English for Management
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
In agreement with the degree objectives, the course is designed to provide content and functional skills for successful professional interaction and digital communication in English. The classes are based on the use of teaching materials intended to consolidate the B1+ level and towards the B2 level (CEFR) within the specific micro-language. Besides, the course aims to make students aware of the internationally recognized position of English as lingua franca at the economic, political and institutional levels.
Expected learning outcomes
Students are expected to acquire the communicative competence needed to act in specialized professional contexts based on the sector's micro-language at the B1+/B2 levels (CEFR) requirements. They will learn some basic notions regarding communication in professional contexts, specialized lexicon, and the use of pragmatic and rhetorical skills necessary to perform as managers in several contexts. Thus, they will be aware of the role of English as the international language in professional contexts.
Lesson period: Third trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Third trimester
Course syllabus
The course involves the study of basic pragmatic and sociolinguistic aspects of the English language, as well as the most relevant theories on Communication, especially referring to the sectorial communication in formal contexts.
The syllabus is divided into 3 modules:
Module 1: English as an international language or Lingua Franca; language registers;
Communicative contexts; general notions on Communication and models of reference; communicative strategies; managerial contexts; sectorial language: preparing a job application, a cover letter, a CV, and a job interview; Functional language: speaking about the past; using modal verbs to be formal and to be polite.
Module 2: principles of management; leadership, models of reference; making decisions, promoting and persuading, working in teams, relating to colleagues and subordinates, negotiating. Functional language: making hypotheses, speaking about the future, presenting facts in the passive form.
Module 3: different types of companies; managerial sectors; intercultural aspects; ethics, environmental, social and governance responsibility (ESG factors); speaking on the phone; writing emails; planning and running a meeting, taking notes, summarizing; case analysis; preparing a presentation, the Principles of Classical Rhetoric applied to its creation and delivery. Functional language: speaking and writing skills.
Learning to use language in context and consolidating structural and functional language aspects depend on the texts used, and are subordinated to the study of the sectorial language and to the comprehension of the teaching material adopted.
In order to complete the course, NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS are required to study for the final exam the Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 15, 18, 19 of the following book:
Koontz, Weihrich, and Cannice, Essentials of Management: An International and Leadership Perspective, McGraw-Hill, New Delhi 2019.
The syllabus is divided into 3 modules:
Module 1: English as an international language or Lingua Franca; language registers;
Communicative contexts; general notions on Communication and models of reference; communicative strategies; managerial contexts; sectorial language: preparing a job application, a cover letter, a CV, and a job interview; Functional language: speaking about the past; using modal verbs to be formal and to be polite.
Module 2: principles of management; leadership, models of reference; making decisions, promoting and persuading, working in teams, relating to colleagues and subordinates, negotiating. Functional language: making hypotheses, speaking about the future, presenting facts in the passive form.
Module 3: different types of companies; managerial sectors; intercultural aspects; ethics, environmental, social and governance responsibility (ESG factors); speaking on the phone; writing emails; planning and running a meeting, taking notes, summarizing; case analysis; preparing a presentation, the Principles of Classical Rhetoric applied to its creation and delivery. Functional language: speaking and writing skills.
Learning to use language in context and consolidating structural and functional language aspects depend on the texts used, and are subordinated to the study of the sectorial language and to the comprehension of the teaching material adopted.
In order to complete the course, NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS are required to study for the final exam the Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 15, 18, 19 of the following book:
Koontz, Weihrich, and Cannice, Essentials of Management: An International and Leadership Perspective, McGraw-Hill, New Delhi 2019.
Prerequisites for admission
Only students who have passed the Placement Test can attend the course.
To learn about when and where to take the Placement Test, please, refer to SLAM:
https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/competenze-linguistiche/placement-test-test-di-ingresso-e-corsi-di-inglese
To learn about when and where to take the Placement Test, please, refer to SLAM:
https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/competenze-linguistiche/placement-test-test-di-ingresso-e-corsi-di-inglese
Teaching methods
The lessons will take place based on a mixed format. They will include teacher-fronted sections as well as dialogue listening, video watching, and reading activities with comprehension exercises. Based on the contents provided, students will work on their oral and on their written skills, from a receptive and from a productive perspective, in pairs and in groups. Besides, they will be asked to analyse given situations in context, to produce short texts, and to simulate situations in context. By the end of the course, attending students will be asked to produce a presentation based on the criteria studied in class.
Students will take periodical formative tests.
Students will take periodical formative tests.
Teaching Resources
The teaching material which will be used in class comes from the textbooks and from other sectorial sources that will be made available to students on Ariel. The levels B1+ and B2 (CEFR) are the levels of reference for the choice of the teaching material.
Textbooks of reference:
BUSINESS PARTNER B1+ Your Employability Trainer, Dubicka et al., Pearson.
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION, 7th ed., Krizan, Merrier, Logan, Williams, and Thomson, South Western. (Free download at:
https://www.academia.edu/19585114/Business_Communication)
ESSENTIALS OF MANAGEMENT: An International, Innovation, and Leadership Perspective, Koontz, Weihrich, and Cannice, Mc Graw Hill.
Textbooks of reference:
BUSINESS PARTNER B1+ Your Employability Trainer, Dubicka et al., Pearson.
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION, 7th ed., Krizan, Merrier, Logan, Williams, and Thomson, South Western. (Free download at:
https://www.academia.edu/19585114/Business_Communication)
ESSENTIALS OF MANAGEMENT: An International, Innovation, and Leadership Perspective, Koontz, Weihrich, and Cannice, Mc Graw Hill.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final exam consists in a written and in an oral part.
The written test has digital format, and it includes only multiple-choice questions. It is organized in a listening comprehension activity; a set of questions regarding communicative aspects, the lexicon and the content explored during the course; and in a reading comprehension activity.
The oral test for ATTENDING STUDENTS consists in the presentation in English, based on the criteria studyed in class, of an individual short work with ppt presentation (in English) regarding contents recommended or agreed upon by the teacher. Both the ppt presentation and the oral exposition will count for the final grade.
The oral test for NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS consists in the presentation in English, of the studied contents (see study material assigned to non-attending students). Contents exposition and communicative competence will count for the final grade.
All exam parts will be based on the materials available on Ariel, on the contents explored during the course and present in the texts listed in the bibliography.
The final grade will be the result of the written test results and of the oral test evaluation.
The written test has digital format, and it includes only multiple-choice questions. It is organized in a listening comprehension activity; a set of questions regarding communicative aspects, the lexicon and the content explored during the course; and in a reading comprehension activity.
The oral test for ATTENDING STUDENTS consists in the presentation in English, based on the criteria studyed in class, of an individual short work with ppt presentation (in English) regarding contents recommended or agreed upon by the teacher. Both the ppt presentation and the oral exposition will count for the final grade.
The oral test for NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS consists in the presentation in English, of the studied contents (see study material assigned to non-attending students). Contents exposition and communicative competence will count for the final grade.
All exam parts will be based on the materials available on Ariel, on the contents explored during the course and present in the texts listed in the bibliography.
The final grade will be the result of the written test results and of the oral test evaluation.
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Marongiu Maria Antonietta
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