The EBC1 syllabus consists of the following:

• all material contained in the EBC1 Coursebook
• all keywords in the New Handbook of Business English listed in the Coursebook
• all grammatical issues covered in those sections of the Mautner grammar (see 'Literature' below) explictly mentioned in the EBC1 Coursebook
  
  

LEARNING OUTCOMES (LOs)
After attending this course, students will be able:

• LO1: to demonstrate a level of general English competence equivalent at least to B2 (lower) on the Common European Framework with respect to reading and writing skills;                                                                                                                              
• LO2: to understand and apply important concepts from the fields of business organisations, business transactions, personnel management and marketing, and to recall as required the essential terminology associated with them;                                                                                                                                             
• LO3: to recall at will, and use, the English equivalents of basic German terminology from these fields, as well as other typical features (structures, collocations, prepositional usage, etc) of the associated language;                                                                                   
• LO4: to combine the various abilities mentioned above in order to understand lower-intermediate level written texts about the above business fields, and to write, in context, short, appropriate passages of communications relating to them.

In addition, this course fosters the following soft skills:

• Ability to explain and summarise, in German (or other native language), English texts relating to the business fields mentioned
• Improved aural/oral skills

EBC1 is divided into ten units, each centred on an aspect of one of the business fields mentioned above and divided into three parts, dealing with business content and terminology, language, and text comprehension and production, respectively. EBC1 classes (one for each of these units) involve a range of activities based on the course literature, including:

• discussion of tricky content issues;
• vocabulary development and reinforcement of grammatical structures;
• listening comprehension; and
• examination preparation.

EBC1 is assessed by means of a single examination held three times each semester, in the three University examination weeks. As for all LVP classes, you must register separately for the examination using the LPIS system.

In general, no dictionaries or other reference materials are allowed in the exam.Exceptionally, if you are neither a German nor an English nativespeaker, you may use a bilingual dictionary of German and your mothertongue (but NOT any form of electronic translation device).

The exam lasts 2 hours and consists of two parts. Please note that these constitute a single examination. If you fail it, for whatever reason,you must re-sit both parts.

In order to pass the EBC1 examination, you must score:

• at least 20 of the 40 points available for Part I;
• at least 60 of the 100 points available for Part II;
• an overall percentage score* of at least 60%
  * Your overall percentage score is calculated as follows:
  (Part I percentage + 3 x Part II percentage) / 4.
  In other words, Part II counts for three times as much as Part I.

Please note that ALL these criteria must be satisfied at A SINGLE exam.

Notealso that if you score in the range 20-23 on Part I, you will need toscore more than 60 in Part II in order to satisfy the requirement for60% overall.

If you fail to satisfy ANY of the above requirements, you will be awarded a grade of '5'.
Ifyou satisfy ALL the above requirements, you will be awarded a positive grade onthe basis of your overall percentage score (PS), as follows:

• PS 60-67 -> Grade 4
• PS 68-75 -> Grade 3
• PS 76-84 -> Grade 2
• PS >85 -> Grade 1

Registration
You can register for an individual EBC1 class (LV) ONLY by means of the LPIS system. For exact dates and times of classes, please see the WU's Directory of Classes (Vorlesungsverzeichnis / VVZ). Having registered for a class you should attend it - and no other - throughout the semester.

Registration for the EBC1 exam is done separately, again via LPIS.