Information Package / Course Catalogue
English For Business Life
Course Code: AGE308
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Giving the participant the skills and courage to communicate in a foreign language. Reinforcement of communication skills, especially listening to authentic English texts, listening comprehension and speaking practices. To provide the basic skills of preparing a resume and a letter of intent for students applying to master's programs in English-medium institutions.

Course Content

In parallel with the course objectives, the aims of the course mainly includes socializing, preparing resumes/CVs, writing job application letters, being in job interviews, phone calls, attending meetings, writing informative and evaluative reports, preparing presentations, also speaking and writing techniques and practices essential for business life, various samples of dialogues and correspondence, sample incidents, reporting, the rules to be obeyed in business correspondence and face to face meetings.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Developing English speaking practice.
2.Understanding the principles of resume and cover letter writing in English and acquiring skills in their writing.
3.Ensuring effective communication in dialogues and presentations in business life.
4.Development of vocabulary related to English vocational terms.
5.To be able to organize their knowledge to write resumes/CVs, job application letters, reports on informative and evaluative matters
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Lecture notes prepared by academic staff of this lesson.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to the course
Week 2 - Theoretical
Changing And Planning Careers
Week 3 - Theoretical
Leader Types, Vocabulary related to different types of leaders
Week 4 - Theoretical
Sample Resume/CV.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Business Meetings and Vocabulary related to them
Week 6 - Theoretical
Difficult conversations at work and related Vocabulary: e.g. firing someone, refusing to lend money to someone, dealing with a very upset customer, etc. .
Week 7 - Theoretical
Crisis management at work and related vocabulary: USEFUL EXPRESSIONS FOR SOLVING COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS
Week 8 - Theoretical
General Review
Week 9 - Theoretical
Writing Cover Letter
Week 10 - Theoretical
Receiving and Answering Formal Emails
Week 11 - Theoretical
Making Effective Presentations at work
Week 12 - Theoretical
Visually supported presentation on a given topic.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Visually supported presentation on a given topic.
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Review
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice140228
Midterm Examination1112
Final Examination1303
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026