Learning objectives

With these materials the student will be able to:

1. Recognize professional and everyday information contained in all types of oral discourses emitted through any means of communication in the standard language, interpreting the message content accurately.

Identify the main idea of the message in standard language related to social, professional, or academic life.
Recognize the purpose of direct messages or messages delivered through any medium in standard language.
Extract specific information contained in different oral discourses in standard language, related to social, professional, or academic life.
Identify the speaker’s point of view and attitude.
Identify the main ideas of statements and messages in oral messages and determines the roles that appear in these messages.
Fully understand messages in standard language in environments with background noise.
Extract the main ideas from conferences, talks, reports, and other forms of academic and professional presentations.
Become aware of the importance of understanding a message globally, without necessarily understanding every single element.

2. Interpret professional information contained in complex written texts, comprehensively analyzing their contents.

Identify the main idea of texts specific to the social, professional, or academic field.
Recognize the purpose of different written texts in any format, in standard language and related to professional activity.
Extract specific information from texts of different types related to the profession and presented in different formats.
Become aware of the importance of understanding a text globally without needing to understand every single element.
Read and understands, autonomously, texts related to the sector, with reading speed and style appropriate to their competence level.
Interpret correspondence related to the specialty, easily grasping the essential meaning.
Interpret long and complex texts, whether or not related to their specialty, being able to read them several times if needed.
Quickly identify the content and relevance of news, articles, and reports on a wide range of professional topics.
Interpret instructions of different levels of difficulty and technical messages received through digital media
Translate complex texts, using support materials if necessary.

3. Deliver clear and well-structured oral messages, analyzing the content of the situation, and adapting to the linguistic register of the interlocutor.

Produce general messages related to the sector and everyday life, using connectors and interaction strategies.
Exchange specific and detailed information fluently, using structures of a complexity appropriate to the competence level.
Select and apply the appropriate registers for delivering the message, as well as the protocols and social norms of the country.
Deliver well-structured presentations on topics within their professional field, making use of established protocols.
Use professional terminology correctly.
Describe and sequence orally a work process within the area of competence.
Request the reformulation of the discourse or part of it when considered necessary.
Interact spontaneously, adopting a level of formality appropriate to the circumstances.
Express fluently, precisely, and effectively on a wide range of general, academic, professional, or leisure topics, clearly marking the relationship between ideas.
Express and defend points of view clearly, providing appropriate explanations and arguments.
Answer questions related to the socio-professional life, including those typical of a job interview.

4. Produce documents and reports specific to the professional field or everyday life, using appropriate registers for each situation.

Draft clear and detailed texts on a variety of topics related to the professional field, synthesizing and evaluating information and arguments from various sources.
Complete specific documentation from the professional field, using specialised vocabulary as well as the protocols and social conventions of the country.
Organize information with correctness, precision, coherence, and cohesion, requesting and/or providing general or detailed information.
Complete texts using visual aids and linguistic cues.
Write reports related to the professional field, highlighting significant aspects and providing relevant details to support them.
Write formal and informal letters, using established courtesy conventions and the appropriate specialised vocabulary.
Summarize different types of written documents, using their own linguistic resources.
Use the courtesy formulas appropriate to the type of document being produced.

5. Apply professional attitudes and behaviours in communication situations, following international conventions.

Define the most significant traits of customs and practices in the professional sector regarding the use of the foreign language.
Describe the protocols and social norms specific to the country where the foreign language is used.
Identify the values and beliefs specific to the community where the foreign language is used.
Identify the socio-professional aspects specific to the sector in any type of text and/or conversation.
Apply the protocols and social norms specific to the country where the foreign language is used.
Recognize the linguistic markers of regional origin.