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Proficiency English C1.2

Course code

LCE6332.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Inglise keel C1.2

Course title in English

Proficiency English C1.2

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Anna Mercedes Contreras (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Developing reading and writing skills, enhancing vocabulary, improving oral and written fluency, polishing grammar. Developing analytical skills. Digital technologies in an academic context.

Brief description of the course

Analysing different texts: (short) fiction, journalism, media, video materials. Styles and genres of writing. Essays, character sketches; creative writing. Business correspondence. Opinion articles. Tackling topical issues (politics, media, internet world, ecology and the environment) on the basis of media texts and video material. Discussions and presentations. Practicing grammar, translation and paraphrasing exercises.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has improved their grammar and vocabulary;
- is able to write various texts and express their opinion in a fluent and correct English;
- is capable of seeing the deep structure of a text, hidden (also metaphorical and symbolic) meaning in a literary text, connections between characters and other textual elements;
- is aware of English-language media;
- has a grasp of urgent contemporary issues and is able to discourse on them;
- has developed digital skills and is capable of doing various tasks in an electronic environment.

Teacher

Dotsent Julia Tofantšuk

Prerequisite course 1

Proficiency English C1.1 (LCE6331.HT)

Study programmes containing that course