Calendar
09/09/24: 13h00 to 16h00
Evaluation test & Test correction
Reading Comprehension: "Retailers Revamp Staffing as Fewer Shoppers Visit Stores"
11/09/24: 9h00 to 12h00 and 13h00 to 16h00
Introducing the final presentation project
Each student will present, in class, his or her Sandwich Course. This includes:
- Introducing the Sandwich course,
- Introducing yourself,
- Presenting your company,
- Describing the mission you are assigned,
- Detailing your primary activities and secondary activities.
23/09/24: 9h00 to 12h00 and 13h00 to 16h00
Listening Comprehension: "Lali Beria"
Preparing the final presentation: "My Apprenticeship"
21/10/24: 9h00 to 12h00 and 13h00 to 16h00
Listening Comprehension: "The British Retail Consortium"
Preparing the final presentation: "My Apprenticeship"
Preparing the final presentation: "My Apprenticeship"
28/10/24: 9h00 to 12h00 and 13h00 to 16h00
Listening Comprehension: "Showrooming and competing effects in shoe retailing"
04/11/24: 9h00 to 12h00 and 13h00 to 16h00
Listening Comprehension: "Integrating retail & logistics for successful omnichannel retailing"
09/12/24: 9h00 to 12h00 and 13h00 to 16h00
Using the texts studied to prepare for the "sandwich course" presentation.
13/01/25: 9h00 to 12h00 and 13h00 to 16h00
Listening comprehension: "Grocery Delivery Wars"
20/01/25: 9h00 to 12h00 and 13h00 to 16h00
Final Presentations
"My apprenticeship".
27/01/25: 9h00 to 12h00 and 13h00 à 16h00
Final Exam
Retail English: its Goal
Retail English is meant to refresh the students’ English. The goal is to help students:
- Gain a certain level of comfort with the language,
- Communicate intelligibly in English when asked to do so.
- The class is based on reading comprehension and listening comprehension exercises.
Documents studied are taken from the Wall Street Journal or podcasts from Planet Money, Marketplace, the Singapore Management University and from the Open University.
Documents will lead to in-class discussions.
Class organization:
A first exam will determine in which group students are assigned. Groups will be organized by level of student ease with the language.
Both groups will focus on moving along the calendar as it is presented. The first group will focus on discussion around the document studied. The second group will focus on vocabulary and grammar exercises based on the documents studied.
Requirements:
Students must come to class with:
- a computer/tablet,
- headphones,
- a connection to the Internet,
- a valid individual access to the Sorbonne’s EPI: “Licence Pro Commerce et distribution parcours Distrisup”.
Material used in class:
Students will mainly use the website https://be-in-charge.fr to access course material and quizzes.
Eventually, the EPI may be used for quizzing purposes.
If in need of a dictionary or a grammar book students can access for free and respectively:
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/
- https://www.englishpage.com/
Class evaluation:
- On going online quizzes: 20%
- In class participation: 15%
- Final exam: 35%
- Oral presentation: 30%
Lessons
- Sandwich Course Presentation
- Why do Retailers Revamp Staffing?
- Why Integrating Retail and Logistics is Key
- Grocery Delivery Wars
- New consumer sentiment survey
- Retail in the 21st Century
- How Lali Beria Spanish Library Survived the Pandemic
- Showrooming & Competing Effects in Retailing