The main goal of this curricular unit is to develop students’ communicative competence in the business world; therefore, the following are the main objectives of this CU: To help students develop skills in order to improve their lexical competence, develop their reading skills as well as their critical reflexive thinking skills by using texts that allow them to widen their general knowledge about topics from the business world; To provide students opportunities to practice their productive skills: speaking and writing, which are fundamental for networking in the business world; To develop students’ writing skills in order to help them communicate with professionals from the business world; To improve students’ pronunciation as well as their grammatical competence so that they can accurately communicate in English with minimal mistakes.
Option 4 - Business English II
4 ECTS / Semestral / Portuguese