Effective Communication in English
This course aims to enhance the student’s ability to employ English for academic and professional purposes. In the course we will work with a range of genres of written and oral communication (such as business correspondence, reports, academic papers, oral presentations). The student’s linguistic proficiency will be improved through individual and collaborative tasks, designed to develop both written and oral language skills.
Information on registration autumn 2024
Registration
If you are admitted and have accepted an offer of a place, please note that you also need to register in August. Registration is mandatory and will be open in Ladok for admitted students between 5 and 18 August. You need to register on time to confirm and keep your place.
Registration is done online. You can register online through Ladok if you are accepted to the course without conditions. You need to have activated your account, but please note the below information on logging into Ladok.
Important: As of 1 January 2024, you must use eduID or your account on antagning.se to log in to Ladok. Read more: Temporary way to log in to Ladok starting in the New Year.
If you are conditionally admitted, the conditions have to be fulfilled in order to register and start the course. Contact our Student Affairs Office when registration opens if you have questions.
Athena
After registration or before the course starts, you will get access to Stockholm university's web-based learning platform Athena where course material from teachers will be made available. You use the same login details on Athena as for your university account.
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Course structure
Course description:
Effective Communication in English, HT24 (pdf) (190 Kb)
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.
Examiner
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Schedule
The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course. -
Course reports
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Contact
Teacher: Kathrin Kaufhold
Student Affairs Office
- Visiting address
Södra huset, room E882
Universitetsvägen 10 E, 8th Floor
- Office hours
Regular office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11.00 - 12.00.
- Phone hours
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10.00 - 11.00.
- Irregular office hours
The Student Affairs Office is closed for the holidays from 21 December 2024 to 1 January 2025.
