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Upper-Intermediate Business English in International Trade

ВБ 1.2.9

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

First

2024/2025

2 Semester

13

PRN 3. Know and use economic terminology, explain basic concepts of micro- and macroeconomics (in English). / PRN 6. Use professional argumentation to convey information, ideas, problems, and ways to solve them to specialists and non-specialists in the field of economic activity. PRN 15. Demonstrate basic creative and critical thinking skills in research and professional communication. PRN 16. Be able to use data, provide arguments, critically evaluate logic, and draw conclusions from scientific and analytical texts on economics. PRN 20. Possess skills in oral and written professional communication in the state and foreign languages. PRN 23. Demonstrate skills in independent work, critical, creative, and self-critical thinking. PRN 24. Demonstrate the ability to act in a socially responsible and conscious manner based on ethical principles, respect for diversity of opinion, and the individual.

Full-time form

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.

The discipline promotes the formation of the ability to communicate effectively at professional and social levels using professional terminology, including oral and written communication in English. In particular, the discipline contributes to the formation of students’ understanding of the essence of international investment in today’s globalised environment and the ability to analyse international markets of goods and services, tools and principles of international investment, and promotes practical application of theoretical knowledge and analytical skills in investment management through critical analysis of core trends in the investment market, as well as the ability to make informed investment decisions. The discipline contributes to the acquisition of thorough knowledge of the lexical and grammatical features of professionally oriented English; features of professional culture, development of information culture, cognitive and research skills; develops socio-cultural competence and readiness for interaction in the conditions of multicultural professional communication. The course contributes to the development of students’ theoretical and methodological basis for in-depth self-study and certification programs, as the discipline is developed using the materials of the Certified Financial Analysts (CFA) programme "Foundations of Investments".

1. Bodie, Z., Kane, A., & Marcus, A. J. (2018). Investments. 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin. – 1080с. 2. Investment Foundations Program (2020-2021), https://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/investmentfoundations/Pages/index.aspx 3. UNCTAD (2020). World investment report. – Доступ до електронного ресурсу: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/wir2020_en.pdf

Lectures, practical classes

1. Oral questioning, discussion (RN1; 2; 3, 4) – 10 points / 6 points; 2. Completion of project tasks (RN 1.1-1.3; 2.1-2.3; 3.1; 3.2, 4.1, 4.2) – 20 points / 12 points; 4. Case studies (10 points max. each) (RH 2.1-2.3, 4.1-4.2) – 10 points / 6 points; 5. Independent work (2 written assignments, max. 5 points each) (RN 1.1-1.3; 2.3) – 10 points / 6 points; 6. Final test (RN 1.1-1.3; 2.1-2.2) – 20 points / 12 points. 7. The final assessment takes the form of a written test, which is graded out of a maximum of 20 points and is conducted during one of the last seminars on the subject.

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