651 English Language for Specific Purposes
Content
- Strategies for learning vocabulary of English for specific purposes
- Intercultural context and English
- Interpretation of professional texts in English
- Sentence and paragraph structure in professional texts
- Definitions of terms and concepts
- Use of dictionaries and terminology data bases
- Formal correspondence writing (email, letter writing, application forms)
- Job profiles in public sector
- Applying for a job in English
- Formal language features in attending a job interview
- Legal texts in English
- Features of cademic English
- Public speakingskills in English
- Presentation of an academic article in English
- Features of oral business communication in English (politeness strategies, appropriate intonation, features of connected speech)
Objectives and competences
Student
- can use specific vocabulary to speak and write about thoughts on different topics related to study by explaining the main points with reasonable precision.
- can express him/herself on topics related to administrative science topics.
- has a sufficient vocabulary to express him/herself with some circumlocutions on most topics related to administration science.
- displays the ability to act appropriately in different intercultural contexts .
- can exploit a wide range of simple language flexibly to construct new knpowledge in the field of study and work.
- can use IT tools to construct and expand the existing knowledge in English.
Competences
- ability for written and spoken intercourse and the ability to read and undestand the texts in demanding every-day study and professional situations.
- knowledge of vocabulary and functional grammar and an awareness of the main types of verbal interaction and registers of language of professional conventions.
- skills to understand spoken messages, to initiate, sustain and conclude conversations.
- ability to read and understand texts appropriate to the individual’s needs.
- ability to use aids (IT technology) appropriately, and learn languages also informally as part of lifelong learning.
- positive attitude and tolerance towards cultural differences and speakers of foreign languages.