Programme (taught in English)
Students will acquire knowledge of specific lexis and register patterns related to appropriate professional communication and gain familiarity with how people interact in an English-speaking business environment. Among the several contexts in which competence will be developed we might stress the following:
· Job applications, preparing a CV, writing a covering letter, preparing for an interview.
· Making contact, developing a good relationship at work, using the right level of register, making conversation in person and on the telephone..
· Making presentations, using audiovisuals, presenting ideas, using body language, dealing with questions.
· Participating in meetings, organizing matters under discussion, presenting arguments, showing agreement/disagreement, interrupting and resisting interruption, summarising and closing.
· Writing professional reports, minutes and correspondence (e-mails and letters), format, level of register, sentence and paragraph organization, specific terminology.
· Ethical principles at work.
The aim of the course is to further develop the student's abilities to interact in relevant professional contexts and to fluently and clearly respond, both orally and in writing, within well-structured and organised formats in various contexts related to everyday professional life. Reading, writing, listening and speaking skills will be integrated in order for students to develop fluency, efficiency and effectiveness, thus transferring mastery-level competence into active skills in the specific context of professional communication.
· Evaluation
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Homework - Correspondence |
10% |
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Homework – Film analysis |
10% |
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Participation |
20% |
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Written test Report & Letter |
30% |
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Speaking test - Presentation |
15% |
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Speaking test - Meeting |
15% |
Bibliography
Communicating across cultures, Bob Dignen, Cambridge Professional English
English for Business Communication, Simon Sweeney, Cambridge University Press
Telephoning in English, B. Jean Naterop et al., Cambridge Professional English
Read this! Business writing that works, Robert Gentle, Pearson
International Negotiations, Mark Powell, Cambridge Professional
Dynamic presentations, Mark Powell, Cambridge Professional English
Company to company, Andrew Littlejohn, Cambridge Professional English
In at the deep end, Vicky Hollett et. al., Oxford University Press
Business grammar builder, Paul Emmerson, Macmillan
Business Grammar and practice, Michael Duckworth, Oxford
Professional English in Use, Bill Mascull, Cambridge