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Description of Individual Course Unit Course Title Second Foreign Business Language II – Business Spanish II Area of Study Languages Name of Lecturer: Guadalupe Arias Méndez Course Code:

ECTS Credits: 5

Degree Secretarial Studies Degree Level: Bachelors 2nd Year: 1st Type of Course: Compulsory Student Workload: Theory (T) Theoretical Application (TA) Laboratory Work (LW) Fieldwork (F) Seminar (S) Prerequisites:

No

Masters 3rd Elective

30 15 30 3 Yes

Semester: 1st

Work Experience (WE) Tutorial (T) Independent Study (IS) Assessment (A) Other (O) TOTAL Specify:

2nd

30 30 2 140

Objectives Develop communicative competence in Spanish within a business context. Contents Consolidation of structures and terminology for business. Grammar. Correspondence and business documents. Conversation and telephoning. Teaching Methods Lecture and practice, laboratory work, practical cases, guided study. Assessment Written and oral assignments throughout the semester and one final written test. Bibliography González Mangas, G. and Marcos De La Losa, M. C. (1999). Técnicas de conversación telefónica. Madrid: Edelsa. Moreno, C., Moreno, V. and Zurita, P. (2002). Avance. Curso de español nivel intermedio-superior. Madrid: Edinumen. Palomino, M. A. (2000). Técnicas de correo comercial. Madrid: Edelsa.

Description of Individual Course Unit Course Title Second Foreign Business Language II – Business French II Area of Study Languages Name of Lecturer: Elisabete Constante de Brito Course Code:

ECTS Credits: 5

Degree Secretarial Studies Degree Level: Bachelors 2nd Year: 1st Type of Course: Compulsory Student Workload: Theory (T) Theoretical Application (TA) Laboratory Work (LW) Fieldwork (F) Seminar (S) Prerequisites:

No

Masters 3rd Elective

30 15 30 3 Yes

Semester: 1st

Work Experience (WE) Tutorial (T) Independent Study (IS) Assessment (A) Other (O) TOTAL Specify:

2nd

30 30 2 140

Objectives Develop communicative competence in French within a business context. Contents French for business contacts: receiving clients and business partners; presenting and describing a company; socializing. Grammar. Correspondence and business documents. Conversation and telephoning. Teaching Methods Lecture and reflect on theoretical application. Use of specific lab tools (audio, film, multimedia) for language practice. Discussion and exercises as well as help with homework. Tutorial for reinforcement and more exploratory learning, practical assignments and research, individual and group work with business case studies. On-line tutorial, including e-mail, chat, forums and cooperative projects for support, motivation and on-going accompaniment through the learning process. e-learning project: on-line learning content and projects. Assessment Participation and on-going evaluation (10%), oral work (20%), written assignments (10%), one written test (60%). Bibliography Akyüz, A. (2000). Exercices de grammaire en contexte. niveau intermédiaire. Paris: Hachette Livre. Baril, D. (2002). Techniques de l’expression écrite et orale. 10th ed. Paris: Éditions Dalloz. Bloomfield, A. and Tauzin, B. (2001). Affaires à suivre. cours de français professionnel niveau intermédiaire. Paris: Hachette Livre. Bruchet, J. and Tauzin, B. (1994). Le Français à grande vitesse - Objectif Entreprise. Paris: Hachette Livre. Danilo, M. and Tauzin, B. (1990). Le français de l’entreprise. Paris: Clé International. Danilo, M. and Perfornis, J. L. (1993). Le français de la communication professionnelle. Paris: Clé International.

Fayet, M. (2006). Modèles types de lettres et courriers électroniques. Paris: Editions d’Organisation. Grégoire, M. and Thiévenaz, O. (1995). Grammaire progressive du français. Paris: Clé International. Macagno, M. O. and Corado, L. (1997). Faire des affaires en français. Paris: Hachette Livre. Miquel, C. (1999). Vocabulaire progressif du français – niveau avancé. Paris: Clé International. Verdol, J. (1997). Correspondance facile. Paris: Hachette Livre.

Description of Individual Course Unit Course Title Second Foreign Business Language II – Business German II Area of Study Languages Name of Lecturer: Júlia Maria Machado Garraio Course Code:

ECTS Credits: 5

Degree Secretarial Studies Degree Level: Bachelors 2nd Year: 1st Type of Course: Compulsory Student Workload: Theory (T) Theoretical Application (TA) Laboratory Work (LW) Fieldwork (F) Seminar (S) Prerequisites:

No

Masters 3rd Elective

30 15 30 3 Yes

Semester: 1st

Work Experience (WE) Tutorial (T) Independent Study (IS) Assessment (A) Other (O) TOTAL Specify:

2nd

30 30 2 140

Objectives Develop communicative competence in German within a business context. Contents German for business contacts: receiving clients and business partners; presenting and describing a company; socializing. German cinema: Fatih Akim. The Turkish community in Germany. Grammar. Teaching Methods Lecture and reflect on theoretical application. Use of specific lab tools (audio, film, multimedia) for language practice. Discussion and exercises as well as help with homework. Tutorial for reinforcement and more exploratory learning, practical assignments and research, individual and group work with business case studies. On-line tutorial, including e-mail, chat, forums and cooperative projects for support, motivation and on-going accompaniment through the learning process. e-learning project: on-line learning content and projects. Assessment Participation (15%), group role play (15%), oral presentation of a German company (20%), best score of two written tests (50%). Bibliography Conlin, C. (2003). Unternehmen Deutsch. Neubearbeitung. Lehrbuch. Stuttgart: Klett. Fandrych, C. and Tallowitz, U. (2000). Klipp und Klar. Übungsgrammatik Grundstuffe Deutsch. Stuttgart: Klett. Reimann, M. (1996). Grundstufen-Grammatik für Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Ismaning: Hueber. Wiseman, C. (2003). Unternehmen Deutsch. Neubearbeitung. Arbeitsheft. Stuttgart: Klett.