Studying at the University of Verona
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Speaking skills for business and global affairs (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S009463
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
3
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Program
This module focuses on politeness and listener-oriented strategies to ensure success in multicultural workplace settings, as well as on the pronunciation and prosodic features that can facilitate mutual comprehension.
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
Pragmatics in the world of work (for English foreign language practitioners):
- Socio-cultural context + situational context in the multicultural workplace settings (context-bound assumptions)
- Goal-oriented interaction + speaker- vs hearer-oriented communication
- Direct/indirect speech acts
- Politeness
PRACTICAL SESSION
- Decide to use formal or informal register
- Directness/indirectness
- Modal verbs
- Downgrades / upgrades / hedges
- Avoiding Face-threating acts
Time for reflection
- Pair works
- Jigsaw reading and discussion
Practice and reflection
- Telephoning (exercises / online resources)
- Skype / Panopto (exercises / online resources
- Grammar: reported speech
- Pragmatics: managing conflicts / misunderstandings
Examination Methods
Continuous assessment plus one midterm test and one final test.
