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Business French 1

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Business French 1
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2012
Module code: BBWL-170
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.
P420-0160
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.
4V (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: no
Language of instruction:
French
Assessment:
Written exam (90 min. / Can be repeated semesterly)

[updated 02.01.2019]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BBWL-170 (P420-0160) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2012 , semester 1, optional course
BBWL-170 (P420-0160) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2016 , semester 1, optional course
BBWL-2020-170 (P420-0160) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020 , semester 1, optional 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:
BBWL-270 Business French 2


[updated 05.09.2012]
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Tinnefeld
Lecturer:
Dozierende des Studiengangs


[updated 05.09.2012]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will: have strengthened and developed their knowledge in the four essential language skills in general language.
- They will have further developed their existing basic knowledge in standard business language.
- Students will have further developed their basic knowledge about the regions of their target language countries.
- They will have increased their awareness with regard to intercultural content and experiences.
- They will have reviewed basic school grammar.


[updated 02.01.2019]
Module content:
- Understanding and creating special types of texts such as for example,
  business letters, memos, bulletins
- Practice in dealing with oral business situations, such as
  small talk, telephone conversations, receiving guests, basic
  professional presentations.
- Listening comprehension training for technical language
- Situational, communication-oriented grammar work
- The development and expansion of general vocabulary
- The development of a functional technical vocabulary


[updated 02.01.2019]
Teaching methods/Media:
- Use of a multimedia computer language laboratory
- Use of a wide range of multimedia available in the language laboratory:
  television and video, radio, magazines and newspapers, computer-based
  interactivity
- Partner work, group work and role playing
- Presentations by the lecturer
- Student presentations
- Discussions
- The goal is to enable authentic foreign language communication
  within the teaching environment.


[updated 02.01.2019]
Recommended or required reading:
- Business language textbooks        
- Articles from renowned newspapers and magazines from the target language countries
- Individually tailored vocabulary and grammar exercises for the target audience
- Additional literature will be announced in the course


[updated 02.01.2019]
 
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