Academic English (C1)

SWS: 2

ECTS: 3

Einstufungsergebnis: 70-95

This course will help you develop English language skills as needed in an academic context or in a professional context that requires accurate communication.

After successful completion of this course, you will

• - produce fluent and natural speech on a range of academic topics
• - write clear and well-structured argumentative or explanatory pieces
• - reliably understand the general content as well as complex details in extended, rapid speech
• - reliably understand the general idea and complex details in academic texts
• - have control of a range of academic vocabulary and grammatical structures

These aims will be achieved through extensive speaking practice with rich feedback as well as clarification and practice of important grammatical structures and key academic vocabulary. We will also do a large amount of writing practice and work with authentic and advanced sources of text, audio, and video material.

Your grade will be based on two home assignments and a test at the end of the course.

Course book: Hewings, M. & C. Thaine (2012). Cambridge Academic English. Advanced. Cambridge: CUP. ISBN: 978-3-12-540288-1

If this course cannot be taught in the classroom, it will be offered online.

Advanced Oral Skills (C1)

SWS: 2

ECTS: 3

Einstufungsergebnis: 70-95

This is course is for students who wish to become skilled in spoken communication in English. This means speaking fluently, with a high degree of precision, and with a near-standard pronunciation. You will also practise expressing yourself eloquently and with control of the tone. We will achieve this through exposure to rich authentic visual and audio material as well as by performing a variety of speaking tasks, e.g. classroom discussions, debates, and oral reports. As part of the course, you will give a presentation, and there is a speaking test at the end.