The course syllabus consists of the following: 

• the material contained in the EBC2 Coursebook and
  
• all keywords in the New Handbook of Business English listed in the Coursebook

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

• LO1: to demonstrate a level of general English competence equivalent to B2 on the Common European Framework with respect to reading and writing skills;
• LO2: to understand and apply concepts from certain business and economic fields (companies, corporate structures, business combinations, financial management, securities markets, banking, payment instruments, currencies, the balance of payments, national economies, and economic policy) 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, to discuss the above fields in an appropriate manner, to understand the principles of paragraphing, and to apply these to a range of paragraph types (in particular, graph descriptions & interpretations, and simple arguments);
• LO4: to combine the various abilities mentioned above in order to understand intermediate-level written texts about the above business and economic fields, and to write communicatively-effective short (one- or two-paragraph) texts, both descriptive and analytical, relating to them.

In addition, this course fosters the following skills:

• Explanation and summary in German (or other native language) of English texts relating to the business fields mentioned
• Improved aural/oral skills
• Improved ability to analyse and understand texts in general
• Effective university-level study

Classes are of a workshop nature and involve a wide range of activities based on the course literature designed to develop the requisite skills and knowledge.

These will include some or all of the following:

• response to student questions and other discussion about tricky content,
• reading and working with texts;
• development of paragraph-writing skills
• further language development, involving both vocabulary and more advanced structures;
• writing and evaluating of short texts in response to instructions.

Some activities will take the form of pair or small-group work.

In order to pass this course you must satisfy ALL the following three criteria

• attend the classes of the LV for which you are registered, and participate actively in them;
• submit a written home exercise as directed by your instructor;
• score at least 60 per cent on the written final test.

If you wish to take this course you must register for an individual class (LV) using the LPIS system. Please note that individual instructors are NOT concerned with registration.

For exact dates and times of classes, please see the WU's Directory of Classes (Vorlesungsverzeichnis / VVZ). Having registered for a class you must attend it and no other throughout the semester. You do not need to register separately for the Final Test (PI).

In order to take EBC2 you must have:

• satisfied the general requirement for progression to Part II (2. Abschnitt) of your degree; and
• passed EBC1 (official title: Fremdsprachliche Wirtschaftskommunikation I - Englisch) NO LATER THAN THE END OF THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER (ie at the June exam in order to take EBC2 in the following WS, at the January exam in order to take it in the following SS).

The ONLY EXCEPTIONS to this second requirement are students who receive a 'Selbsterhalter' grant. If if you are in this category and wish to be allowed to progress to EBC2 following an October or February/March EBC1 exam, please present a copy of your grant 'Bescheid' at the Central Office ('Sekretariat') of the Institute for English Business Communication at least a week before the exam takes place.