma


Course Texts

Students who attend the course
Teacher's notes.
Reference Grammar:
BUSINESS GRAMMAR BUILDER  - Paul Emmerson,
Publisher -  MacMillan

Students who do not attend the course
Teacher's notes.
Reference Grammar:
BUSINESS GRAMMAR BUILDER  - Paul Emmerson,
Publisher -  MacMillan

Chosen texts to be communicated prior to the examination (available from the university office) for analysis and discussion.
Recommended dictionaries:
Bilingual: L’inglese dell’economia + CD, Zanichelli  
Monolingual: Economic Business + CD, Zanichelli
Monolingual: Business English Dictionary (New), Longman


Teaching methods

Mother-tongue group lessons plus exercises


Examination

The final exam will consist of an oral examination in order to evaluate the acquired English as a result of the course.  Students will be required comment on and discuss a brief text or extract of a text available from the teacher's notes analysed in the lessons.

For those students who are unable to attend the course an additional text, as proposed by the teacher, will require comment and discussion during the examination.