The modules for Wirtschaftsenglisch have changed:

• Wirtschaftsenglisch 1 is at B1 level—available WS 2024-25
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 2 is at B2 level—available WS 2024-25
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 3 is at C1 level—available WS 2024-25
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 4 is at C1 level—available from SS 2025
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 5 is at C1 level—available from WS 2025-26

The modules are aimed at students on BWL, IBWL and EES degree programmes. They engage with economic and business topics as a vehicle for developing language skills.

Full module information can be found in the Sprachenzentrum Modulhandbook.

Any student wanting to take a Wirtschaftsenglisch module has to take a placement test. The placement test has a diagnostic function only:

• you do not need to prepare for the placement test
• the test has no connection to any of the Wirtschaftsenglisch module exams

The Wirtschaftsenglisch Placement Test is held online in this VC:

• test access begins: 16.09.2024
• test access closes: 10.10.2024

The test has to be completed within 60 minutes and cannot be interrupted.

Instructions

Register in FlexNow for the module level you would like to take.

• FlexNow will direct you to take the Wirtschaftsenglisch Placement Test and give you the VC password.
• Take the placement test.

Upon ending the test, you immediately receive your result, indicating your current language level.

• If this result is different to the level of module you have registered for in FlexNow, then de-register from the module, and re-register for the recommended level module.

Attention

The Wirtschaftsenglisch Placement Test is not a substitute for nor an equivalent of the Anglistik/Amerikanistik-Einstufungstest. Any students (including Erasmus students) planning on attending courses at the Institute for English and American Studies (in literature, linguistics, cultural studies or TEFL), should take the Anglistik/Amerikanistik-Einstufungstest.

UnivIS

Each Wirtschaftsenglisch module consists of two 90 minute lessons per week.

• The lessons are set up in fixed pairings labelled A, B, C, etc.
• Check UnivIS to find the day/times involved for each lesson pairing—use the links given below
• In FlexNow, only select lesson pairs for which you can actually attend both lessons involved

FlexNow Registration

• opens: 16.09.2024
• closes: 10.10.2024

In FlexNow, make lesson selections as follows:

• Wirtschaftsenglisch 1—two selections (from A, B, C)
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 2—three selections (from A, B, C, D, E, F)
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 3—two selections (from A, B, C, D)
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 4—not available this semester
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 5—not available this semester

FlexNow Allocation

On 11.10.2024, FlexNow will allocate you to one of your selections, sending you an email with the details.

• Occasionally, FlexNow will allocate you to the waiting list—simply follow the instructions you are sent.

• Wirtschaftsenglisch 1, UnivIS
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 2, UnivIS
• Wirtschaftsenglisch 3, UnivIS
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