Track: | All tracks |
Follow-up / Interfaces: | All classes |
Pre-requisites: | Can understand the main ideas of a demanding text. Can express him/herself with a degree of fluency, accuracy and spontaneity. |
Didactics: | Lecture, roles plays, group tasks, individual presentations, plenum discussions |
Exam: | Oral exam |
ECTS points: | 2 |
Lecturer: | Susan Hartmann, M.A. |
The aim of this seminar is to familiarise students with business-related terminology and to develop a good command of spoken and written English in all important business situations. In particular, students are prepared for the semester abroad in terms of language requirements.
General learning objectives:
The participants of the MBA programme should gain particular knowledge about the rules of communication, also cross-culturally. They are capable of describing and communicating their personal needs and objectives to their business environment. Graduates are convinced that understanding other people and other cultures and being able to communicate to them (in English) is a pre-requisite for international business success.
Detailed learning outcomes:
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