English

A.Y. 2024/2025
9
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
L-LIN/12
Language
English
Learning objectives
The course aims at developing/enhancing the students' English language skills in multiple ways: listening, reading, speaking and language use, specifically in corporate and institutional settings. Greater emphasis will be placed on workplace communication, providing a theoretical foundation of business communication principles and strengthening the capacity of the students for successful communication in the context of business with its etiquette and specific rules.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
- correctly use relevant terminology in context;
- employ common collocations combined with correct grammar;
- implement specific communicative strategies in professional contexts, such as making business calls and presentations, public speaking, having a job interview and communicating in a business setting, among others;
- read and analyze newspaper articles and business texts;
- write emails, memos, reports, CVs and business letters in the correct format;
- listen to and understand discussions, presentations and interviews and be able to participate in them.
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Lesson period
Second trimester
Course syllabus
The syllabus is shared with the following courses:
- [B28-10](https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/of/af20250000b28-10)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor(s)