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ENL-40017 - Module Specification
Language Centre
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 15 December 2025

ENL-40017 - Advanced Business English Communication for Postgraduates
Coordinator: Russell Clark Room: CBB0.027 Tel: +44 1782 7 34293
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733960

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

Any other ENL- module (English Language module) in the same academic year.


Description for 2025/26

In this highly competitive climate you need something to set you apart from others. This module will provide you with the specialist knowledge and professional communication skills you will require if you wish to pursue a career in business.
This highly practical module will build upon and complement your existing language skills by working on themes such as negotiating strategies and presenting visual information (Pecha Kucha). Revision of essential grammatical structures and functional areas of language as well as building a subject-specific bank of key words will provide you with the confidence to engage fluently and competently in a variety of business contexts.

Aims
To enable students to have the linguistic confidence to engage competently within a business context.

Intended Learning Outcomes

consistently utilise appropriate language to express business concepts within specified contexts: 1
produce clear and linguistically accurate written pieces of communication within a business context: 1
research, prepare and produce a presentation of professional content designed to inform or persuade an audience: 2
respond to unprepared questions on a topic that has been researched and prepared: 2
develop techniques and strategies to communicate personal ideas effectively: 1,2

Study hours

22 hours classwork time-hour lectures
70 hours pre-class preparation and formative coursework
58 hours assignment preparation


School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Workbook weighted 80%
5 linked writing tasks based on a business project
Students will produce linked writing tasks related to a business context including a business proposal, letter of request, email response, business plan and report, totalling approximately 1,750 words.

2: Presentation weighted 20%
Individual business presentation
Students will deliver a 5 minute individual pecha kucha style presentation.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 15 December 2025