About this Module

1. Introduction

The aim of this module is to support students in multicultural and multidisciplinary project teams to reflect and understand how language skills affect team performance and the success of the project.

1.1. About the Module

Module 2 focuses on the core language skills the students should achieve while working in multidisciplinary and multinational projects. Students should improve their language skills to communicate effectively in the working environment, intercultural, and virtual and multidisciplinary environments. The module content deals with the formality of language, the form of writing reports, language in a working environment and summarises the commonly made mistakes.

1.2. Module topics

• Definition(s) of formality in language
• Levels of formality, their characteristic features, and practical implications
• Why formality in diverse workplaces matters
• Define synchronous and asynchronous working/learning environments and formulate the advantages and disadvantages of each
• Writing a report
• Frequently made mistakes

2. Module Aims

Students can:

• recognise the difference between various levels of formality in language, and be able to use
  

• recognise different levels of formality in the English language and use the proper means of communication in various working environments 

• write a report

• recognise the commonly made mistakes in reports