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English and Another Foreign Language (German or French) and Business Communication
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Summary of the Profile
Objective(s) of a study programme:
To prepare specialists with interdisciplinary education – linguistics and business communication – who will know the business terminology in Lithuanian, English, German or French and will have the fundamentals in business communication and will be able to use the business language proficiency in the field of international business management.
Learning outcomes:
1. Knowledge, application of knowledge
a. Fundamental knowledge and understanding of business communication.
b. The ability to analyze and apply the fundamental knowledge in the use of business terminology in English and German or French.
2. Ability to carry out research
a. Understanding of differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods and the ability to apply them in the analysis of business discourse in Lithuanian, English, German or French.
b. The ability to establish research results and draw conclusions on business discourse in English and German or French.
3. Special skills
a. The ability to integrate fundamental knowledge on business communication in professional background.
b. The ability to apply modern digital technologies in the field of business discourse.
c. The ability to translate (written translation and oral interpretation) business texts into Lithuanian, English and German or French.
4. Social skills
a. The ability to understand and analyze business communication situations and apply effective solutions identifying modern social business development challenges.
b. The ability to provide argument based business information using multimodal environments and digital technologies and the ability to assess the business information.
5. Personal skills
a. The ability to develop the competence of learning to learn, i.e. the ability to individually plan the learning process, choose the direction of improvement and individual education.
b. The ability to communicate with foreign partners in the process of implementation of different business projects.
c. Develop the sense of moral responsibility for personal activities, the results achieved and their effect on social, economic and cultural development of the society, the wellbeing and the environment.
Activities of teaching and learning:
1. Receptive methods: academic lecture, didactic conversation, demonstration of pictures, slides, films, use of literature sources, teaching materials.
2. Productive methods: oral and written presentations, verification conversation (questioning, colloquium, credit test, exam) based on the tasks, help to receive the feedback.
3. Exercises completed at seminars: contextual exercises (giving comments, explanations), creativity exercises ( raising scientific problem and hipotheses, verification and proof) based on mutual work of a teacher and a student.
4. Euristic methods: euristic conversation, discussion, logical proof, brainstorming, information search make a student to actively participate in discussions, share experience, develop critical thinking.
5. Research methods: work with scientific literature, research results (presentation, summary, etc.) develop the ability of a student to carry out scientific research individually.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Assessment methods employed are: monitoring, interactive tests, oral questioneer, work during seminars, analysis of literature and scientific sources, assessment of an essay on a chosen topic, assessment of research results (presentation, abstract), assessment of research and creative work, open discussion of project results, team work, colloquium, exam. Each course unit has its own assessment criteria whic are related to study goals.
Assessment of students is based on ten-point system and the system of the accumulative grade. The assessment of individual work of a student during the term is a constituent part of the final grade.
Individual work tasks, the system and time of their assessment are presented in course unit description cards. Mid-term assessment, individual tasks (essays, abstracts, colloquims, tests, creativity tasks) during the term are separately graded. During the final exam the final mark is given.
The study program ends with presentation of Master’s degree thesis and open defence of the thesis during which the competences of a student are assessed.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
The program consists of 120 ECTS credits. The structure of the program: study field subjects – 60 ECTS credits, Business Communication field subjects – 30 ECTS credits. Work on the Master’s degree thesis and the open defence of the paper cover 30 ECTS credits.
Term 1. Students study the following subjects: Business Discourse in English and German or French Russian 1, Discourse Analysis – the goal is to develop ability to analyse and properly use business terminology in different business communication environments. The subject Methodology of research work/Linguistic research introduces specific strategies and characteristics of modern research work. The study unit Business Establishment Principles analyzes the key requirements for the establishment of business company. Students decide on the topic of final MA Thesis and start work on their research.
Term 2 covers the following subjects: Business discourse in English and German or French 2, Business discourse in Lithuanian, Leadership and Business Ethics. The following aternatives are provided: Intercultural Communication and Economic Evaluation of Business Environment.
Term 3. Students focus on translation issues. The course units cover Text analysis and translation to/from Lithuanian, English and German or French. Students also study Rethoric in Business Communication. The subjects Strategic Communication and Business Projects Methodology introduce key principles of business communication and requirements and terms of delivery and management of business projects.
Term 2 and Term 3 are also devoted to the analysis of research materials and writing of graduation paper.
Term 4 is devoted to final writing and defence of MA Thesis.
Specialisations:
Optional courses:
Term 2: students can choose 1 alternative subject in the field of Business Communication: Intercultural Communication and Economic Evaluation of Business Environment.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
The program combines the Humanities (Linguistics) and Social studies (Business Communication) and provides graduates with Master’s Degree in Linguistics.
