PRESENTAZIONE

The English for Business and Economics course is a 72-hour course structured around mainly macroeconomic topics.

OBIETTIVI E CONTENUTI

OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI

L'insegnamento ha come obiettivi principali: • migliorare le competenze linguistiche di lettura e ascolto e comunicative rispetto le conoscenze pregresse sulla lingua inglese (B1); • fornire gli strumenti per affrontare tematiche socio-politico-economiche tratte dall’attualità e ricavate da fonti anglofone offerte in una varietà di tipologie testuali diverse; • riconoscere le varietà della lingua inglese sia come lingua madre che come L2 che come lingua franca; • fornire gli strumenti per sviluppare competenze orali e comunicative utlizzando le tipologie della relazione e della presentazione di fronte ad un pubblico con cui interagire; • sviluppare competenze di lettura critica che permettano agli studenti di riconoscere i vari livelli di significato nel testo e utilizzarli per una valutazione dinamica e autonoma del messaggio e delle varie informazioni fornite dal testo

PREREQUISITI

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MODALITA' DIDATTICHE

The course takes place over two semesters for 72 hours; lessons will be held exclusively in the classroom but students are required to work outside of class times as well. All materials for attending and non-attending students will be delivered through the Aulaweb platform. Non-attending students can access materials at the same time as attending students. The lessons will use the following methods:

Language Sessions: Sessions in which students practice relevant grammatical and vocabulary elements.

Interactive Reading Sessions: Guided reading/listening sessions to deepen understanding, identify key arguments, and extract main information from a variety of economic texts and talks.

Discussion Sessions: Sessions in which students practice discussing socio-political-economic issues drawing on different input sources based on their readings and talks.

Research Sessions: Sessions in which students independently research information about relevant socio-economic topics from reliable sources.

Project Sessions: Sessions in which students independently work on practical projects to develop their own ideas within relevant economic topics.

Presentation Sessions: Sessions in which students present their ideas and projects to their peers.

PROGRAMMA/CONTENUTO

General language skills - level B1/B2 (CEFR)

Grammatical forms from B1 - B2 level to facilitate comprehension of texts and talks and support communicative abilities. Grammatical forms include the use of adjectives, conditionals, modal verbs, future and past forms, phrasal verbs, and relative clauses.

Vocabulary suited to understand and discuss various economic topics and handle relevant communication situations. Specific focus vocabulary to facilitate in-depth of complex terminological situations concerning macroeconomics. 

Communication skills

Skills to navigate communicative situations with a variety of interlocutors form varying lingua-cultural backgrounds. Situations and interactions focus on ability to manage ‘the world of work’ at an international level through practicing ‘presentations and Q&A’, ‘decision-making and project planning’, ‘cross-cultural communication’, ‘negotiations and meetings’, ‘job interviews’, ‘sales and marketing’, and ‘team collaboration’. 

Topics

The contents of the course are based on relevant macroeconomic topics. They are divided into three main topics: (1) GDP and other measures of progress (Economic Growth, Sustainability, ‘well-being’ of a country), (2) the new economy (globalization of business, e-commerce, sub-sectors of the new economy), and (3) tools of economic empowerment (microfinance, workforce development, economic empowerment of marginalized communities).

Text types

Students will work with two main text types: oral texts and written texts. Written texts are taken from business-related news outlets, specialized websites, non-governmental organizations, official reports from trustworthy sources, and textbooks. Oral texts represent different realizations of the English language as speakers from different contexts are featured. They feature experts of a variety of relevant economic topics.

TESTI/BIBLIOGRAFIA

Vedere i contenuti in Aulaweb

DOCENTI E COMMISSIONI

LEZIONI

INIZIO LEZIONI

ved. Easyacademy e sito web del Diec - dal primo semestre 2024

Orari delle lezioni

L'orario di questo insegnamento è consultabile all'indirizzo: Portale EasyAcademy

ESAMI

MODALITA' D'ESAME

Orale

Students will be tested on a variety of contents and topics. The assessments will test their communicative abilities, appropriate language use, and ability to discuss relevant economic topics drawing on a variety of resources.

Students are required to have certification of B1 (or higher) to take the final exam. Certification can be obtained through the assessment test, a recognized B1/PET certification, or completion of 60 hours of distance learning on the Aulaweb platform and a final B1 test. Information about recognized certifications can be found here, information about assessment tests and B1 tests can be found here.

MODALITA' DI ACCERTAMENTO

Students will be tested on a variety of contents and topics. The assessments will test their communicative abilities, appropriate language use, and ability to discuss relevant economic topics drawing on a variety of resources.

Students are required to have certification of B1 (or higher) to take the final exam. Certification can be obtained through the assessment test, a recognized B1/PET certification, or completion of 60 hours of distance learning on the Aulaweb platform and a final B1 test. Information about recognized certifications can be found here, information about assessment tests and B1 tests can be found here.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

Students are required to have certification of B1 (or higher) to take the final exam. Certification can be obtained through the assessment test, a recognized B1/PET certification, or completion of 60 hours of distance learning on the Aulaweb platform and a final B1 test. Information about recognized certifications can be found here, information about assessment tests and B1 tests can be found here.