English

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the Course, the student should be able to:

• identify and describe some Anglophone countries/cultures;
• read, listen to, and understand authentic texts published by the Anglo- Saxon press and other information outlets or means of communication;
• accurately identify and use specific terminology;
• analyse and interpret business documents, collecting specific information;
• prepare business correspondence and academic papers with linguistic accuracy and using a proper register and format;
• make structured and linguistically accurate oral presentations;
• write a CV and a letter of application;

Study Program

1. English across the globe
   1. English as a lingua franca
   2. Anglophone cultures and societies
   3. Academic writing
2. The world of work
   1. Applying for a job: job advertisements, CV, letter of application, job interviews
   2. Business terminology: companies, people and activities
   3. Presentations
   4. Business correspondence
3. Language study
   1. Basic phonetic notions (pronunciation enhancement)
   2. Sentence forms (affirmative, negative, and interrogative)
   3. Verbs
      • Verb To Be
      • Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Pimple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect and the Future tense (form and use)
        • Contrasts:
          1. Present Simple / Present Continuous
          2. Past Simple / Past Continuous
          3. Past Simple / Present Perfect
        • Modal Verbs (form and use)

4. Time Expressions
   • Prepositions of Time
   • Adverbs of Frequency
5. Pronouns and Determiners
   • Personal Pronouns (subject and object)
   • Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Determiners
   • Reflexive Pronouns
   • Relative Pronouns
   • Demonstrative Determiners
6. Definite and Indefinite Article
7. Linking Words (argument development)

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