Course detail
English Skills for Workplace Communication
FSI-0SE Acad. year: 2021/2022 Summer semester
The course is intended to teach soft skills in English and provide students with the basics of business English they will need in their future careers.
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
4
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course is aimed at developing soft skills and provides students with basics of business English at B2+ level related to their future professions. TThe focus is on spoken language and communicative skills.
Prerequisites
The minimum entry requirement is the 7AZ exam, i.e. the English knowledge corresponding to B1 level.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and worked out assigned tasks. The overal evaluation reflects students' projects.
Aims
The course is aimed at delevoping soft skills with the basic business English skills students will need in their future careers at B2+ level (upper-intermediate – advanced).
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. In well-founded cases, extra absences can be made up for after consulting the situation with the teacher. Attendance and active participation in classes are necessary conditions for taking an examination.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-OBN-P: Common Offer, Master's, elective
Programme B-OBN-P: Common Offer, Bachelor's, elective
Type of course unit
Language exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction to presentation skills, public speaking
2. Team presentations, presenting to a technical audience, handling questions
3. Brands, presentation of a product
4. Professional image
5. Business ethics
6. Meetings and negotiating
7. Socializing
8. Telephoning and email
9. Writing formal letters – covering letter, CV
10. Working internationally
11. Interviewing skills for recruitment
12. Students' projects
13. Evaluation