862 + 863 Enjoy English Regularly - Advanced

Target Group:

Intermediate users of English (B2 - C1). This course is aimed at employees (scientists and general staff) who use English in their working lives and would like to practise it in a supportive setting.

Objectives:

  • Maintaining fluency and accuracy.
  • Gaining self-confidence and finding joy when using English in the office context.
  • Establishing routines to ease and improve communication in English.
  • Trying out the various conversation and discussion settings in English.
  • Enjoying a regular practice session of English as a welcome alternative to researching and administering.

Content:

  • Discussing topics of interest and relevance for the job.
  • Related terminology and phrases.
  • Interaction with colleagues.
  • Focusing on gaining fluency.
  • Everyday conversation.
  • Small talk.

Methods:

  • Learning by doing
  • Hand-outs and sample audio-visual material
  • Associative Learning

Registration and workshopfee:

Registration only with the registration form Seminar fee: 40 € Kurs Nr. 862 BOKU Standort UFT-Tulln: Location: Seminarraum 18, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln a.d.Donau Group size: min. 7 - max. 12 persons Closing date: 19.09.2012 Datum: Mi 3., Mi 10., Mi 17. u. Mi 24. Oktober 2012 jeweils 10-12 Uhr Kurs Nr. 863 BOKU Standort Türkenschanze: Location: Seminarraum 05, Franz Schwackhöfer-Haus, Peter Jordan Str. 82, 1190 Wien Group size: min. 7 - max. 12 persons Closing date: 23.10.2012 Datum: Di 6., Di 13., Di 20. u. Di 27. November 2012 jeweils 10-12 Uhr

Trainerin:

Mag. Swantje Cooper Swantje Cooper, grew up in Austria and Turkey, studied in Austria and the U.S. 1992 graduation Mag. phil. English/ Spanish Interpreting. Project management for EU projects in the area of mobility management. Translator and interpreter. Adult education trainer since 1998, lecturer at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna since 2002.