Course 2018-2019 a.y.

The course is divided into ten core topics. Around these topics students will practice and develop the appropriate skills expected at this level. There will be regular focus on key academic functions in real academic/business contexts.

• Communication
• Customer service
• Management styles
• International marketing
• Teambuilding
• Crisis management
• Job satisfaction
• Working acrossing cultures
• Success
• Building relationships

For detailed information and syllabus, www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter.

At the end of the course student will be able to...

• Understand a wide range of long, complex texts and recognize the implicit meaning;
• Produce fluent and natural  language;
• Use the language in a flexible and effective way;
• Use the language in social and cultural contexts;
• Use a wide variety of vocabulary and expressions for a variety of communication tasks;
• Produce clear, well-constructed and detailed texts on complex subjects, demonstrating good use of textual structures such as connectors and linking words.

At the end of the course student will be able to...

• Understand a wide range of long, complex texts and recognize the implicit meaning;
• Produce fluent and natural  language;
• Use the language in a flexible and effective way;
• Use the language in social and cultural contexts;
• Use a wide variety of vocabulary and expressions for a variety of communication tasks;
• Produce clear, well-constructed and detailed texts on complex subjects, demonstrating good use of textual structures such as connectors and linking words.

• Face-to-face lectures
• Exercises (exercises, database, software etc.)
• Individual assignments
• Interactive class activities (role playing, business game, simulation, online forum, instant polls)

• Face-to-face lectures given by the professor assigned to the course
• Exercises (Exercises, database, software etc.) selected by the professor from the materials available
• Individual assignments assigned by course professor
• Interactive class activities: role playing, simulation.

At the end of the 2nd semester of the first year, there is a final exam, mandatory, which consists of a written paper and an oral exam.

Especially:
Written exam 

• Listening comprehension and related tests (30 marks)
• Reading Comprehension (40 marks)
• Writing (30 marks)

The mark is initially expressed in hundredths and then converted into thirty.
Access to the oral exam is only possible once a student has passed the written exam (18/30).

Oral exam
Students must show the ability to summarize and discuss 3 articles (of their own choice) of around 1200 words on topics related to the syllabus.

Final year exam syllabus is the same for attending and not attending students. For details, refer to the Course syllabus and examinations on www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter

Textbooks:

• COTTON, FALVEY, KENT, Market Leader Upper Intermediate Course Book, Pearson Longman, 3rd Edition;
• COTTON, FALVEY, KENT, Market Leader Upper Intermediate Practice File, Pearson Longman;
• Online Materials;
• Teacher’s own personal materials and authentic materials where appropriate.

Course Content Summary

Activities are aimed at developing skills which are required to confidently attempt the various activities found in the IELTS test, in order to achieve a mark at a C1 level.
Particular attention is given to reinforcing each of the four linguistic skills tested in IELTS: listening, reading, speaking and writing.
Special emphasis is given to:

Drafting, writing and revising full length essays;

Written interpretation of graphical information;

Detailed description of processes and procedures.

Speaking activities are mainly concerned with developing interactive (discussions, debates) and reporting/presenting skills at the competence level C1.
Then the listening activities are presented in order that the students are able to gauge the difficulty and complexity of the task.
In addition, the activities are based on simulations that are taken from past papers and appropriately selected materials. Additional detailed information concerning the course can be found online at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter 

At the end of the course student will be able to...

• Understand a wide range of long, complex texts and recognize the implicit meaning;
• Produce fluent and natural  language;
• Use the language in a flexible and effective way;
• Use the language in social and cultural contexts;
• Use a wide variety of vocabulary and expressions for a variety of communication tasks;
• Produce clear, well-constructed and detailed texts on complex subjects, demonstrating good use of textual structures such as connectors and linking words.

At the end of the course student will be able to...

• Understand a wide range of long, complex texts and recognize the implicit meaning;
• Produce fluent and natural  language;
• Use the language in a flexible and effective way;
• Use the language in social and cultural contexts;
• Use a wide variety of vocabulary and expressions for a variety of communication tasks;
• Produce clear, well-constructed and detailed texts on complex subjects, demonstrating good use of textual structures such as connectors and linking words.

• Face-to-face lectures
• Exercises (exercises, database, software etc.)
• Individual assignments
• Interactive class activities (role playing, business game, simulation, online forum, instant polls)

• Face-to-face lectures by the professor assigned to the course
• Exercises (Exercises, database, software etc.) from the materials available
• Individual assignments assigned by the professor of the course
• Interactive class activities : Role playing,simulation.

The preparation course is aimed at the relevant external certification, which takes place at the authorized exam centers. The certification can be converted as an alternative to the English exam. Further information concerning the Bocconi learning path and exams available at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter

Textbook:

• O'CONNEL S., Focus on IELTS, New Edition, Pearson Longman