LENG1162 English 10b: Speaking and Writing for Professional Purposes

Course Description

English 10B, Speaking and Writing for Professional Purposes, is the fourth and final skills-focused course of the Intermediate-Advanced Cycle in the Academic English for Undergraduate Studies program.This course allows students to develop their speaking and writing skills, and language systems related to their university and future professional goals. English 10B focuses on different spoken and written genres commonly found in a professional context outside the language classroom so that students are better prepared to enter the world of work following graduation.
 
This course develops students’ speaking and communication skills when performing planned spoken tasks that involve both speaking in public (storytelling in front of an audience) and during a job/internship interview. Special emphasis is placed on communicative strategies, the planning and preparation process, developing confidence and fluency, establishing connection with the audience, as well as the importance of organization and concision with respect to expressing ideas. 


There is also a strong emphasis on developing students’ writing skills in a variety of professional written genres. Students will be able to engage with, analyze and produce different written texts in English that are commonly required of students about to embark on a professional career. Specifically, this course will help students to develop the ability to write an effective resume document and cover letter. Throughout the course, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation are explicitly treated as key supporting elements that form a part of these real-world writing and speaking tasks around  which this course is organized

 

By the end of the course, students are expected to achieve the following proficiency levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR): 

 

Reading B2+

 Writing B2

Listening B2

Speaking B2

Grammar B2

Créditos

2

Periodo en el que se ofrece el curso

202610

Idioma en el que se ofrece el curso

Español