Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2025-26

The subject of "economic-financial English" develops contents and skills which are basic in the Master’s academic training. Language knowledge and business communicative strategies are two of the fundamental pillars in the students’ future professional specialization as they cover two of the professional areas with most demand today. This subject is complemented by the equivalent: "Economic and financial Spanish".

 

 

Learning outcomes / Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26

Skills/Skills

  • CE02 : Apply the theories, models and linguistic tools that are relevant for study and research of the IFE.
  • CE04 : Master the specific terminology of different kinds of the IFE in the contexts where they are used.
  • CE11 : Use the perspectives, theories and analysis techniques that are essential for constructing the theoretical framework of Forensic Linguistics.
  • CG03 : Ability to apply acquired knowledge and solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader or multidisciplinary contexts related to specialised languages.
  • CG08 : Use technological resources to obtain, manage, analyse, interpret and transmit information: databases, translators, proofreaders, tools, word processors, multimedia presentations, etc.

 

Conocimientos/Contenidos

  • CG01 : Know how to apply the main perspectives, theories, techniques and analysis models in the field of interdisciplinary research of linguistics applied to the study of the IFE.
  • CG02 : Know how to apply the main perspectives, theories, techniques and analysis models in the field of interdisciplinary research of linguistics applied to the study of the EFE.
  • CG04 : Know how to integrate knowledge and deal with the complexity of giving opinions on the basis of information that may be incomplete or limited and includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities associated with applying their knowledge and judgements in academic and research contexts.

 

Skills/Competences

  • CE06 : Be able to analyse the communicative genres of the different varieties of IFE.
  • CE09 : Be able to transmit the techniques of Plain English and its application to legal English.
  • CE17 : Be able to elucidate the linguistic nature that distinguishes the varieties of IFE: the terminology, syntax, rhetorical organisation and communicative strategies.
  • CE18 : Be able to control the idiosyncratic subtleties and cultural and social differences that are essential for interpersonal communication in academic and professional settings (cultural values, rules of courtesy, non-verbal communication, etc.).
  • CE19 : Be able to use the communicative and discursive techniques common to most of the discourses of the speciality, which serve to achieve different communicative purposes (techniques of argumentation, exposition, description, narration, explanation, etc.).
  • CE20 : Be able to present research carried out in the field of specialised languages using the means of scientific knowledge transmission.
  • CE22 : Be able to prepare effective texts in the different languages of the speciality, oral and written, in English and Spanish, according to the contextual and discursive needs and expectations.
  • CE25 : Be able to use existing resources to obtain, handle, interpret, manage and transmit information: databases, written and oral corpora, Internet and ICTs.
  • CE32 : Be able to manage and evaluate documentary resources that enable the adequate comprehension, production or translation of specialised texts from English to Spanish and vice versa.
  • CE33 : Ability to give an academic presentation orally in English and Spanish in academic and research contexts.
  • CE36 : Ability to apply linguistic knowledge to researching some aspect related to the languages of the speciality (English and Spanish).
  • CG05 : Possess the ability to develop self-learning in academic and research environments in specialised languages.
  • CG06 : Ability to choose or design the appropriate working method to achieve the proposed objectives in academic and research environments in specialised languages.
  • CG07 : Ability to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons behind them to specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner in academic and research environments of specialised languages.
  • CG10 : Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams in international academic contexts.
  • CG11 : Ability to adapt to new situations.
  • CG12 : Ethical commitment.
  • CT1 : Adopt values of sustainability and social equity, supporting equality between women and men, the elimination of all discriminatory practices, social inclusion, justice, peace, and democratic and human rights principles and values.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

  • Identificar las características principales del Inglés Económico, Financiero y Comercial en sus distintas facetas y planos lingüísticos a través de textos reales representativos de los distintos ámbitos y sub ámbitos de especialidad.
  • Conocer la terminología especializada de las distintas ramas de la economía, las finanzas y el comercio internacional, así como profundizar en su uso y aplicación de forma contextualizada.
  • Participar activamente en situaciones, representaciones y tareas propias del mundo profesional mediante simulaciones basadas en la utilización del inglés como lenguaje de especialidad en las áreas de referencia.
  • Adquisición de destrezas y capacidades estratégicas a la hora de emplear la terminología y las estructuras más relevantes del Inglés Económico-Financiero en ambientes empresariales o afines a los negocios, el emprendimiento, las finanzas, el marketing, la búsqueda de talento, la promoción y financiación de proyectos, la consultoría lingüística, la dinamización corporativa y el comercio exterior.
  • Optimizar el aprovechamiento de recursos lingüísticos y terminológicos existentes con idea de crear y/o adaptar materiales propios que respondan a necesidades académicas, profesionales y profesionalizantes detectadas durante el desarrollo de la asignatura con el fin de generar un bagaje de conocimiento especializado y propio en función de las preferencias e intereses individuales y colectivos percibidos en el aula.

 

 

Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26

- Provide the necessary techniques, methods and resources used in professional business contexts.
- Differentiate between languages for specific purposes and specialized languages.
- Address the specific varieties of economic, commercial and financial English.
- Acquire and master specific oral and written language resources.
- Master, evaluate and apply information sources, documentation techniques, computer resources and specific bibliographic resources.
- Simulate typical and common situations in the English business world.

 

 

General

Code: 38615
Lecturer responsible:
Llorens Simón, Eva María
Credits ECTS: 3,00
Theoretical credits: 0,40
Practical credits: 0,80
Distance-base hours: 1,80

Departments involved

  • Dept: English Philology
    Area: English Studies
    Theoretical credits: 0,4
    Practical credits: 0,8
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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