At the end of the course, students will be able to

• • present and analyse current global trends (written and oral) using English technical vocabulary,
  • refer to numerical and graphical representations of data,
  • understand the main ideas of current economic topics,
  • develop listening and reading strategies to identify specific information from a variety of textual styles and genres related to their field of study and personal interest.

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• Economic trends and developments
• Comparison of diagrams
• Expressing and presenting predictions
• Present a diagram and describe its cause and effect

Bailey, S. (2010). Academic Writing for International Students of Business Hardcover. New York: Routeledge
Business Spotlight Magazine. URL: https://www.business-spotlight.de/
Emmerson, P. (2009). Business Vocabulary Builder. New Jersey: Macmillan
Emmerson, P. (2010). Business Grammar Builder - Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate, New Jersey: Macmillan
Harvard Business Review. URL: https://hbr.org/
Hughes, J. (2008). Success with BEC: The new Business English Certificates course. Vantage [B2], Student's book (1. publ. ed.). London: Summertown
Presentation Guru. URL: https://www.presentation-guru.com/
TED Talks. URL www.ted.com

Moderated group work, lecture, discussion, processing of case studies

Cumulative module examination
The module grade is calculated weighted by the ECTS credits of the individual courses of the module and results as follows:
ILV "English: Current Trend Analysis" - 1 ECTS Credit

• Assessment type: Continuous assessment
• Assessment method/s: Participation in class, presentation