English for Financial sector "3ed year bachelor"
Professor BOURAS Meriem
Email: meriem.bouras.univ.oeb@gmail.com
University of Oum El Bouaghi-Algeria
Academic year 2024-2025
Outline of the course
- Journal Entries
- Accounting principles
- Cost / managerial Accounting
- Inventory Accounting
- Depreciation Methods
- The Balance sheet
- Overdrafts
Objectives of the course
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
•Explain and illustrate core economic theories and business and financial sector vocabulary.•Writing professional emails, preparing CVs, and motivation letters. Besides, they will be well prepared to do a job interview.•Engage in creative thinking and provide insightful and beneficial analytical remarks, as well as simulate real-life situations that they will be facing in the future.•Collaborate in teams to engage in problem-solving activities, task-sharing, assignment preparation, negotiation simulations, and prospective exercises.Teaching method
Contact hours in 1st semester:
19H&30Min (BOURAS Meriem)
2 weeks online, one week at the class
Lectures:
- Students are required to engage actively in the course, defend their opinions, and engage in discussions on controversial topics.
The course aims to stimulate and enhance crucial analytical abilities.
“It is important to have studied the content before.”
• Group assignment and presentation:
Each student, working in groups, is expected to complete an assignment and then present their results in class. The maximum time for presentations is 20 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion.
A complete learning folder is supplied throughout the course, including essential course material, detailed outlines, and the slides for each chapter.
Assessment
First examination session:
•Attending: 5 points•Participation: 3 points•Assignment and presentation: 8 points•Final test: 4 pointsAssignments and presentations
•To make sure that every student is treated fairly, the group assignment and subject are provided two weeks before the class begins.•Total duration of the exercise 20 minutes– 5 minutes presentation for each stakeholder
– Followed by a 10 minutes Q&A session
•It is necessary to present using PowerPoint.•One day before the presentation, a PowerPoint must be sent to the Professor's email address (meriem.bouras.univ.oeb@gmail.com); changes are not permitted after that.Course materials
- A. Littlejohn. (2008). Professional English Company to Company: A Task-based Approach to business emails, letters, and faxes. Cambridge University Press, 4th Edition.
- Baker, D., Clark, R. (2011). Oxford English for Careers: Finance. Oxford University Press.
- Bill Mascull. (2010). Business Vocabulary in Use: Advanced. Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition.
- Business, I. (2006). Intelligent Business Coursebook: Intermediate Business English. Pearson Longman.
- Cotton, D., Falvey, D., Kent, .S. (2011). Market Leader: Upper Intermediate. Pearson Longman, Third Edition.
- Frendo Evan, Mahoney Sean. (2007). English for Accounting, Oxford University Press.
- Helm, Sara. (2010). Market Leader: Accounting and Finance. Pearson Longman.
- Ian Mackenzie. (2008). English for the Financial Sector. Cambridge University Press.
- Ian Mackenzie. (2010). English for Business Studies: A Course for Business Studies and Economic Studies. Cambridge University Press, 3rd Edition.
- Marks, John. (2007). Banking and Finance. A & C Black Publishers, Second Edition.
- Pratten, Julie. (2009). Absolute Financial English. Delta Publishing
- Schofied, J., Osborn, A. (2011). Collins English for Business: Speaking. Harper Collins Publishers.
- Simon Sweeney. (2019). English for Business Communication. Cambridge University Press, Second Editio
This link is for all the online sessions during the 1st semester