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B021365 - ENGLISH - ADVANCED LEVEL
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Course Content
Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
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Type of Assessment
Academic Year 2017-18
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Statistics, IT and its applications "G. Parenti" (DISIA)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Credits
9
Teaching Hours
54
Teaching Term
13/09/2017 ⇒ 07/12/2017
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
English
Course Content
Students will learn
a. the micro and macro writing skills necessary to produce well-structured academic texts and conference abstracts and to describe/interpret economic trends.
b. the communication skills necessary to produce effective and well-argued oral presentations in power point format on topics studied during their degree course.
a. the micro and macro writing skills necessary to produce well-structured academic texts and conference abstracts and to describe/interpret economic trends.
b. the communication skills necessary to produce effective and well-argued oral presentations in power point format on topics studied during their degree course.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Didactic material provided by teacher. Monolingual dictionary, MacMillan Learner's Dictionary. Non-attending students need to contact the teacher.
Learning Objectives
Students will learn
a. the micro and macro writing skills necessary to produce well-structured academic texts and conference abstracts and to describe/interpret economic trends.
b. the communication skills necessary to produce effective and well-argued oral presentations in power point format on topics studied during their degree course.
a. the micro and macro writing skills necessary to produce well-structured academic texts and conference abstracts and to describe/interpret economic trends.
b. the communication skills necessary to produce effective and well-argued oral presentations in power point format on topics studied during their degree course.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: B2 level of the European Council Framework.
Teaching Methods
54 hours of class room teaching
Further information
More detailed information is on MOODLE.
Type of Assessment
Attending students:
1. Assessment of class assignment (20%)
2. A formal/academic oral presentation (max. 15 min.) on the sustainability report of a company. The presentation should be presented in power-point (saved on a memory stick), well-structured and the language used should be formal (80%).
Non-attending students:
1. A formal/academic oral presentation (max. 15 min.) on the sustainability report of a company. The presentation should be presented in power-point (saved on a memory stick), well-structured and the language used should be formal (80%)
2. A written exam: description/interpretation of a graph (15%)
3.Oral definitions of some of the main concepts (see weekly assignments on Moodle): corporate social responsibility; sustainability, sustainable development, corporate sustainable reporting; impression management (5%).
1. Assessment of class assignment (20%)
2. A formal/academic oral presentation (max. 15 min.) on the sustainability report of a company. The presentation should be presented in power-point (saved on a memory stick), well-structured and the language used should be formal (80%).
Non-attending students:
1. A formal/academic oral presentation (max. 15 min.) on the sustainability report of a company. The presentation should be presented in power-point (saved on a memory stick), well-structured and the language used should be formal (80%)
2. A written exam: description/interpretation of a graph (15%)
3.Oral definitions of some of the main concepts (see weekly assignments on Moodle): corporate social responsibility; sustainability, sustainable development, corporate sustainable reporting; impression management (5%).