Syllabi on Economics and Business English

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 Instructor: Lohana Juariyah

Course Description
This course is designed for students to build their English competency in business and economic communication in both oral and written manners. The course mainly covers the provision of opportunities to students for developing their reading, speaking, and writing skills, appropriately needed for conducting a sound daily business and economic communication. The course is characterized with an intensive involvement (treatment) of individual student in the course process.

Course Description
Business & Economic English

Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary Comprehending management/Economic Passage

Spoken Communication

Written Communication Business Correspondence through letters

Oral Presentation

Visual-assisted Presentation

Electronic Communication

Course Competencies
Students are expected to: have sufficient skills in spoken and written communication and reading comprehension in business and economic concerns

Achievement Indicators
Appropriately use business and economic-related vocabulary (technical terms) and concepts. Effectively comprehend a various kinds of business and economic readings/ passages and evaluate information constituted in the readings/ passages based on which students are expected able to develop an extrapolation. Demonstrate speaking skills with a considerable confidence particularly in business and economic (presentation/meeting) forums. Demonstrate sufficient skills for conducting communication through electronic devices. Appropriately develop effective written communication in business such as composing a variety of business letters with accurate use of grammar, terminologies, punctuations, salutations, and the likes.

Course Materials
Reading materials covering selective topics derived from daily business and economic issues like those in accounting, management, and economics. (the selected topics should be matched with students departmental background). Students own topics selected from business and economic daily events or activities which are familiar to them to present individually through short oral presentation before the class. Some practical guidance to oral presentation Some practical guidance to visual-assisted presentation like presenting and describing charts, tables, diagrams, and other visual tools containing business and economic data. Model of electronic communication Various forms of daily business letters including such models as inquiry letters, offering letters, order letters, complain and adjustment letters, etc.

Course Strategy
This course is conducted using:
an intensive student-active learning approach involving some methods, i.e. demonstration, discussion, self-rehearsal, and presentation.

This course strategy basically calls for active involvement of individual student in the course process.

Evaluation
Continual assessment consisting of anecdotal records on individual students performance and achievement in terms of assignment accomplishment and class participation. This component makes up 60% of the final grade. Written final examination makes up the rest of the final grade portion (40%).

Textbook and other References

ONeill, Robert. 1996. Business News: Comprehension and Discussion for the Financial Times. London: Longman Group Limited. Mukarto, 1998, English for Student of Accounting, Yogyakarta: Pusat Penerbitan AA-YKPN Handout: Practical Guidance to Oral Presentation Handout: Practical Guidance to Business Visual Presentation Suyarto & Hetty R. 1999. English Business Correspondence. Bandung: Humaniora Utama Press Kristianto, L. 2002. English for Special Purposes (Conversational Approach). Jakarta: Visipro

Course Plan
Class Meeting 1 2 Essence of Material Introduction to the Course (subject matter) Introduction to reading comprehension Reading: Passage/ Topic 1 Source and Reference Lecturer 1&2 - "Dress for Success http://www.blackcollegian.com/career/dress20 01-2nd.shtml Obama action due on executive pay http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/bu siness/7869265.stm 3 3 and Students own topics TBA (To be Announced) 4

Reading: Passage/ Topic 2 Groovy Presentation

4-6

Making Argument Reading: Passage/ Student own Topic Listening or watching video about business

7 8

Visual Presentation

Contd
Class Meeting 9-12 Essence of Material Individual/students visual presentations Source and Reference Students own diagram, or table chart,

13

Delivering model of communicating through 6 electronic devices using tape-recorder cassettes followed by demonstration of such communication model by student. Composition of business letters covering 5 kinds of inquiry letters, sale/ offering letters, refusal letters, claim and adjustment letters, and business memos.

14-16

Evaluation
Continual assessment consisting of anecdotal records on individual students performance and achievement in terms of assignment accomplishment and class participation. This component makes up 60% of the final grade. Written final examination makes up the rest of the final grade portion (40%).

Grades
A 86-100 A- 79-85 C+ 57-64 C 50-56

B+ 75-79
B 69-74 B- 65-68

D 40-49
F 0-39