230736 Englisch: Advanced Academic English Level C1.2 (S) (SoSe 2025)

This course will focus on global academic English through an examination of culture, literature, and history. We will utilize all four important skills (speaking, listening, writing, reading) using academic and non-academic sources to address language, culture, historical, and contemporary issues.

• Socio-Cultural objectives:
* To approach the English language and English speaking cultures
* To explore varied uses of international English
* To understand, analyse, and debate social and culture issues

• Pragmatic objectives:
* Summarize materials, present information verbally and in writing, express and qualify one’s opinion, debate
* Understand long form texts, videos, and audio files
* Selecting and organising ideas, presenting a structured presentation, write long texts in a clear and organised matter.
* Mastering language registers, understand and using idiomatic expressions.

• Grammatical points will be reviewed as needed.

The Unicert III exam will be offered at the end of this course. In order to take the exam students must have completed the following courses:

• English C1.1 (230735)
• English C1.2 (230736)
• English 230747 (C1 Language and Culture) OR English 230729 (The History and Culture of Scotland)

For more information on UniCERT III please see: www.unicert-online.org

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

C1.1 (230735) or permission of the instructors.

This course does not require a C-test result. Your level will be assessed during the first class meeting. If you're unsure of your English level, take the placement test here: https://www.sprachtest.de/einstufungstest-englisch

Literaturangaben

Materials will be provided and posted on Lernraum+.