Upper Intermediate Business English in International Trade
Course: International Economy
Structural unit: Faculty of Economics
            Title
        
        
            Upper Intermediate Business English in International Trade
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ВБ 1.1.9 (МТ)
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2023/2024
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            7 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            13
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            PLO3 Communicate freely on professional and scientific issues in Ukrainian and foreign languages orally and in writing.
PLO19 To apply the methods of research of international and global markets, to substantiate effective exit and activity strategies on this basis.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            1. Know: lexical and grammatical bases of oral and written business English of business, management, and finance.
2. Have the skills of analytical processing information, processing and visualization of statistical data, digitalized processing of business data in Ukrainian and English.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            The curriculum consists of six content modules.
Content module 1 "Current Problems of International Trade Activity", in which the current state of the trade industry and the state and problems of its regulation are considered, the main types of documentation are studied.
Content module 2 "Management of International Trade Activities", which examines the assessment of trade efficiency, analyzes the risk system and studies the basics of professional communication in the field of trade.
Content module 3 "International Trade Organizations. Legal Documents in the Framework of Globalization", which analyzes the role of globalization in trade activities, examines different types of international organizations and their activities, and examines various international contracts.
 Content module 4 "Features of Financing of International Trade (Export and Import Banks, Features of Settlements, Clearing Settlements)" in which various types of calculations in the field of trade and logistics are studied.
Content module 5 
"Financial Documentation, Business Correspondence. Risks of International Trade. Insurance", which examines issues of investment, risk management and provides the basics of business correspondence.
Content module 6 "Ability to Negotiate in the Field of International Trade", which analyzes the cultural and speech aspect of entering negotiations.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            1.	Elton, E. J., Gruber, M. J., Brown, S. J., & Goetzmann, W. N. (2014). Modern trade analysis. 9th Edition. John Wiley & Sons. – 752p.
2.	Bodie, Z., Kane, A., & Marcus, A. J. (2014). Trade. 10th Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin. – 1080с.
3.	Trade Program, https://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/tradefoundations/Pages/index.aspx 
4.	UNCTAD (2020). World trade report. – Доступ до електронного ресурсу: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/wir2020_en.pdf 
5. Brest, P. and H. Harvey. (2008). Chapters 9 and 10 in Money well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy. Bloomberg Press.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Oral questioning, debates, project presentation
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            he final control is carried out in the form of a written test, which is estimated at a maximum of 20 points and is made at one of the last seminars in the discipline.
Projects assessment criteria:
Individual project - 20 points each; Project text - essay (10 points); Project presentation slides (5 points); Oral presentation of the project 1 (5 points); Team project - 20 points each; Project text – report (10 points); Project presentation slides (5 points); Oral presentation of the project (5 points)
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            English
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Oleksandra
                    Anatoliivna
                    Borysenko
                
                
                    Department of Foreign Languages 
Faculty of Economics
            Faculty of Economics
                    Iryna
                    Valentynivna
                    Oliinyk
                
                
                    Department of Foreign Languages 
Faculty of Economics
            Faculty of Economics
                    Yana
                    Olehivna
                    Diachkova
                
                
                    Department of Foreign Languages 
Faculty of Economics
            Faculty of Economics
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Department of Foreign Languages
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Economics
                    
                
                        Department of Foreign Languages
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Economics
                    
                
                        Department of Foreign Languages
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Economics