Business French

Course Director: Nathalie Kirchmeyer

The course is planned to be held both online and at SSE. The schedule will be informed by the teacher at the beginning of the course.

Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to develop an ability to communicate in both oral and written French in business-related contexts. This ability includes successful intercultural communication.

Evaluation
This course will be evaluated in class at the last session. On the last day of the course you will receive a survey link sent to your SSE email and will spend 10 min of class time to evaluate the course. Please make sure you have a device with access to the Internet when you attend the last class. In addition to this, a mid-course evaluation will be conducted.

Course administrator: Anna.Meijerberg@hhs.se

The course promotes the acquisition of general and specific language skills (mastery of fundamental grammar on one hand and appropriate use of business genre and vocabulary on the other). On completing the course, successful students will be able to demonstrate the following communicative competence (B1-level on the CEFR):

• Speaking in everyday social and professional contexts: introduce oneself and others, shortly present a company, describe a product, participate in a meeting, explain and discuss a point of view, provide commentary on graphs and tables.
• Writing in professional contexts: write e-mails with various objectives, produce a CV, summarize a business-related document or article.
• Reading business-related authentic documents: identify, understand and recapitulate the central content of articles and business-related texts.
• Listening to casual conversation and in professional contexts: identify, understand and recapitulate the central content of TV clips, short interviews and programs (e. g. news).

Recommended starting level
A2-level on the CEFR.

Affaires.com Penfornis, J-L. CLE International

Authentic material, diverse texts and articles, links, formative grammar and vocabulary exercises.

The only grade granted is Pass

This is done through continuous assessment of deliverables and classroom activities, which include three written submissions, one individual oral presentation, several simulations and other oral exercises as well as active participation in class.

Attendance is mandatory (75% minimum).

The only final course grads it Pass. This course is GPA neutral. Pass in the Pass/Fail distinction has no relationship to “Pass” within SSE’s grading system. Pass here simply means that you have earned credit for the course.

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Have you been granted educational support because of a documented disability? If so, please contact the course director as soon as possible so that adequate accommodations can be made.

Contact specialneeds@hhs.se if you have questions about being granted educational support or need a copy of your educational support certificate.

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