Students will be expected to have a knowledge of the English language of at least A2 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

CONTENTS

Computer terminology

Email

Thanks and apologies

How to fix and/or change an appointment

Requests and replies

Office vocabulary

Faxes

How to request and/or provide information

Punctuation in English

Business letters

How to write and/or reply to a job application

Paragraphing

How to make and/or reply to a complaint concerning goods and/or services

‘Straight to Work / Subito al Lavoro 3’ by Martin Harper, Edizioni Simple 2024.

Students must download the relevant PDF file for each lesson from the relevant Martin Harper Teams website.

• METHODOLOGY

  Face-to-face lessons

  Individual exercises and group work

  Reading comprehension

  Listening comprehension and video-comprehension

  Register & Genre Analysis

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  At the end of the course, there will be a written test. Each candidate must write an email, plus a fax or a letter, to either ask for or supply information, make a request, an invitation or a complaint or respond politely to any of the aforementioned genres.

   

  For the oral test, each candidate should prepare and present a current Europass Curriculum Vitae, 2020 version, during a simulated job interview in English. Therefore, each candidate MUST be able to pronounce the alphabet and email symbols correctly, as well as numbers, dates, countries, nationalities, languages, prices etc., describe their own past (at least their studies at school and university, work experience and other achievements), their present situation (including any digital and/or linguistic abilities) and future (any relevant plans and ambitions they may have).

  
  

  
  

  WRITTEN TEST

  
  

  Task 1 – an email

   

  Criteria: 5 points=excellent; 4=good; 3=acceptable; 2=poor; 1=weak; 0=insufficient sample of language

   

  Grammatical accuracy - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Punctuation, spelling, capitalization - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Appropriateness of language - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Relevance and adequacy of content - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Presentation, organization, cohesion and coherence - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Adequacy and range of terminology and lexis - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

   

   

  Task 2 – a fax or a business letter

   

  Criteria: 5 points=excellent; 4=good; 3=acceptable; 2=poor; 1=weak; 0=insufficient sample of language

   

  Grammatical accuracy - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Punctuation, spelling, capitalization - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Appropriateness of language - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Relevance and adequacy of content - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Presentation, organization, cohesion and coherence - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

  Adequacy and range of terminology and lexis - 0-5 points - (8.5%)

   

   

  ORAL TEST

  
  

  Criteria: 5 points=excellent; 4=good; 3=acceptable; 2=poor; 1=weak; 0=insufficient sample of language

   

  Pronunciation - 0-5 points - (16.5%)

  Fluency - 0-5 points - (16.5%)

  Grammatical accuracy - 0-5 points - (16.5%)

  Adequacy and range of terminology and lexis - 0-5 points - (16.5%)

  Curriculum Vitae Europass 2020 - 0-5 points - (16.5%)

  Communicative effectiveness- 0-5 points - (16.5%)

English

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