Students will need an A2-B1-level knowledge of English, with reference to the CEFR

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

a) read and compose emails, faxes and commercial letters

b) read and reproduce a variety of genres: requests for information, invitations, complaints about goods and/or services and replies

c) read and reproduce a variety of registers: formal, neutral and informal

d) use appropriate terminology, fixed and semi-fixed phrases within the world of work, with due regard to spelling, punctuation, capitalization and paragraphing

e) make and change appointments

f) ask questions, make requests and write appropriate replies

g) prepare a Europass Curriculum Vitae, 2020 version

h) prepare a video CV

i) apply for a job in English

Computer terminology

How to write an E-mail

Writing notes and text messages

Thanks and apologies

How to fix and change appointments

Office vocabulary

How to write a fax

How to ask for and give information in English

Punctuation in English

Formal Letters

Job applications

Paragraphing and presentation

How to make a complaint about goods and services

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

Available from the Libreria Universitaria Floriani, Via Don Minzoni 6, Macerata.

Please Note: there is a PDF file for every lesson which must be downloaded from this site: http://docenti.unimc.it/martin.harper

Here, you will find details concerning the exam, glossaries and other useful information.

• Register and Genre Analysis

  Lessons

  Language exercises for individual students and group-work

  Reading comprehension

   

• LANGUAGE TESTING & ASSESSMENT

  
  

  At the end of the course, there will be a written test. Candidates have to write an email, plus a fax or a letter, to ask for information, make a request, apply for a job, make a complaint or reply to these kinds of messages.

  
  

  The oral exam is as follows: each candidate should prepare and present a current Europass Curriculum Vitae, 2020 version, during a simulated job interview in English. Therefore, each candidate should 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).

  
  

  
  

  CRITERIA:

   

  Written Test

   

   

  Task 1 – an email

   

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

   

  Presentation - 0-3 points - (12%)

   

  Grammatical accuracy - 0-3 points - (12%)

   

  Communicative effectiveness - 0-3 points - (12%)

   

  Punctuation, spelling, capitalization - 0-1 points - (4%)

   

   

   

  Task 2 – either a fax or a commercial letter

   

  Criteria:

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

   

  Grammatical accuracy - 0-4 points - (12%)

   

  Punctuation, spelling, capitalization - 0-4 points - (12%)

  
  

  Communicative effectiveness - 0-4 points - (12%)

  
  

  Presentation, cohesion and coherence - 0-4 points - (12%)

   

  Adequacy and range of terminology and lexis - 0-4 points - (12%)

   

   

   

  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%)

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