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Course Overview

The KIEN8011 Global Business Communication course is a 3 ECTS program that focuses on developing key English as a Business Lingua Franca (EBLF) communicative competences for the multilingual/multinational workplace.

Course Details

• Course code: KIEN8011
• Course name: Global Business Communication
• ECTS: 3
• Teacher: Marise Lehto
• Teaching language: English
• Seats: 24
• Enrollment time: 01.12.00 - 12.01.59

Learning Materials and Recommended Literature

All study materials are located in the Moodle, including:

• On-demand video content
• External video links
• Articles (links or PDF format)
• Task instructions

Students' Workload

• Team collaborative workshops and lectures
• Team Project (Company interview)
• Cooperative learning tasks related to Peer Assessment
• Written reflections on course lectures (Individual)
• 1 Team collaborative Presentation (based on data collected from Company Interview)
• Final written assignment based on individual written reflections and Team Presentation

Further Information

• Course delivery is multimodal (both contact and online/independent work using Zoom)
• Course maximum is 24 participants, and selection is by the Peppi lottery system
• Any spare places will first be offered to students who have been registered and rejected
• Data collected during the course may be utilized for doctoral research purposes, with confidentiality assured through the use of pseudonyms

Teaching Schedule

• Wed 14.01.00-10:00 Ls12, TSE Ls12
• Wed 21.01.00-10:00 Ls12, TSE Ls12
• Wed 28.01.00-10:00 Ls12, TSE Ls12
• Wed 04.02.00-10:00 Ls12, TSE Ls12
• Wed 11.02.00-10:00 Ls12, TSE Ls12

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Evaluate the importance of key EBLF communicative competences
• Analyze strategies that promote development of specific EBLF competences
• Coach others by applying these competences
• Conduct peer review and evaluate overall performance and views

Content

The course contents include:

• Supporting literature
• Video and audio recordings
• PowerPoint slides
• Exploration of main theories that underpin EBLF
• Discussion of key accommodation strategies
• Development of important rapport competences
• Analysis of sub-genres of organizational text
• Identification of business-specific workplace language
• Evaluation of two types of knowledge necessary to work in a EBLF global organization

Study Methods

• Course delivery is both contact (on campus) and independent online work using Zoom
• Course participants: maximum 24
• Course selection is by Peppi lottery system
• Students should have a device equipped with a microphone and a camera and be prepared to have the camera on during lectures

Course Unit Methods

• Group teaching: 24 hours
• Independent work: 57 hours
• Language of instruction: English
• 2nd or 3rd year I-II or III-IV
• Group 1 periods I-II
• Group 2 periods III-IV

Assessment Scale

0-5

Languages

English

Level

Language and Communication Studies

Subject

Business English

Person in Charge

Marise Lehto

Classification

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: B2-C1