As with all PI courses, attendance is a requirement to pass EBC3. As a special concession, you may miss up to three (3) course sessions. However, if you miss a fourth, you will no longer be able to pass the course. This condition applies whatever the reasons for your absences may have been.

In order to pass the EBC3 course, you must fulfill the following requirements:

• score at least 60% of the overall points total achievable (see below)
• not miss more than 3 sessions.

1 - Oral performance (20% of total grade): Your oral communication skills will be trained and then assessed through structured task assignments. These will take the form of an oral assessment of a discussion task (based on current topical business issues as presented in newspapers / current affairs journals) and a short class talk on a content-based topic relating to international business. Both tasks will require you to use and demonstrate analytical skills and critical thinking. This way you should be able to achieve proficiency in spoken English at the level of (or very close to) C1 under the European Framework of Reference, which is defined in full as follows:

• Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.
• Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
• Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.

The oral assessment tasks will be held during sessions 4-10. You will be offered a choice of session dates for taking part in these.

2 - Writing Practice  (10% of total grade): You will receive 5 points, or 5% of the total grade, for timely delivery of an appropriate assignment written as a preparation for the report task (the "home exercise") for which you will also receive comprehensive feedback from your instructor. You will receive up to a 5 further points for completion of supporting tasks (peer feedback / review / revision) related to this text production. Full details of deadlines and tasks will be provided in good time during the course.

3 - Class participation (5% of total grade): In order to gain these points you will be expected to participate and show active engagement in all class activities. To this end, you must prepare thoroughly for each class and actively interact with both your peers and your instructor. Additionally you must show readiness to complete all relevant tasks set during the course (including on LEARN), which will include providing peer feedback and self-reflection related to other tasks.

4 - Test: Business English Language / Content  (30% of total grade): This assessment element will combine the content and language knowledge covered in the course with reading comprehension and text-based tasks. This will take place online.

5 - Test: Final Report (35% of total grade): In this assessment element you will write a new report on a market entry topic and related issues. This will take place online.

The grade boundaries for EBC3 are as follows:

Grade 1: 90-100%
Grade 2: 80-89%
Grade 3: 70-79%
Grade 4: 60-69%
Grade 5: 0-59%