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Title: WELCOME TO A COURSE IN BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSE AT THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS


1
INTRODUCTION
2
Do you read business press?
  • Wall Streets top five banks face 1bn earnings
    cut
  • Candy Crushs Maker Files IPO
  • Intesa Board to Decide Fate of CEO

3
Do you read business press?
  • Wall Streets top five banks face 1bn earnings
    cut
  • Candy Crushs Maker Files IPO
  • Intesa Board to Decide Fate of CEO

4
These days in Croatias business media...
  • ZSE Nema pozitivnih vijesti
  • Hrvatske ceste dižu kredit od 74.5 mil. Eura
  • Celnik Nove Ljubljanske banke pod istragom
  • Grcka Rast BDP-a u drugom tromjesecju
  • Prinosi na hrvatske obveznice skocili sa 5.5 na
    5.8 posto
  • Sourcehttp//www.bankamagazine.hr/

5
These days in Croatias business media...
  • ZSE Nema pozitivnih vijesti
  • Hrvatske ceste dižu kredit od 74.5 mil. Eura
  • Celnik Nove Ljubljanske banke pod istragom
  • Grcka Rast BDP-a u drugom tromjesecju
  • Prinosi na hrvatske obveznice skocili sa 5.5 na
    5.8 posto
  • Sourcehttp//www.bankamagazine.hr/

6
How does it sound in English?
  • Translate the headlines using the following
    expressions
  • -Stock Exchange
  • -take a loan
  • -GDP, quarter
  • - yield , bonds

7
UNIVERSITY ESSENTIALS
  • name
  • people
  • school organization
  • studies (degrees, types of, study programmes,
    majors, courses, exams)

8
Degrees (academic titles)
  • 3 degrees (first, second, third)
  • 1.bachelors degree (3 or 4 y. of study)
  • 2.masters degree (c.5 y. of study)
  • 3.doctors degree, PhD (over 8y)

9
Degrees (cont.)
  • I am studying for a degree in economics/business
  • He received his MA degree from the University of
    Zagreb.
  • She has a MSc in biology. I thought she had a
    PhD.

10
Prepositions?
  • I am studying ... a degree in economics/business
  • He received his MA degree ... the University of
    Zagreb.
  • She has a MSc ... biology. I thought she had a
    PhD.

11
Prepositions
  • I am studying for a degree in economics/business
  • He received his MA degree from the University of
    Zagreb.
  • She has a MSc in biology. I thought she had a
    Ph.D..

12
Arts vs. Science
  • Arts, humanities, social sciences (?)
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA)
  • Master of Arts (MA)
  • e.g. Bachelor
  • Natural sciences using quantitative methods
    (incl. social sciences?)
  • Bachelor of Science (BSc)
  • Master of Science (MSc)
  • of Economics/Business

13
Overview
  • FEB and its organization the Dean, the Council,
    departments
  • People studentsfull-time s. /part-time s.,
    junior s./senior s.
  • faculty (teachers) professors, lecturers,
    assistants
  • administrative staff the Student
    Administration Office
  • Studies undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate /
    study programmes Economics, Business /
    full-time, part-time study programme
  • Majors e.g. Accounting, Economics,
    Finance,  Informatics, Macroeconomics,
    Management, Marketing, Tourism, Trade, ... 
  • Coursescurriculum, syllabus, compulsory/elective/
    optional c.
  • Exams preliminary e., final (comprehensive) e.,
    sign up (apply for) an exam, take an exam, sit an
    exam, pass an exam, fail an exam.

14
The Bologna reform
  • General aims
  • Mobility (course comparablity)
  • Employability
  • Competitiveness
  • The European dimension
  • (e.g. 21 languages)

15
The Bologna Reform
  • European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
  • 1 ECTS credit 25-30 work hours
  • 3y2y3y programmes (or 413)

16
The Bolognese Sauce Source The Economist, 25
April, 2009
  • Common market (1)
  • Reluctant (1)
  • Diploma supplement (2)
  • Treaty (3)
  • Embrace (4)
  • Capitalist plot (5)
  • Resemblance (5)
  • Grievance (5)

17
The Bolognese Sauce Source The Economist, 25
April, 2009
  • Endorsement (5)
  • Paucity (6)
  • Ubiquity (6)
  • Mediocre (6)
  • Tuition fees (7)
  • GDP (8)
  • Wage (8)
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