Business English on the net (5 cr)
Code: 3011480-1001
General information
- Timing
- 01.08.2015 - 31.12.2015
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Campus
- Salo IoT Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Business
- Teachers
- Marjatta Rännäli
- Course
- 3011480
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
The objective of the course is to enhance the students’ fluency in reading business news, commenting on various business related topics and expanding the students’ business vocabulary.
Content
Business English on the net is an online course which focuses on language used in the media and business literature. The course consists of weekly assignments which are returned according to a separate timetable. The types of the assignments vary from summaries and translations to listening comprehensions and short essays. The material covers companies’ press releases, home sites, newspapers and magazines as well as recorded materials on the net