English for Practical and Professional Purposes

English for Practical and Professional Purposes is designed to help you further develop your abilities to communicate both orally and in writing in a professional environment where English is used as the principle means of communication. It will focus on the types of written and spoken communication common to all professions.

For written skills, it will emphasize how to choose an appropriate level of formality and how to produce the different types of texts that you will commonly be expected to write. These will include routine communications, delivering bad news, writing short reports, and making an argument to support a position.

For oral skills, it will emphasize giving formal and informal presentations along with mastering the conversational strategies used in these such as turn-taking, interrupting, soft and strong disagreement, and dealing with questions.

Progressive specialisation: G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: General admission requirements plus upper secondary English 6 or English B, or equivalent

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.