Syllabus
No : FRM/KUL/01/02 Revision Number : 03
Valid Date : October 1, 2008 ISO Clause : 7.5.1 and 7
Prepared by Checked by Approved by Valid Date
ELC Team Tita Ratna Wulandari, M. Pd. Iskandar Rosyidin, S. Pd.
1. Faculty :
2. Study Program :
3. Course Title : English 1
4. Course Code :
5. Prerequisite :
-6. Course Status : Compulsory
7. Course Description : This course provides a general Business English course both for students who have not yet worked in business and for people who are working and have experience of business environments.
8. Objectives : At the end, the students are expected to practice their four language skills, namely Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. The students are also able to understand some grammar focuses such as reported speech, tenses in time clauses, complex questions, used to, relative pronoun, and comparison. The students are expected to write a formal letter as well. Finally, this course is aimed to aid the students to do BULATS as their English examination
No (week)
Topics Sub-Topics References Class Mode
1 Introduction
Unit 1 (Staff development and training)
Recruitment Brochure
Conversation about a training course
Hart (2011) Question and Answer
2 Unit 1 (Staff development and training)
Expressing personal opinions Comparison of adjectives Making suggestions
Ibid Lecturing and Presentation Mode
Role Play 3 Unit 3 (Letter of enquiry and
applications)
Job satisfaction at EMI
Advice on job application (listening)
Ibid Lecturing and Presentation Mode
Audio aid 4 Unit 3 (Letter of enquiry and
applications)
Asking complex questions formal and informal style
A letter of enquiry about carriers (writing)
Ibid Writing individually
5 Unit 5 (Promotional activities and branding)
The power of brands Supermarket’s own brands Brainstorming (speaking)
Ibid Lecturing and Presentation Mode; Browsing the material
from internet; role play 6 Unit 5 (Promotional activities
and branding)
Promoting a product
Marketing terms: brand, logo, etc.
Ibid Lecturing and Presentation Mode
7 Unit 9 (Going it alone) Buying into a franchise A letter to a franchiser
A letter of enquiry to a franchiser
Ibid Lecturing and Presentation Mode
8 Mid Term
9 Unit 9 (Going it alone) Financial terms Tenses in time clauses
10 Unit 13 (Business hotels and sales conferences)
Business accommodation (reading) Conference problem (listening) Hotel vocabulary
Ibid Audio aid, assignment, group discussion
11 Unit 13 (Business hotels and sales conferences)
Expressing criticism Contrasting ideas
Ibid Lecturing and Presentation Mode, role play 12 Unit 17 (New technologies
and change)
Discussion: new technologies and change; what is important when making changes
Introducing new technology
Ibid Writing individually
13 Unit 17 (New technologies and change)
Used to for past actions/habits
The definite article
Ibid Writing individually, Lecturing and Presentation
Mode 14 Unit 18 (Using the internet) Website design
Favorite website
Ibid Presentation Mode
15 Unit 21 (Customer loyalty) Relative pronouns Ibid Lecturing and Presentation
Mode, role play
16 Final Semester (BULATS Like)
10. Scoring System
15% assignment and participation which include: class participation, presentation, and grand summary. 15% quizzes
30% mid term 40% final semester
Individual assignment Group discussion Exercise – questions for assignments E-learning
Combination of those five 12. References