Englisch UNIcert III

'Englisch UNIcert® III' is 2-semester advanced English C1 (CEFR) course, and is the 2nd module which builds on Module 1 “Einführung in die Fachsprache”, systematically working towards improving reading, writing, listening, and speaking at the advanced CEFR C1 level.

This course will help you understand conventions of scientific communication not only to improve your own communication skills, but also to better understand technical communication. In the winter semester, you will complete individual reading and writing projects associated with a topic of your choice from academic/scientific/technical journals, culminating in the UNIcert® reading examination. In the summer semester, you will improve and prove your writing, listening and note-taking skills, as well as your presentations skills. At the end of the summer semester, you will complete the UNIcert® listening, writing, and speaking examination The successful completion of UNIcert® III results in a UNIcert® III certificate, This certificate is accepted as proof of language proficiency for DAAD scholarships, and may be accepted as proof of language proficiency at a university abroad.

UNIcert® Level III requires 112-168 teaching periods or 240-360 hours total student workload and continues the format of UNIcert® Level II at a more academically demanding level. At this level you should have a reasonable academic and situation appropriate communicative ability in the target language to be fully capable of meeting the linguistic requirements of a work placement or period of study in the country of the target language without the need for additional explicit language training. UNIcert® Level III is therefore the recommended level of mobility for an academic stay abroad (study, internship, temporary work placement, etc.). This level is oriented towards level C1 (“Effective Operational Proficiency”) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).