The course aims at providing the students with the knowledge of the terminology of the domain selected, e.g. English for International Relations and Human Rights. The students will be encouraged to give their interpretation of the texts discussed during the lessons, and subsequently will be asked to focus on writing activities related to this specific field and to carry on individual and/or group research. At the end of the course, the students will have developed their critical skills in reading and understanding the texts and their topics; they will be able to identify the most suitable terminology and language for the most common communicative situations in different international work environments.
After attending the course, students will be able to: develop and/or apply original ideas, often in a research context (knowledge and understanding); solve problems in new or unfamiliar areas, inserted in broader or interdisciplinary contexts (applying knowledge and understanding); integrate knowledge and manage complexity, and formulate judgments even with incomplete data (making judgments); communicate their conclusions and knowledge to specialist and non-specialist audiences (communication skills) and study in a largely self-directed or autonomous way (learning skills).