General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Communicating At Work - Intermediate English For The Workplace |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | mgr Martyna Surma |
| Lecturer's email | surma@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | senior lecturer |
| Faculty | Foreign Languages Teaching Centre |
| Semester | 2023/2024 (summer) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 5 |
| USOS code | 31-ENG-WORKPLACE-PIE |
Timetable
Mondays 1 p.m
Collegium Geographicum, 10 Bogumiła Krygowskiego Street
room 19
Module aim (aims)
The course aims at developing communication skills that will enable the students to operate successfully in an English-speaking work environment. It offers a variety of practice exercises focused on building useful vocabulary and developing listening and speaking skills for everyday working life.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
B1+/B2 General English
Syllabus
1) introductions and greetings, meeting people in business, small talk;
2) describing your job; work conditions;
3) describing a company;
4) telephoning;
5) making and changing appointments;
6) participating in meetings;
7) numbers, graphs, diagrams;
8) presentations:
9) giving updates, checking progress, short reports;
10) opinions, agreeing and disagreeing;
11) entertaining and socialising;
12) business travel;
13) customer calls, dealing with problems;
14) offers, requests, suggestions;