Languages

Communication in the Workplace (Post-Intermediate)

Module code: Q1109B
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Seminar
Assessment modes: Distance exam, Coursework

The English for Business and Professional Purposes module offers training in all the communication skills required to undertake academic business and professional studies and to participate or interact in business and other working environments. It will focus on the extended reading and writing skills required in essays, reports, assignments, and general business and professional communication. It will also offer training in the listening and speaking skills required to understand and contribute to seminars, tutorials and lectures on business and professional subjects and to prepare you for oral communication in business and professional practice, at a post-intermediate level of English language competence.

Module learning outcomes

• Deal effectively with the reading and writing requirements of business and professional academic courses, read and evaluate relevant secondary sources, and developing well-structured and coherent written arguments at an advanced level of linguistic competence (Common European Framework, Level C1).
• Interpret and analyse extended texts (spoken or written) typically found in business and professional environments or courses.
• Create business and professional texts containing genre-specific language, at an advanced level of linguistic competence (CEFR Level C1), and showing awareness of cultural features.
• Present, discuss and summarise and discuss business-related information and issues in academic settings and professional speech events, at an advanced level of linguistic competence (CEFR Level C1).