Professor
BOURAS Meriem
Email: bourasmeriem95@gmail.com
University
of Oum El Bouaghi-Algeria
Academic
year
2023-2024
Outline
of the course
•Forensic
accounting;
• International
standards
in Auditing;
• Sectoral
accounting;
• Public
sector
accounting;
• Corporate
governance;
• Budgeting;
• Job
interviews;
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 2ed 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 points
Assignments
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 (bourasmeriem95@gmail.com); changes are not permitted after that.
Course
materials
•Frendo,
E., Mahoney, S., & Rosetti,
S. (2007). English for accounting (pp. 1-64). Oxford University
Press.
•Guffey,
M. E., & Seefer,
C. M. (2019). Business English. Cengage Learning.
•Ian
Mackenzie. (2006). Professional English in Use. Cambridge University Press.
•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.
•Online
accounting terminology glossary.
•Online
resources for academic writing, reading, and speaking in English.
•Simon
Sweeney. (2019). English for Business Communication. Cambridge University
Press.