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Advanced English, 6 ECTS credits.
/Advanced English/
For:
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KTS
MT
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The course is not available for exchange students
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 30
Rec. self-study hours: 130
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Area of Education: Humanities
Main field of studies: Other subjects
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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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.
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 and summarise 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
- demonstrate cultural awareness
- 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
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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 course runs over the entire autumn semester.
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Course contents:
All students will be required to:
- Read, review and present a novel of their choice, written in English
- Participate in meetings and discussions
- Take and write up the minutes from business meetings
- Pratice various forms of writing, including business letters, reports and essays
- Participate in a debate
- Critically oppose the work of other students
- Write a reflective analysis of their own language performance in the debate
- Make presentations on a variety of topics to both smaller and larger groups
Students will be shown how to write and organise a curriculum vitae and covering letter and be given the opportunity to write their own with individual feedback
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:
Compendium, English language novel of choice
Recommended literature
- Hewings, Martin (2005) Advanced Grammar in Use (with answers)
- Swan, Michael (1997 edition or later) Practical English Usage
- Heffernan and Lincoln, (1994 edition or later)Writing, a college handbook
- Norstedts Stora Ordbok svensk-engelska/engelsk-svenska
- Longman�?Ts Advanced Learner�?Ts Dictionary or any other good monolingual English dictionary
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Successfully completed assignments
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3 ECTS
3 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Johan Holtström
Examiner:
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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