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Language Centre Language Centre

Dr. Andrea Staffler Dr. Andrea Staffler

124109

English Improvement Level (B2+)

UE 4

5

weekly

each semester

English

Prerequisites: B2

Goal: B2+

At this band the focus on argument, effective social discourse and on language awareness which appears at B2, continues. However, the focus on argument and social discourse can also be seen as a new focus on discourse skills. This new degree of discourse competence shows itself in conversational management (co-operating strategies): The learner can give feedback on and follow up statements and inferences by other speakers and so help the development of the discussion; he/she can relate own contribution skilfully to those of other speakers. It is also apparent in relation to coherence/cohesion: The learner can use a limited number of cohesive devices to link sentences into clear, connected discourse; he/she can use a variety of linking words efficiently to mark clearly the relationships between ideas; he/she can develop an argument systematically with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail. Finally, it is at this band that there is a concentration of items on negotiating: he/she can outline a case for compensation, using persuasive language and simple arguments to demand satisfaction; can state clearly the limits to a concession.

Topics:
culture, childhood, memory, personality; language of advertising, literature; languages, English as a world language; the world around us; cities, crime; life achievements and attitudes to life

Linguistic Goals:
talking about personal memories, talking about identity, introduction strategies, interview language, describing skills, summarising a book, interpreting and describing data, talking about changes, talking about social problems, language of alteration, describing aims and intentions

Structural Goals:
narrative tenses – to relate to events in the past; gerund and infinitive - to distinguish between verbs; future tenses - to talk about predictions, plans, events

interactive language instruction

written and oral midterm test (testing of writing, listening and reading comprehension) and final test (testing of writing, listening and reading comprehension and speaking/dialogues)

English Unlimited, Advanced (Lektionen 1-6), C1 (Klett Verlag)

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02.10.2014