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Business and Technical English

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Business and Technical English
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Digital Business and IT, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2025
Module code: WINF-B25-150
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.
2V+2U (4 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.
5
Semester: 1
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Exam

[updated 15.04.2024]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

WIB21-510 (P450-0282) Industrial Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2021 , semester 5, mandatory course
WINF-B23-160 (P460-0006) Digital Business and IT, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2023 , semester 1, mandatory course
WINF-B25-150 Digital Business and IT, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2025 , semester 1, 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).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 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: Prof. Dr. Thomas Tinnefeld

[updated 24.07.2023]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 • Be able to apply advanced reading comprehension techniques in order to read longer written texts in a foreign language with economic and technical content and to decode the points of view expressed therein - with regard to both global and detailed comprehension.
 • Have acquired business and technical vocabulary and be able to use it productively in their own spoken and written texts, including writing emails, letters of complaint, business reports and proposals.
• Be able to deal in-depth with the intercultural characteristics of the target language countries and to apply the acquired intercultural awareness to a considerable range of concrete situations in encounters with representatives of these cultures and to implement them adequately in terms of communication.
• Be able to intellectually analyze relevant spoken and written business English texts and independently understand concrete examples of these.

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Module content:
The content includes:
• Business-related skills relevant to working life, e.g:
  ◦ Business etiquette and business travel
  ◦ Intercultural communication
  ◦ Making telephone calls
  ◦ Behavior in meetings
  ◦ Preparation and negotiating
• Technical matters, e.g:
  ◦ Linguistic behavior in production and operation
  ◦ Material technology
  ◦ Assessment of energy sources and their sustainability
  ◦ Technology and innovations
• Writing skills: Creation of, for example:
  ◦ E-mail correspondence
  ◦ Letters of complaint
  ◦ Annual reports
  ◦ Minutes of meetings
• Practicing presentation techniques
• Teaching vocabulary for the above-mentioned areas
• Expanding students´ command of grammar and, if necessary, repeating areas where improvement is required

[updated 15.04.2024]
Teaching methods/Media:
    • Partner work
    • Group work phases where students tackle specific tasks
    • Interactive, multimedia language lab
    • Short talks by the students
    • Using artificial intelligence as a learning partner

[updated 15.04.2024]
Recommended or required reading:
Recommended literature will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

[updated 15.04.2024]
 
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