Class English Language I

This curricular unit aims to: - Provide students with communicational tools to enable them to express themselves effiiently, courteously and professionally in English, on topics and situations involving work and organizations, in general. - Develop vocabulary and fluency in English, in particular contexts of professional life, namely speaking on the phone (common situations). - Introduce students to short texts in English (from newspapers, magazines, information websites and blogs) on current topics. - Empower students to exchange points of view and opinions on a topic of their area of expertise in English.

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1 - Company structures Hierarchy, departments, positions, responsibilities Working conditions. Skills and qualifications. The recrutment process. Challenges at work (misconduct, hybrid work, sustainability, lfe balance) 2 - Speaking on the phone Phone messages, attempting a connection, getting through, leaving a message, wrong number. Suitable language. 3 - The contemporary world in English-language written press (UK and USA) - current topics for discussion

Almost constant use of communicative activities to the detriment of lecture by the teacher, research and sharing of information the topics individually or in group, use of an interdisciplinary approach to the topics, flipped classroom methodology, feedforward processes. 

Cotton, D.; Falvey, D et al (2015). New Language Leader. Advanced. Birmingham: Pearson Education.  Dignen, B. (2011). Communicating Across Cultures. Cambridge: CUP. Gordon Smith, D. (2007). English for telephoning. Oxford: OUP.  Mascull, B. (2017). Business Vocabulary in Use. 3rd ed., Cambridge: CUP.  O'Keeffe, M, Lansford, L. et al (2018). Business Partner - B1. n.p.: Pearson-FT Publishing.  Richey, R. (2007). English for Customer Care. Oxford: OUP.  Articles from newspapers and magazines in English (The Times, The Guardian, Guardian Weekly, Time, The Economist, The Atlantic, HuffPost).