Class English IV

This CU aims to: Strengthen students' ability to reflect critically on the topics covered, as well as their vocabulary range and fluency in English. Provide students with the tools to enable them to address their search for a job effectively and purposefully, including the preparation of a CV, cover letter, personal statement and job interview. Develop students' ability to present points of view, orally in written, in English, gathering relevant information, employing critical thinking skills and using suitable language for emphasis, clarity and politeness. Consolidate students' ability to exchange points of view and opinions in English on a topic of their field of education.

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1. Job Hunting 1.1 Writing a CV Researching yourself Structure of a CV and data to include Interests and references 1.2. Cover letters and personal statements 1.3. Job interviews Preparation First impressions Tackling difficult questions Asking questions 2. Developing an argument Language for contrast, cause and effect, personal views, examples Signposting in written texts Softening and dramatizing language (what to say and what not to say) 3. Current affairs - the world in 2025 and beyond

Interactive teaching - short lecture times associated with audiovisual resources and demonstrations (real or simulations and recordings), individual and small group activities, debates. This methodology will stimulate students to think, debate ideas, collaborate with each other and develop deep learning. Almost constant use of communicative activities to the detriment of lecture by the teacher, research and sharing of information the topics individually or in group, use of an interdisciplinary approach to the topics, flipped classroom methodology, feedforward processes.

Albright, Z.L. & Langan, J. (2020). Exploring Writing. Paragraphs and Essays. 4th ed., New York: McGraw Hill Education. Downes, C. (2008). Cambridge English for Job-Hunting. Cambridge: CUP. Filak, V.F. (2019). Dynamics of News Reporting and Writing. London & New York: CQ Press-Sage Publishing. Hund, H. (2018). The Art of the Job Search. Boston: Ever Publishing. Hicks, W with Allen, G (2023). English for journalists. 5th ed, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition. London and New York: Routledge White, G. (2014). Writing. Collins English for Life. London: Collins. English-language newspaper and magazine articles (The Times, The Guardian, Time, The Economist , The Atlantic, HuffPost).