Workshop: Fine-Tuning Your English (C1 or Above)

Fine-Tuning Your English (C1 or Above)

Target Group

The target group of this course are faculty and staff with an advanced level of spoken English (roughly level C1 according to the Common European Frame of Reference for Languages; you can find a guideline for self-evaluation on https://www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu/h/structure/servicecenters/pep/Dokumente/ERFL.pdf.

Workshop Goals

The main goals are for the participants to ….

• develop tools to communicate effectively and flexibly in a wide range of situations, not only work-related
• practice expressing ideas and thoughts clearly and coherently
• work with language inputs from a variety of media and to comprehend and work with the content material
• develop knowledge and use of idiomatic language
• gain awareness of nuances  in grammar and linguistic devices
  
   

Workshop Content

• Topic-based lessons allowing participants to develop their all-round language skills (with special emphasis on language production)
• Variety of exercises and media used to stimulate learning in each lesson
• Regular lessons aimed at enhancing fluency and reinforcing language skills

Location, Date and Time

On Thursdays, 3.00 pm - 5.00 pm
 

All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.

Fees and Registration

This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 21 September 2017.

Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop. Otherwise the full fee will be charged.
Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.

To sign up for this workshop, please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. For any further information please contact Elke Rittersbacher (elke.rittersbacher@wu.ac.at, DW 4448).

Trainer

Anthony Copnall, M.A., P.G.C.E.   Born and educated in England, Anthony Copnall holds a bachelor’s degree in German and Swedish and a master’s degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) which he gained at the Institute of Education, University of London A qualified modern languages teacher, he taught at secondary school level in England before becoming a lecturer at WU’s Institute for English Business Communication in 2002, a post which he has held full-time since 2004. He is an experienced continuing education trainer and has run a variety of popular workshops for academic, professional and business contexts for WU and external institutions