English for Administrative Purposes (EAdP)
Two-day course in English for Administrative Purposes, Oslo University College, Level 2
EAdP Level 2
Organisation:
- Time: Wednesday-Thursday 5th - 6th March 2008 (gjeldende dato). (Merk: kurset er flyttet fra 2nd - 3rd April 2008)
- Application: Ongoing, on first come, first served basis. Send an e-mail with Needs analysis EAdP Level 2 (menu at right) to Hege.Skahjem@hio.no
- Place: More information will be given later.
The course lasts two whole days, from 9 am until 4 pm to ensure continuity and a useful learning outcome. The course language is English throughout in order to increase familiarity with the language and retain focus on English, including social English..
Before starting the course the course leader is sent about one page of writing in English from each course participant, this may be eg a description of the type of work the participant carries out on a daily basis or some other work-related topic. In addition, participants are asked to send in a completed needs analysis form. These preparations will enable the course leader to provide a course best suited to participants’ needs. Please do not use a dictionary!
Course objectives:
To improve the oral and written English skills of administrative staff in professional and social contexts.
Content:
- Participants work on everyday language at first with task-based activities, progressing to more formal or professional language situations which occur in international settings as their confidence increases.
- Discussion is in English, in small groups of two or three first, with contributions in the larger forum as the course proceeds.
- As well as speaking in professional contexts the participants will engage in everyday conversation, small-talk, talk over meals, entertaining guests, information –giving, etc. in order to practice their informal English skills. These skills help with networking in an international context.
Task-based activities cover both writing and spoken skills.
1. Written skills:
- emails, fax, taking the minutes at meetings, letters, reports.
2. Oral skills:
- Language games, learning to listen/speak, discussions, agreement/disagreement, telephone conversations, introductions, informal meetings over a meal, formal meetings, guiding foreign students in Norway, liaising with international offices abroad.
- Contributing to a discussion, counselling a student: practice. Language exercises for different situations which may arise at work.
3. Cultural codes:
- How do we understand Norway? Objective understanding versus subjective understanding.
- How do other cultures understand Norway? Other countries?
- Non- verbal language. Cultural sensitivity. Meals.
Individual feedback will be given to all participants, including advice for further language development. There should be approx. 8 participants for a successful course.
The course leader
Dr. Art. Ann Torday Gulden, Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, OUC. She is a native English speaker with background in both the humanities and health sciences (a doctorate in English literature, and radiography training), international research and conference experience, experience in teaching academic English at HiO and UiO at several faculties (Humanities, Science, Medical) and long experience of living in Norway. Ann Gulden has been developing new courses in EAP and working on internationalisation from the Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo University College (HiO). She now teaches a range of specially devised English courses for academic purposes as part of HiO’s internationalisation strategy.
More information is available from the course coordinator Ann Torday Gulden, tel. 22452447 or email: AnnTorday.Gulden@hf.hio.no .
Registration:
Hege Skahjem Hege.Skahjem@hio.no Department of Organisation and Human Resouces (Organisasjons- og personalseksjonen). Please send on e-mail : A filled out needs analysis form, see menu to the top right, within application deadline.
NB! EAdP courses are taught in small groups. Late cancellations will therefore affect course quality and may even necessitate courses having to be cancelled. Latest deadline for cancellation is therefore 3 weeks before the first course day, so we can offer vacancies to people on the waiting lists.