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 | 2024/2025 (winter) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 5 |
| USOS code | 31-ENG-WORKPLACE-PIE |
Timetable
Monday 11.30 a.m
Collegium Geographicum, 10 Bogumiła Krygowskiego Street
room 13
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;