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Advanced English, 6 ECTS credits.
/Advanced English/
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 40
Rec. self-study hours: 120
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Area of Education: Humanities
Subject area: English
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Advancement level
(A-D): C
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Aim:
The aim of the course is to help students to develop their English language skills, both written and oral and to be able to apply them in intercultural contexts, both academic and professional, at work and on social occasions.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
A good pass grade in one of the basic English courses given at LiU or an internationally recognised equivalent.
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Supplementary courses:
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Organisation:
As the course is communicative in nature, teaching is in lesson or seminar form, and active participation on the part of each individual student is required. The main part of the course will be common to both Swedish students and foreign students, but certain parts will be read separately. The course will run over both periods of the autumn term.
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Course contents:
All students will be required to:
- Read, review and present a book written in English
- Participate in meetings and discussions
- Take and write up the minutes from business meetings
- Pratice various forms of report writing
- Write business letters
- Participate in a group project
- Make presentations on a variety of topics to both smaller and larger groups
In addition: Swedish students will be required to translate to and from English. Foreign students will have pronunciation, writing and presentation practice. This will be based on social and cultural aspects of Sweden, Britain and the USA, and comparing and contrasting these with their own countries. After completing the course, the student is expected to have increased his/her language and cultural awareness, extended his/her vocabulary and become more accurate in both speaking and writing. The student should be able to:
- recognise, use and define a variety of terms related to business, science and technology
- be able to explain the political system and describe a variety of cultural institutions in their country
- identity the main points of a longer text
- review, report and discuss articles and texts which relate to business and economics, science and technology as well as to more general areas
- differentiate between a variety of registers and select the most appropriate in the context
- interpret, compare and contrast graphs and statistics
- operate effectively in a team
- formulate thoughts and ideas in an appropriately professional manner
- organise written work and presentations effectively and in a suitably professional manner
- select and apply the correct terminology in a variety of contexts
- assess his/her own language strengths and weaknesses and be able to plan and execute remedial measures
Students will be directed to resources which can help them to work with their own, individual language weaknesses and each student is expected to take personal responsibility for this learning process.
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Course literature:
Will be advised at the beginning of the course
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Successfully completed assignments
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2 p
2 p
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Course language is English.
Department offering the course: EKI.
Director of Studies: Frank-Gilles Miciol
Examiner: Pamela Vang
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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