In EBC1, students are required to demonstrate a level of general English competence equivalent to at least B2 on the Common European Framework .

Additionally, after successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand and apply key reading strategies

2. Appreciate the key principles of paragraphing and apply them in your reading and writing

3. Write appropriate and effective texts for a range of different business situations

4. Understand and apply the concept of the Businesslike Zone

5. Develop and use a range of business vocabulary and collocations correctly

6. Apply key language features such tense usage and linkers to optimise communication

7. Draw comparisons and report results of analyses accurately and effectively

8. Describe graphs, charts, projects and processes clearly and accurately

9. Compare business opportunities in writing and speech

10. Participate actively and effectively in semi-formal business meetings held in English                                               

Classes are of a workshop nature and involve a wide range of activities based on the course literature and designed to develop the skills and knowledge that you need to fulfil the assessment criteria. Each unit of the Coursebook examines a specific communicative skill. Students will practise and develop these skills by actively participating in interactive exercises such as meeting simulations, SWOT analyses, writing tasks and listening as well as reading comprehensions.

Registration
You can register for an individual EBC1 class (LV) ONLY by means of the LPIS system. Registration is effected on a first-come, first-served basis. Any unfilled slots will be filled from waiting lists in accordance with study progress and in cooperation with the Vizerektorat für Lehre und Studierende.

Individual EBC1 instructors are NOT involved in registration and will NOT reply to mails on the subject.

As EBC1 is a PI course, there is no need to register separately for any of the tests (see above).