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The objective of the course is to contribute to the education of the future professionals who will be able to interact in international contexts and to use written and spoken English, along with specialized lexicon and specific pragmatic competence as effective work tools, both in reception and in production. The course aims at encouraging students' learning autonomy and evaluative capabilities through a series of tools that will allow them to analyze and critically evaluate various text typologies. Specific Objectives: 1. Knowledge and Learning: The course will start at a general English (B1+/B2) upper-intermediate level and should reach a C1/C1+ level, especially as regards the analysis of specialised texts and materials. Students are therefore expected to have an intermediate level of English at the beginning of the course. 2. Ability to apply knowledge acquired: Students are encouraged to study the theoretical aspects of the language and do various types of activities manly dealing with academic English, and the use of English in business, marketing and promotional language. This allows students to apply their theoretical knowledge through the use of specific study techniques and exercises, such as oral presentations and the writing of a paper. 3. Students’ ability to evaluate texts: Students are particularly encouraged to become autonomous learners and to develop their critical abilities in the analysis of various types of texts and their content. They should be able to assess their own performance and that of their colleagues. 4. Communicative ability: Through an interactive didactic approach, students are encouraged to actively participate in class activities through the use of presentations and discussions. This will help to improve their communication skills in English and to develop and apply what they have learnt during the course. 5. Student learning autonomy: By the end of the course, students will be expected to have acquired a good level of specialized language. This knowledge will allow them to understand specialized texts, to produce texts and to communicate efficiently by using appropriate English forms. These tools are also intended to encourage students to become autonomous learners so that they can progress in the acquisition of specialized English lexis on their own. Moreover, these tools will be particularly useful to students in their future work environment.