Compulsory Module: English Terminology IV
(Semester 7)
Course Aims
- To introduce the academic discourse -spoken- making students able to evaluate, interpret and expand on contemporary areas of interest to them
- To demonstrate to students techniques of generating ideas and participating in democratic group discussions by sharing their thoughts on global issues which are of interest to them and have many levels of discussion
- To encourage students to develop critical thinking and open mindedness so as to put global issues into a wider context
- To place heavy emphasis on fluency- the ability to speak easily without unnecessary hesitations- saying the words in groups and allowing a natural pause
- To help students overcome their error phobia and tailor their message to their competence
- To develop students’ confidence and communicative power when speaking before an audience
- To stress the effective use of discussion gambits in getting ideas into an academic discussion and making clear and well supported assertions
- To introduce multi-cultural information that can be applied in a business setting
- To present hints for making a business presentation and presenting a poster
- To suggest ideas for further web search and web tasks