Modul Business English for Health Care Management

Code:	272150
Module title:	Business English for Health Care Management
Version:	1.0 (01/2021)
Last update:	23.10.2024
Responsible person:	Ass. Lübeck, Ulrike u.luebeck@hszg.de

Offered in 2 study courses:	Health Care Management (B.A.) valid from class 2021
	Health Care Management (B.A.) valid from class 2024

Semester according to time table:	WiSe (winter semester)
Module level:	Bachelor/Diplom
Duration:	1 semester
Status:	compulsory module
Place where the module will be offered:	Görlitz
Language of Instruction:	English

Workload* in

SCH **

semester

hours

ECTS Credits

1

2

3

4

5

6

L

S

P

O

L

S

P

O

L

S

P

O

L

S

P

O

L

S

P

O

L

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P

O

150

5

4.0

0

4

0

0

*	Overall workload per module (1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 30 hours)
**	One semester credit hour (SCH) corresponds to a workload / class meeting of 45 minutes per week in a semester

Self study time in hours	total	subdivided into
	105	70 Preperation of contact hours	15 Preparation of exam	20 Others

Learning and teaching methods:	The module content is taught in the form of exercises that serve to impart knowledge, train subject-specific practical skills and methodology and to work on exemplary tasks in cooperation between teachers and students.

Further information:

The module examination consists of three examinations, one of which is a 90-minute group examination with 3 examinees. Students who do not have the recommended prior knowledge of English must acquire this on their own responsibility.



Exam(s)
Assessments	Major written exam	90 min	33.3%
	Major oral exam	15 min	33.3%
	als Gruppenprüfung Major oral exam	90 min	33.3%

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Syllabus plan/Content:	- goal-oriented reading, summarising / reproducing important information - use/analysis of graphical representations - use of specialised vocabulary in the context of healthcare management - business correspondence - situational effective telephoning - conference language, case studies, cultural studies

Learning Outcomes:
Subject-specific skills and competences:	After completing the module, students will be able to - understand the content of extensive job-related spoken and written texts - describe and evaluate graphical representations - write coherent and clearly structured general and subject-related texts using a wide range of linguistic devices - prepare English-language lectures/presentations and deliver them in an appropriate and customer-oriented manner - converse fluently and spontaneously on general, subject-related and professional topics without major constraints - handle various communication situations (e.g. negotiations, presentations, telephone calls) in a customer-oriented manner. In addition, a broad specialised vocabulary will have been acquired.
Generic competences (Personal and key skills):	After successful participation in this module, students will be able to: - use a variety of media, methods and social competences in a differentiated way to achieve the above subject competences - work independently, but also in (small) groups - to deal with intercultural differences and gender-specific issues and to think and act in intercultural contexts - to think and act in an interdisciplinary way

Pre-requisites:	A-level or comparable previous knowledge of English (level B1)

Literature:

Feiertag/Hooton/Maderdonner: Business to Business, 2. Auflage, Stuttgart, Ernst Klett Verlag, 2013 Cotton/Falvey/Kent: Market Leader, 7th impression, Harlow, Pearson Education Limited, 2014 Paul Emmerson: Business English Handbook Advanced, 15th impression, London, Macmillan Education, 2018 B.Mascull: Business Vocabulary in Use, 2. Auflage, Stuttgart, Ernst Klett Verlag, 2018 Allum/Wrathall: Cambridge English for Nursing B2, Cambridge, CUP, 2010 Glendinning/Howard: Professional English in Use - Medicine, Cambridge, CUP, 2006 Keith Kelly: Science (Macmillan Vocabulary Practice Series), Oxford, Macmillan, 2008