Modules

Prerequisites

Contents

• Action-oriented tasks for global, selective and detailed listening and reading comprehension, for the production of topic and situation-related written texts, for topic and situation-related oral expression as well as exercises for comprehension and consolidation of linguistic structures (vocabulary and grammar). • Grammatical structures (question formation, conditional sentences, comparison, tenses of present, past and future, modal verbs, passive, expressing probability) • Content: introducing oneself and other people, written and oral correspondence, presentations, writing reports, telephoning, meetings, job applications, workplace problems, sales, negotiations

Learning outcomes

Students will acquire and consolidate fundamental skills which they will need in their professional life. They can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field of specialisation. They can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. They can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

Assessment

• smaller assignments (will be averaged) • 5 tests of 45 minutes each • 15-minute presentation Weight of each test/assignment accounts for 1/7 of the final grade.

Remarks

Students must also register at the Language Centre (https://www.b-tu.de/sprachen)! No more than 25 participants can be enrolled in each language course group. The course can be held face-to-face or online.