ENGLISH VI - BUSINESS TERMINOLOGY

(6th semester – Departments of Accounting & Finance,

Economics, International & European Economic Studies)

PROVISIONAL 12-WEEK SYLLABUS

Delivered by Dr Kelly Karagkouni / E-mail: karagkou@aueb.gr

 Office Hours / Office Telephone Number: 210-8203419

 

PROVISIONS:

·         4 hours teaching per week

·         C2 English Language Competence

 

       WEEK

Academic Readings / Journal  Excerpts

with Required Terminology & Language Applications

 

1

Introduction – Course Description

2

Unit 1.1: Macroeconomics. Blanchard, Olivier. 2002

Unit 1.2: Financial Markets. Giddy, Ian. 1994

3

Unit 1.4: Financial Institutions. Saunders, Anthony. 1997

Unit 1.7: Securities. Sharp, William et al. 1995

4

Unit 1.10: Investment Analysis. Elton, Edwin et al. 1995

Unit 1.3: Investment Risk. McNulty J. et al. 2002                              

5

 Revision

6

Unit 1.9: Theoretical Econometrics. Judge, George et al. 1988

Unit 1.8: Applied Econometrics. Ανδρικόπουλος Α. 2003

7

Unit 2.4: Management Accounting. Horngren, Foster, & Datar. 2007

Unit 3.2: Organizational Behaviour. Bolino M et al. 2002

8

Revision

9

Unit 6.1: The Institutions of the European Union (Functions & Procedures)

Unit 6.2: The European Central Bank (Functions & Procedures)

10

Unit 2.1: Financial  Accounting. Παπάς, Αντώνης.2002

Unit 2.2: Tax Accounting. Χέβας, Δημοσθένης. 2000

11

Unit 2.5: Financial Statements [1] & Auditor’s Report

Unit 2.6: Financial Statements [2] & Accounting Principles

12

 Revision

 

COURSE MATERIAL:

Karamitroglou, F. 2008. Essential Business Terminology for Native Speakers of Greek. Athens, Interbooks

 

ASSESSMENT:

1 Final Exam: Text Comprehension & Terminology/ Language Applications

 

OBJECTIVES:

Anchored on a diffuse set of drills and texts from all fields of Business for specialized vocabulary purposes, this module aims to further provide familiarisation with key terms and expressions used in academic and professional business writings. Through a series of carefully and selectively chosen extracts and in-class discussions, students learn to understand, decode and reproduce financial texts. Clearly aimed at perspective professionals  and/or  graduate students, this module is designed to unveil the phrasing and content of real-life material used in the broadest range of business circumstances and enable them to perform sophisticated tasks with consistency and linguistic competence.