English - Management and Shakespeare C1

This course will use four Shakespeare plays to help students understand and practice principles of management as well as become more sensitive to interpersonal issues. It will focus on aspects of leadership vs management, decision making, risk, conflict management, personal/cultural identity, and will familiarize students with language and ideas that have shaped the contemporary world.

After completion of this module students can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit meaning; they can express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions; they can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes and they can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

Corresponds to C1 of the CER.

Performance, testing the learning outcomes specified in the module description, is examined by a cumulative portfolio of competence and action-oriented tasks. In addition to reading all the work on the syllabus, students will lead a lesson on one of Shakespeare's plays (with support from fellow students and the instructor), as well as complete written assignments and an exam demonstrating familiarity with the plays and material covered in lectures.

Ability to begin work at the C1 level as evidenced by a placement test score in the range of 60 – 80 percent. (Please check current announcements as the exact percentages may vary each semester.)

• Four Shakespeare plays, all available online and in bookshops and libraries. Additional reading material provided on Moodle.

Communicative and skills oriented treatment of topics with use of group discussion and lecture.