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CODE 106686
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/12
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER Annual
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides the students with advanced knowledge of English managerial, economic and financial terminology commonly employed in professinal activities, technical reports and research papers. 

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who have finished this course should be able to work more fluidly in an Enlish-language office envronment in terms of their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is based on in-person communication, which is why attendance, while not manditory is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED for any student wishing to successfully work in an English-language environment.

The course is not tradtional, in that new grammar points, new usages and new topics of discussion will be introduced communicatively, with a lot of student participation expected, in an open workshop environment.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

 We will focus on: Networking and building relationships with a focus on working across cultures, Team building, Raising finance and financial terms, the right register for various forms of spoken and written communication.

Students will listen to finance- and business-related podcasts as part of their homework. In the II Semester, groups of students will prepare and give an oral presentation about one of the podcasts they have heard.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Our textbook is:

Market Leader Upper Intermediate by David Cotton, David Falvey and Simon Kent   ISBN:  978-1-4082-3709-0

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

SUSAN MARIE CAMPBELL (President)

MARCO MAZZOLI (President)

LUCA BELTRAMETTI

ANNA BOTTASSO

GABRIELE CARDULLO

SIMONE LOMBARDINI

ELENA SEGHEZZA

LESSONS

LESSONS START

TBA

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
05/06/2023 14:00 GENOVA Scritto
19/06/2023 14:00 GENOVA Scritto
03/07/2023 14:00 GENOVA Scritto
15/09/2023 12:00 GENOVA Scritto