English for specific purposes

Strokovna angleščina

Course credits:

6.00 ECTS / 60 (30 hours of lectures, 0 hours of exercises, 30 hours of seminars, 0 hours other forms of work)

Course holder:

lekt. dr. Nina Bostič Bishop

Type:

Elective general

Language:

Slovenian

Semester:

Full academic year

Study degree

1. level

Course execution:

• Undergraduate Programme of Sociology - Human Resources Management

Prerequisits:

Students are allowed to participate in the course provided that they have completed the enrolment procedure.

Objectives and competences

To help students develop the knowledge and professional skills required to effectively communicate in an English speaking professional settings. Students will be able to communicate in English in a professional setting, and understand as well as independently write professional texts in the selected field of study. They will be able to understand professional contents written or presented in English, as well as translate professional texts from Slovenian into English. They will be able to prepare and deliver efficient presentations, and also to present their informed opinion in English. Students will be able to write formal e-mails. They will be able to conduct formal telephone conversations in a business setting.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Exploration of basic sociological topics; Analyses of written and spoken texts relevant for HR management. Exercises for acquiring and expanding field-specific vocabulary and teminology; Exercises in coherent summarizing, paraphrasing and creation of written and oral messages; Exercises in translation into English; Exercises in listening comprehension; Study of principles of effective argumentative discourse. Effective presentations. Formal business corespondence.

Intended learning outcomes:

Students will be able to: understand and critically evaluate professional texts dealing with main sociologial topics; use field-specific vocabulary and terminology, and functional structures, typical of the selected field; coherently summarise, paraphrase and create written and oral messages in a foreign language; understand spoken messages, typical of the selected field; apply principles of effective argumentative discourse in a given situation.

Learning and teaching methods:

Lectures, seminars, oral presentation of the seminar paper, written and oral assessment, active participation in class, e-learning.

Assessment

2 written tests (2x25 %), seminar paper and oral presentation of seminar paper and defence (30 %), oral assesment (10 %), written reflection (10 %).

Obligatory literature

Additional literature