Effective Communication in English
This course is designed to enhance your ability to employ English for academic and professional purposes. In the course, we will work with a range of genres of both written and spoken communication (such as business correspondence, reports, academic papers, oral presentations). You will be given the opportunity to improve your language proficiency through individual and collaborative tasks, which have been designed to develop both written and spoken language skills.
More detailed course information will be available to registered students on the learning platform Canvas.
Teaching Format
The teaching comprises seminars. Active participation is expected from students in all teaching formats in order to pass the examination. Students will often work with different tasks and assignments during the teaching sessions in preparation for the examination. Apart from scheduled teaching, time will be spent reading course literature and completing mandatory assignments.
Assessment
Oral assignments and written assignments.
Assignment deadlines, autumn 2026:
Paragraph: 28 September
Final argumentative essay: 22 October
Final business letter/email: 9 November
Genre project: 7 January
Information about retakes and other assignments will be available on Canvas.
Examiner
Kathrin Kaufhold
