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Syllabi on Economics and

Business English

Wednesday, 18 August 2010Instructor: Lohana Juariyah



Course Description

• This course is designed for students to build theirEnglish competency in business and economiccommunication in both oral and written manners.

• The course mainly covers the provision of opportunities to students for developing theirreading, speaking, and writing skills, appropriatelyneeded for conducting a sound daily business andeconomic communication.

• The course is characterized with an intensiveinvolvement (treatment) of individual student in thecourse process.



Course Description

Business & Economic English

Reading Comprehension& Vocabulary

Comprehendingmanagement/Economic

Passage

SpokenCommunication

Oral Presentation

Visual-assistedPresentation

ElectronicCommunication

WrittenCommunication

BusinessCorrespondencethrough letters



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 shouldbe matched with students’ departmental background).

• Student’s own topics selected from business and economicdaily events or activities which are familiar to them topresent individually through short oral presentation beforethe class.

• Some practical guidance to oral presentation

• Some practical guidance to visual-assisted presentation likepresenting 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 suchmodels 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 courseprocess.



Evaluation

• Continual assessment consisting of anecdotal

records on individual student’s performance

and achievement in terms of assignment

accomplishment and class participation. Thiscomponent makes up 60% of the final grade.

• Written final examination makes up the rest

of the final grade portion (40%).



Textbook and other References

• O’Neill, Robert. 1996. Business News: Comprehensionand 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 VisualPresentation

• Suyarto & Hetty R. 1999. English BusinessCorrespondence. Bandung: Humaniora Utama Press

• Kristianto, L. 2002. English for Special Purposes(Conversational Approach). Jakarta: Visipro



Course PlanClass

Meeting Essence of Material

Source and

Reference

1 Introduction to the Course (subject matter) Lecturer

2 Introduction to reading comprehension

Reading: Passage/ Topic 11 & 2- "Dress for Success”

http://www.black-

collegian.com/career/dress20

01-2nd.shtml

3 • Reading: Passage/ Topic 2

• Groovy Presentation

“Obama action due onexecutive pay”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/bu

siness/7869265.stm

3

4-6 Making Argument

Reading: Passage/ Student own Topic3 and Students’ own

topics

7 Listening or watching video aboutbusiness

TBA (To be Announced)

8

Visual Presentation 4

http://www.black-collegian.com/career/dress2001-2nd.shtml



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7869265.stm

























Cont’d Class

Meeting Essence of Material Source and Reference

9-12 Individual/students visual presentations Students’ own chart,diagram, or table

13 Delivering model of communicating through

electronic devices using tape-recordercassettes followed by demonstration of suchcommunication model by student.

6

14-16 Composition of business letters coveringkinds of inquiry letters, sale/ offering letters,

refusal letters, claim and adjustment letters,and business memos.

5



Evaluation

• Continual assessment consisting of anecdotal

records on individual student’s performance

and achievement in terms of assignment

accomplishment and class participation. Thiscomponent makes up 60% of the final grade.

• Written final examination makes up the rest

of the final grade portion (40%).



Grades

A 86-100 C+ 57-64

A- 79-85 C 50-56

B+ 75-79 D 40-49

B 69-74 F 0-39

B- 65-68

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