Students will learn
a. the micro and macro writing skills necessary to produce well-structured academic texts and conference abstracts and to describe/interpret economic trends.
b. the communication skills necessary to produce effective, well-argued and formal oral presentations in power point format on topics studied during their degree course.
Didactic material provided by teacher. Monolingual dictionary, MacMillan Learner's Dictionary. Non-attending students need to contact the teacher.
Obiettivi Formativi
Students will learn
a. the micro and macro writing skills necessary to produce well-structured academic texts and conference abstracts and to describe/interpret economic trends.
b. the communication skills necessary to produce effective,well-argued and formal oral presentations in power point format on topics studied during their degree course.
Prerequisiti
Prerequisite: B2 level of the European Council Framework.
Altre Informazioni
More detailed information is on MOODLE.
Modalità di verifica apprendimento
Attending students:
1. Assessment of class assignment (20%)
2. A formal/academic oral presentation (max. 15 min.) on the sustainability report of a company. The presentation should be presented in power-point (saved on a memory stick), well-structured and the language used should be formal (80%).
Non-attending students:
1. A written exam: description/interpretation of a graph (15%) (pls note: students must have passed the written exam before they can sit the oral presentation exam)
2. A formal/academic oral presentation (max. 15 min.) on the sustainability report of a company. The presentation should be presented in power-point (saved on a memory stick), well-structured and the language used should be formal (80%)
3.Oral definitions of some of the main concepts (see weekly assignments on Moodle): corporate social responsibility; sustainability, sustainable development, corporate sustainable reporting; impression management (5%).