English B2 (Language for Specific Purposes - Health Management)
- Faculty
Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences
- Version
Version 1 of 12.03.2024.
- Module identifier
22B1600
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
winter and summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
The level includes technical language training and prepares students for study and internship abroad. The technical language training also serves the independent processing of technical literature.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
- Reading, analysis, and discussion of selected articles from textbooks and the English-language professional press;
- Terminology of business administration in health care;
- Case studies from the health care field;
- Oral and written text reproduction;
- Discussions, short presentations;
- Review of grammatical and idiomatic structures in a professional context
- Practice of a job interview in the context of an internship abroad.
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 60 Seminar Presence - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 30 Study of literature - 30 Exam preparation -
- Further explanations
The hours used in the Lecturer based learning Learning field are instructional hours.
- Graded examination
- Portfolio exam
- Remark on the assessment methods
The portfolio examination comprises a total of 100 points and consists of a 30-minute written examination (K30), a term paper (HA), a presentation (PR) and an oral examination (M). The respective element is weighted with 25 points (25 percent).
- Exam duration and scope
Written examination within the scope of the portfolio examination: See the respective valid study regulations.
Term paper as part of the portfolio examination: approx. 10-15 pages
Presentation as part of the portfolio examination: approx. 8-12 minutes
Oral examination within the scope of the portfolio examination: see general part of the examination regulations.
The requirements are specified in the respective concrete course.
- Recommended prior knowledge
Successful completion of module B1 or equivalent previous knowledge
- Knowledge Broadening
Students have a broad and integrated understanding of technical language.
- Knowledge deepening
Students will be able to explain the structure and content of scientific texts in the foreign language.
- Knowledge Understanding
Students will be able to identify and name the differences in health care systems.
- Application and Transfer
The students critically analyze nursing science texts.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students can confidently engage in professional contexts in the foreign language.
- Literature
Aktuelle Literaturliste wird zur Veranstaltung bekanntgegeben.
* Current literature list will be distributed in the course.
- Applicability in study programs
- Business Management in the Health Sector
- Business Management in the Health Sector, B.A.
- Person responsible for the module
- DiDomenico, Raphael
- Teachers
- DiDomenico, Raphael