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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS
Independence- Freedom - Happiness
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR ECONOMICS
BACHELOR’S DEGREE ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Field of Training: English Language Studies Major: Business English Course Outline
1. Course Title: Listening 1 2. Course Code:
3. Units of Credit: 2
4. Entry Level: 1st year students
5. Time Allocation: - Theory: 07 periods - Practice: 23 periods
- Autonomous learning: students are encouraged to self-study while subject to the
teacher’s periodical assessment. The minimum time for self-study is 60 hours.
6. Prerequisites:
English competency required is A2 (CEFR)
7. Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will achieve the following learning outcomes:
7.1 Knowledge: Students will be able to:
- know and understand some knowledge of the topic areas in Economics-Commerce such as
Brand, Travel, Change, Organization, Money and Advertising via listening comprehension tasks;
- develop some listening skills such as predicting, identifying speaker’s purpose,
interpreting cues and transitions, listening for information and note-taking via tasks and practice exercises;
- apply listening tactics in different real-life business communication cases.
7.2. Skills: Students will be able to: about:blank 1/5 02:26 9/8/24
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- listen and identify stressed words, intonation, common reductions in spoken language;
- listen for gist and take notes of essential information;
- apply the acquired knowledge to do listening exercises;
- hear and understand the content of business conversations, interviews, debates or
announcements in similar cases.
7.3. Attitude: Students will:
- be more confident when communicating in English;
- be aware of the importance of listening skills and strategies;
- be conscious of self-study and frequent practice to improve listening comprehension.
At the end of the course, students are expected to achieve listening skills at level mid-B1
(CEFR). Students are encouraged to take BEC Preliminary certificates for self-evaluation of
their language abilities.
8. Course Description:
The course consists of the first 6 units (unit 1-6) with a wide variety of areas in Market
Leader –Intermediate – 3rd edition, David Cotton, David Falvey & Simon Kent), which lasts
within 6 sessions or 30 periods of classwork. Session 6 is used for revision, consolidation and
answering questions, which focuses on main points of the course.
Each unit lesson has 2 main parts:
- Part 1: listening to conversations or interviews to people in business (emphasize to develop
listening skills and note-taking).
- Part 2: listening to individual sounds (vowels, consonants, diphthongs), stressed words,
intonation and common reductions in spoken language.
Besides, students are prepared to do some listening practice for international exams in orientation.
9. Performance requirements: Students are required to:
- attend class regularly
- complete homework and class assignments
- participate in class discussion and other activities 10. Course Materials
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[1] Cotton, D., Falvey, D. & Kent, S. (2010). Market Leader – Intermediate, Course Book (3rd
ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education.
- Supplementary Materials:
[2] Allison, J & Emmerson, P. (2013). The Business –Intermediate. Oxford: Macmillan.
[3] Mascull, B. (2011). Market Leader – Intermediate Teacher’s Resource Book (3rd ed.).
Harlow: Pearson Longman.
[4] Powell, M. (2009). In Company – Intermediate (2nd ed.). Hong Kong: Macmillan.
[5] Rogers, J. (2010). Market Leader-Intermediate Practice File (3rd ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education.
[6] Trappe, T. & Tullis, G. (2005). Intelligent Business – Intermediate Business English.
Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
[7] Whitby, N. (2013). Business Benchmark – Pre-intermediate to Intermediate. Cambridge: CUP.
[8] Cambridge BEC Preliminary (2005). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
11. Learning Assessment Scheme:
- Class attendance and class participation: 20% - Mid-term Test: 20% - Final Exam: 60%
12. Grading: (credit system) 13. Course Contents: Session Content Reading Materials Student’s Objectives Preparation Session 1 + Course Material [1]: - Studying the Meeting the (5 periods) introduction;
- Listening: An interview topic in advance objectives Preview of with a brand manager to brainstorm mentioned in required Material [3]: ideas for class item 7 study
Resource Bank – Listening activities methods Unit 1 - Reviewing + Unit 1: Material [5]: required Brands Sound work knowledge and skills - Complete assigned tasks or homework Session 2 Unit 2: Travel Material [1]: - ditto - - ditto - about:blank 3/5 02:26 9/8/24
6. Kỹ năng Nghe 1 - Business English - Listening 1 (5 periods) - Listening: An interview with a sales director of a hotel chain Material [3]: Resource Bank – Listening Unit 2 Material [5]: Sound work Session 3 Unit 3: Material [1]: - ditto - - ditto - (5 periods) Change - Listening: An interview with a management consultant Material [3]: Resource Bank – Listening Unit 3 Material [5]: Sound work Session 4 + Working Material [1]: - ditto - - ditto - (5 periods) across
- Listening: Socializing cultures Material [3]: + Unit 4:
Resource Bank – Listening Organization Unit 4 Material [5]: Sound work Session 5 + Revision Material [1]: - ditto - - ditto - (5 periods) + Mid-term
- Listening: An interview Test with a marketing
Unit 5: Money communications executive Material [3]: Resource Bank – Listening Unit 5 Material [5]: Sound work Session 6 Unit 6: Material [1]: - ditto - - ditto - (5 periods) Advertising
- Listening: An interview + Working with an investment Across director Cultures Material [3]: + BEC
Resource Bank – Listening Listening Unit 6 Practice Material [5]: + Revision: Sound work Reviewing Material [1]: about:blank 4/5 02:26 9/8/24
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- Listening: International answering meetings student Material [8]: questions
BEC Practice (Listening)
Ho Chi Minh City, August 3, 2018
APPROVED BY ELS DEPARTMENT
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