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El espaņol de los negocios 4 (Business Spanish 4)

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
El español de los negocios 4 (Business Spanish 4)
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
International Tourism-Management, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020
Module code: BITM-472
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P440-0046
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
2VU (2 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
2,5
Semester: 4
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
Spanish
Assessment:
Written exam (90 minutes; Can be repeated semesterly)

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BITM-472 (P440-0046) International Tourism-Management, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020 , semester 4, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
30 class hours (= 22.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 75 hours (equivalent to 2.5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 52.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Tinnefeld
Lecturer:
Dozierende des Studiengangs


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Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will:
- have mastered the technical language of economics and tourism in numerous subject areas relevant to them in an appropriate manner
- be able to independently research information on aspects of the target language relevant to business and tourism in order to form their own opinions and prepare for group discussions in the target language  
- be able to challenge interculturally sensitive areas of communication with representatives from the target language countries and verbalize their position on these in a well-founded manner
- be able to independently explore more and more situations related to their professional future linguistically
- be able to independently explore vocabulary-relevant areas (word fields) of their future life and professional reality
- be able to independently prepare presentations in the foreign language and deliver them using adequate communication skills

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Module content:
Exercises for listening and reading comprehension, speaking and writing skills (technical language-oriented text reception and production)
Specific issues in tourism will be addressed based on other courses offered during the semester
Professionally relevant role playing and simulations
Creation of subject-related, specialized presentations
Review of basic school grammar
Functional grammar for business and tourism jargon
Improvement and development of standard vocabulary
Expansion of general vocabulary and development of technical vocabulary


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Teaching methods/Media:
Use of a multimedia computer language laboratory
Use of a wide range of multimedia: television and video, radio, press, computer-based interactivity
Partner work, group work and role playing
Presentations and short talks by students
Presentations by the lecturer
Discussions
Internet research
The goal is to enable authentic foreign language communication within the teaching environment.


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Recommended or required reading:
Target group-oriented teaching materials compiled by the lecturer
Articles from renowned newspapers and magazines from target language countries
Texts for listening comprehension (audio/video)
Individually tailored vocabulary and grammar exercises for the target audience
Internet resources


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