General Information

Class Schedule: (all students) Tuesday 8.15-11.00 am

Location: Room 201,

21, Gr. Lambraki & Distomou St.

Piraeus

Contact Details:

Email: mamakou@unipi.gr 

Office Phone Number: 210 414 2641

Office Hours: during exam by appointment

Office 201, 126 Grigoriou Lambraki Street

Course Description

This is the second part of the course offered in the first semester.  The purpose of this course is to further advance the vocabulary within the domain of business, public relations, politics and finance.

Course Objectives

• To expand on and recycle technical vocabulary and language structures
• To develop students’ academic writing skills in order to produce short essays with academic references whose topics are directly related to their subject courses
• To help students successfully communicate in  International Relations contexts

Course Materials

• Principal textbooks:

     1. Mormori, P., Sivridou, F. & Tombrou, Ch., (2013) Intermediate Business English,Athens: Φαίδημος

Chapter 1 Advertising/Campaigns/Social Issues

       2. Sivridou, F. & Ananiadou, E. (2020) Reading and Writing English for Advanced Students of Economics and Business Management, Athens: Φαίδημος

Chapters 1-7

Chapter 8.1

Chapter 10.1

Chapter 11.5

Chapter 12.2

Chapter 12.5

Chapter 13.4

3. All internet materials used throughout the semester uploaded on our closed facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/758588161243804 (videos, tutorials, newspaper articles, academic sources, your assingments, vocabulary resources).

 Assessment

Assessment will be based on performance in the end-of-semester written exam and optional 5-paragraph academic/research essay (max 2 bonus points/extra credit to be added to the final grade) 

Consultation Hours