LAN110 Corporate Finance
A Linguistic Communication Academy course built from the LAN 110 materials on corporate finance and financial reporting: company law, business structures, bookkeeping, auditing, accounting principles, assets, depreciation, cash-flow reporting, financial statements, agile finance, and assessment practice.
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9h
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Modules
Course orientation: finance language and reporting goals
Set the LAN110 context, define the expected business-English outcomes, and connect corporate finance vocabulary to financial reporting tasks.
Company law and forms of business
Compare sole traders, partnerships, limited companies, corporations, subsidiaries, shareholders, creditors, liability, and bankruptcy risk.
Capital, shares, creditors, and venture finance
Explain how companies raise capital through shares, prospectuses, banks, venture capital, and other financing sources while managing creditor claims.
Bookkeeping fundamentals
Introduce bookkeeping records, transactions, accounts, accuracy, and the role of financial premises in reliable reporting.
Auditing and reporting reliability
Clarify what auditing checks, why accuracy matters, and how stakeholders use audited information to trust financial statements.
Accounting principles for financial reports
Practice the continuity principle and core reporting assumptions that guide how income, expenses, assets, and liabilities are recognized.
Types of assets: tangible, intangible, current, and wasting assets
Classify assets and explain how different asset types affect valuation, reporting, operations, and business interpretation.
Depreciation, wear, write-offs, and asset value
Compare straight-line and declining depreciation, explain wear and tear, and practice language for writing off assets.
Cash flow and funds-flow statements
Read cash-flow and funds-flow information, distinguish cash from profit, and discuss liquidity using finance vocabulary.
Financial statements: structure and interpretation
Bring together company law, accounting records, assets, liabilities, cash flow, and reporting principles to interpret complete statements.
Agile finance, budgeting limits, and throughput accounting
Use the Finance Agile references to discuss why traditional budgeting can constrain innovation and how throughput accounting reframes performance.
Assessment workshop: definitions and reporting assignment
Prepare for the LAN110 evaluation by explaining key terms in English and drafting a 300-word report on a financial reporting assignment.