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