The course provides the necessary methodological tools to:
1. implement the strategies, techniques and knowledge of the specificities of oral business communication in English at a C1 level (CEFR);
2. be capable of applying the skills above to comprehend and produce complex texts in the field of economics;
3. be able to communicate orally about general topics at a C1 level;
4. be capable of sustaining an oral debate concerning advanced economic matters at a C1 level;
5. be able to speak in public in professional contexts.
COMPREHENSION KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
At the end of the course, students will have the good lexical and linguistic-communicative bases (at a C1 level) that are necessary to practice English for Business Communication in context (C1 oral).
APPLICATION OF NOTIONS AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS
At the end of the course, students will be informed of and capable of interpreting oral and written texts (at a C1 level) related to the following topics: ‘‘The global markeplace, The multicultural workforce, Communicating in Business through cross-linguistic barriers, Public Speaking in Business Communication, Reading and Interpreting an Annual report, International English for International Business’. They will also be capable of applying such knowledge to produce oral texts concerning business communication at a C1 level and to argument orally in professional contexts. He will master the basics of public speaking skills in international business contexts.
INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT
At the end of the course, students will be able to identify the most appropriate methods to analyse texts in English at a C1 level about the following areas: ‘The global markeplace, the multicultural workforce, Communicating in Business through cross-linguistic barriers, Public Speaking in Business Communication, Reading and Interpreting an Annual report, International English for International Business’.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
At the end of the course, students will be very good at describing orally the concepts in English (at a C1 level) concerning the semantic areas that have been dealt with during the course by means of oral texts using very accurate and appropriate language.
LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the course, students will be able to apply acquired linguistic notions and learning methodologies to contexts and contents going beyond those dealt with during the course and know how to independently analyse new topics on business and management. Moverover, he is able to speak of many different and varied business topics in public in front of an international audience, by knowing also some specified techniques related to the correct usage of the voice, body language, efficacy and efficiency in oral communication.