Business English
Students with an interest in the world of business and who would like to continue in the business field (WU, Fachhochschule)
- 6th + 7th form
The following issues will be dealt with:
- Socializing, small talk
- Telephoning, making appointments
- Organising meetings and conferences
- Writing emails/letters, giving (business) presentations
- Dealing with customers/ dissatisfaction, complaints
- Business travel, eco-tourism
- Working conditions, job satisfaction, motivation, work-life balance
- Flexi-time, teleworking, trends in work
- Recruitment, job application
- Franchising, setting up a business
- Company presentation, performance, description
- Financial market, stock market, banking
- E-commerce
- Austria as a business location
- International business, going global
- Cultural awareness and diversity
- Management, leadership, women in business
- Marketing, advertising, product launch, branding
- Business ethics, CSR- corporate social responsibility
Apart from regular work in class, we will organize and participate in
- school trips
- company visits
- a business lunch
- a trade fair
We will also invite visitors and experts from the world of work to give talks on a variety of business related issues.
Book to be bought by students: Ian Wood: PASS Cambridge BEC Vantage.
Summertown Publishing
At the end of the second year of BENG students can take the internationally recognized BEC.
