Level C1+/ C2

The student

 C1

can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

C2

Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing a controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

READINGS/ VIDEOS/ LISTENING ACTIVITIES / DISCUSSIONS  RELATED TO CROSS-CULTURAL RELATIONS, BUSINESS AND COMMERCE – THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

 Various resources will be used to explore topics of interest with speaking, writing, listening and watching activities accompanied by  comprehension exercises

revision of peer work in class

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COMPOSITION  WRITING SKILLS:

1° SEMESTER

Problem/ Solution compositions

 2° SEMESTER

For / Against compositions

Compare/ Contrast compositions

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 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING SKILLS - WE WILL BE USING

 OWL at Purdue University

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/index.html

OWL at Townson University

http://webapps.towson.edu/ows/index.asp

OTHER RESOURCES WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE YEAR

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GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH, AND VOCABULARY:

 Explanations and exercises:  advanced level

  1° SEMESTER

—  punctuation

—  verbals (gerund and ‘to-infinitive’ phrases)

—  relative pronouns and clauses  (restrictive vs. non-restrictive

—  the articles (omission of the def. article)

—  connectives

—  parallelism in sentence structure

dangling and misplaced modifiers

 2° SEMESTER

—  collocations

—  prepositions and prepositional phrases

—  reporting verbs

—  reducing wordiness

—  editing exercises

—  using online tools like Grammarly

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

—  vocabulary building

—  business idioms and sayings/ collocations/ phrasal verbs

The teaching material prepared by the language assistant in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the language assistant specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it