International Teaching | SPECIALIST ENGLISH LABORATORY I
International Teaching SPECIALIST ENGLISH LABORATORY I
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SPECIALIST ENGLISH LABORATORY I
| 0323100048 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES | |
| EQF7 | |
| CORPORATE COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA | |
| 2024/2025 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-LIN/12 | 2 | 40 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| GENERAL OBJECTIVES: THE COURSE AIMS TO HAVE STUDENTS OBTAIN LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH AT THE B2+ LEVEL ACCORDING TO THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE. IT FURTHER AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH WITHIN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS, AS WELL AS TO UNDERSTAND AND USE SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND SPECIALIZED TEXTS IN ENGLISH PERTINENT TO STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL FIELDS. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY ELEMENTS AND STRATEGIES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS TO THE ANALYSIS AND PRODUCTION OF TEXTS IN ACADEMIC AND SPECIALIZED ENGLISH; DEMONSTRATE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHONOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, SYNTACTIC, AND SEMANTIC FEATURES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND OF THE SYNTACTIC AND LEXICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPECIALIZED ENGLISH (I.E., ENGLISH FOR CORPORATE COMMUNICATION); APPLY LINGUISTIC, COMMUNICATIVE, AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE OF WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH. MAKING JUDGEMENTS: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT, USE, AND ANALYZE RELIABLE ENGLISH SOURCES AND ASSESS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THEIR (ORAL AND WRITTEN) ENGLISH PRODUCTS. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH AT THE B2+ LEVEL IN AN EFFECTIVE AND FLEXIBLE MANNER. LEARNING SKILLS: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THEIR LANGUAGE SKILLS, EVEN AUTONOMOUSLY. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| - |
| Contents | |
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| THE COURSE COVERS THE FOLLOWING OVERARCHING THEMES: -ENGLISHES AND ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA (8H) -INTERCULTURAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (8H) -ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES (8H) - FORMAL REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS (8H) -COMMUNICATING FOR EMPLOYMENT (8H) INSIGHTS INTO PHONOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, SYNTACTIC, AND SEMANTIC FEATURES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SPECIALIZED ENGLISH CONTENT. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH. THE COURSE IS A LABORATORY AND LESSONS ARE THEREFORE INTERACTIVE AND PRACTICAL IN NATURE, AND COMPRISE COLLECTIVE BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITIES, APPLIED EXERCISES, AND A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES TO DISCUSS ASPECTS OF SPECIALIZED ENGLISH. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THE FINAL ASSESSMENT CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN EXAM AND AN ORAL EXAM. THE 60 MINUTE WRITTEN EXAM AIMS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH STUDENTS HAVE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCES IN SPECIALIZED ENGLISH. THE WRITTEN EXAM MUST BE PASSED TO ACCESS THE ORAL EXAM. THE ORAL EXAM AIMS TO DETERMINE WHETHER STUDENTS HAVE ACQUIRED SPECIALIZED ENGLISH SKILLS AND CAN COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH AT THE B2+ LEVEL. THE ORAL EXAM IS BASED ON THE DISCUSSION OF THE THEMES OF THE COURSE. THE EXAM OUTCOME IS: PASS/FAIL. |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| RAYMOND, MURPHY. 2019. ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE (FIFTH EDITION). CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IS PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE AND IS AVAILABLE ON TEAMS. |
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