I. SUBJECT DESCRIPTION
II. SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS
III. COURSE CURRICULUM
SUBJECT DATA
OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
TESTING AND ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING PERFORMANCE
THEMATIC UNITS AND FURTHER DETAILS
Subject name
Business Spanish – GTK- B2
ID (subject code)
BMEGT60Z86S
Type of subject
contact hours
Course types and lessons
Type
Lessons
Lecture
0
Practice
2
Laboratory
0
Type of assessment
midterm mark
Number of credits
3
Subject Coordinator
Name
Dr. Számelyné Dr. Jámbor Emőke
Position
associate professor
Contact details
jambor.emoke@gtk.bme.hu
Educational organisational unit for the subject
Centre of Modern Languages
Subject website
Language of the subject
spanyol -ES
Curricular role of the subject, recommended number of terms

Programme: International Management Bachelor’s Programme from 2022/23/Term 1

Subject Role: Compulsory elective

Recommended semester: 2

Direct prerequisites
Strong
None
Weak
- B2 szintnek nagyjából megfelelő nyelvtudás / language competence close to B2 level
Parallel
None
Exclusion
None
Validity of the Subject Description
Approved by the Faculty Board of Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Decree No: 581046/15/2021. Valid from: 24.11.2021.

Objectives

The course is aimed to engage students in economy-related communication in the target language, to learn the termi-nology 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.

Academic results

Knowledge
  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.
Skills
  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).
Attitude
  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.
Independence and responsibility
  1. • They have the appropriate strategies for finding and collecting information independently on the various business processes and the operation of enterprises.

Teaching methodology

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 associ-ated with the business and corporate sectors help to improve the active use of the language.

Materials supporting learning

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

General Rules

Teljesítési követelmény: órákon való aktív részvétel (megengedett hiányzás 30%), valamint a félév során kiadott fel-adatok és/vagy dolgozatok teljesítése.

Performance assessment methods

Folyamatos teljesítményértékelés: órai munka, házi feladatok, beadandó feladatok

Percentage of performance assessments, conducted during the study period, within the rating

  • évközi feladatok: 100

Percentage of exam elements within the rating

Conditions for obtaining a signature, validity of the signature

-

Issuing grades

%
Excellent 95-100-100
Very good 89-94
Good 76-88
Satisfactory 63-75
Pass 50-62
Fail 0-49

Retake and late completion

TVSZ szerint

Coursework required for the completion of the subject

Nature of work Number of sessions per term
részvétel a kontakt tanórákon 28
félévközi készülés a gyakorlatokra 25
felkészülés a teljesítményértékelésekre 25
házi feladat elkészítése 12

Approval and validity of subject requirements

Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 08.11.2021.

Topics covered during the term

Releváns gazdasági témák: pl. gazdasági szektorok, vállalkozási formák, marketing.

Lecture topics
1. -

Additional lecturers

Name Position Contact details
-

Approval and validity of subject requirements