Business English - B2 - BMEGT60W65A

The course is aimed to engage students in economy-related communication in the target language, to learn the terminology of business and understand the various business processes. The course is recommended for economics and engineering students, while also aiming to help them understand and accept the similarities and differences of the economics and engineering approaches.

1. The students are familiar with the specialised terminology of the business and corporate world,
2. they know the main economic sectors,
3. they understand the goals of the various enterprises,
4. they are able to distinguish the legal forms of enterprises,
5. they understand the main goals of marketing.

1. The students are able to describe business processes orally and in writing,
2. they actively use the specialised business terminology,
3. they understand the messages of the business press and news,
4. they actively participate in situations mimicking corporate meetings (e.g. projects, mediation),
5. they can write texts related to management activities (e.g. summaries, official letters).

1. They are open towards and interested in the business events and the topical developments of the corporate sector of the target country and Hungary.

1. They have the appropriate strategies for finding and collecting information independently on the various business processes and the operation of enterprises.

The course focuses on expanding and actively using business vocabulary, therefore the students are working with economy-related written and audio materials and videos in class and at home. Situational exercises typically associated with the business and corporate sectors help to improve the active use of the language.

• A témához tartozó szövegek, videók és azokhoz kapcsolódó feladatok. - Texts, videos and related tasks within the topic.

Evaluation comprises of regular attendance, (30% of lessons can be skipped), active participation in lessons, and completing and submitting assignments and tests at a satisfactory level.

Continuous assessment: participation in class, homework, assignments to be submitted.

• assignments and tests : 100

According to the regulations of the Codes of Studies

Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 10.10.2022.

Relevant economy-related topics: e.g. economic sectors, types of enterprises, marketing. In the case of language courses, detailed thematics are not prepared since the main purpose of the subject is skills development and not the frontal transfer of a (thematisable) body of knowledge. This allows teachers to adat the course to the needs of the given group, in line with the course objectives.