ESOL1103 English as a Second Language for Business

2011

4.5

1 x 2-hour workshop weekly

Topic coordinator's approval required for enrolment.

1 of ENGL1001, ESOL1705, ESOL1705A has been successfully completed

Assignment(s), Examination(s) 30%, Tutorial participation.

This topic is only available to ESL students who are taking one of the degrees listed as a topic prerequisite. It replaces the Professional English requirement for those students. An ESL student is defined as a student from a non-English speaking background with an IELTS score of less than 7 who has lived in an English-speaking country for less than 5 years and did not attend high school in an English-speaking country or through English as the medium of instruction.

This topic includes business writing, listening, reading, vocabulary and grammar components with particular reference to business in English. This topic aims to teach English language skills, particularly those related to writing, grammar, listening and note-taking within a commerce context.

This topic aims to:

• enable students to communicate effectively in a business context

• assist students to generate written assignments for business based on a process approach to writing

• build students' academic vocabulary

• develop higher level English grammar skills

Upon successful completion of this topic, students will be able to:

• plan, draft and edit a range of written assignments

• present a set of logically related ideas in spoken and written format

• utilise language in business contexts

• understand and use correct grammatical forms in written English