Language for Specific Purposes: Business English
Master's Programme in English Studies: Professional Applications & Intercultural Communication
Academic staff
Mª Enriqueta Cortés de los Ríos
Course code:
70483123
Type:
Compulsory – Professional Applications Itinerary (Module 3)
Approach to Education
Blended-learning (25%)
Term
Second
Classroom
Humanities Building II, classroom 6
Teaching period
9 January – 26 February 2025
Teaching times
Wednesdays 18.45 – 21.00
Thursdays 18.45 – 21.00
Teaching guide
Language for Specific Purposes: Business English
Description
This subject deals with the knowledge of the specific varieties of economic, commercial and financial English. Similarly, an analysis of the lexical and syntactic features of business English are presented. Moreover, it makes a theoretical-practical and descriptive proposal of the most common genre within the economic- business field together with their own register. Finally, it discloses the cultural aspects to successfully conduct business negotiations.
The course is divided into five thematics blocks:
Block I – Business English: economy, finances and commerce
‣ Business English
‣ Financial English
‣ Commercial English
Block II – Syntactical and lexical features of Business English
‣ Syntactic preferences of Business English
‣ Lexicon of Business English
Block III – Genres of the written means
‣ Formal and informal letters
‣ Memoranda ('memos')
‣ E-mails
‣ Business reports
‣ Brochures
Block IV – Genre of the oral-aural means
‣ Presentations
Block V – Commercial negotiation. Intercultural differences
‣ Importance of culture in commercial negotiations
‣ Strategies to develop the multicultural competence in negotiations
English for Specific Purposes: Business English
