- Docente: Mauro Carboni
- Credits: 3
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and Business (cod. 8851)
Learning outcomes
Course Instructor: Dr. Laura Esposito
laura.esposito9@unibo.it [mailto:laura.esposito9@unibo.it]
This workshop aims to further improve students' general English language proficiency and develop the necessary communication skills for effective oral/written production. In particular, it will focus on illustrating the basic writing features and communicative strategies required to write an impressive CV and cover letters. Moreover, the course will improve students' ability to attend job/academic interviews exploring the basic verbal and non-verbal communication techniques.
Course contents
The course is designed to:
- §outline what employers are looking for in CVs and cover letters and how to tell employers what they want to know;
- understand which linguistic features, communicative techniques and strategies make a good application;
- explore what CVs and cover letters should include;
- discuss the most frequently-asked questions about applications and job/academic interviews;
- stress the importance of speaking tactics, non-verbal communication and cross-cultural differences for a successful interview.
NOTE: Students are required to attend at least 80% of the lectures and to produce some papers during the course.
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures, group discussion
Assessment methods
Students are required to attend at least 80% of lectures and to produce some papers to be discussed in class. Only students who hand in their papers regularly during the course are admitted to the final oral exam on the course contents.
Teaching tools
Reading materials, ppt, video
Office hours
Mondays, 4-5 pm
Wednesdays, 2-3 pm
Studio 114, Piazzale della Vittoria, Forlì
Office hours
See the website of Mauro Carboni