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EL10269: English for employment

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Academic Skills Centre
Credits: 3      [equivalent to 6 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 60
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Assignments (CW 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
To develop students' spoken and written English in the business context.

Learning Outcomes:
Having completed this unit students will be better able to:
* Interact confidently in different business situations
* Use and understand appropriate business vocabulary and terminology
* Take part in and lead a discussion about business issues
* Discuss and evaluate business case studies
* Prepare, plan and deliver an oral presentation
* Evaluate a presentation
* Negotiate in business meetings
* Plan and write an outline for an essay, business report or case study
* Understand how to structure an essay, business report or case study
* Critically evaluate texts
* Write objectively about business topics in an appropriate style
* Identify and correct errors in grammar, punctuation and style.

Skills:
Having completed this unit students will be better able to:
* Take part in a discussion
* Solve problems
* Negotiate.

Content:
Spoken English:
* Seminar skills
* Giving a presentation
* Listening skills
* Negotiating skills
Written English:
* Reading business texts
* Essay writing
* Case studies.
Programme availability:

EL10269 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.

Academic Skills Centre

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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