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 - B2
ID (subject code)
BMEGT60W65S
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
2
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: Language subjects

Subject Role: Elective

Recommended semester: 0

Programme: Language subjects

Subject Role: Elective

Recommended semester: 0

Programme: Language subjects

Subject Role: Elective

Recommended semester: 0

Programme: Language subjects

Subject Role: Elective

Recommended semester: 0

Programme: Language subjects

Subject Role: Elective

Recommended semester: 0

Programme: Language subjects

Subject Role: Elective

Recommended semester: 0

Programme: Language subjects

Subject Role: Elective

Recommended semester: 0

Programme: Language subjects

Subject Role: Elective

Recommended semester: 0

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

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.

Performance assessment methods

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

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

  • participation in class, homework, assignments to be submitted: 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

According to the regulations of the Codes of Studies

Coursework required for the completion of the subject

Nature of work Number of sessions per term
participation in contact lessons 28
preparation for practice sessions 14
preparation for qualification procedures 4
preparation of home assignments 14

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

Relevant economy-related topics: e.g. economic sectors, types of enterprises, marketing.

Lecture topics
1. -

Additional lecturers

Name Position Contact details
-

Approval and validity of subject requirements