Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2026-27

This course is aligned with the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and focuses on developing English language skills within the context of international relations. Special emphasis is placed on intercultural communication, understood as the set of skills and knowledge required to interact effectively in linguistically and culturally diverse environments. Both oral and written communication are addressed, with content relevant to the analysis of practices and discourses in diplomatic, political, and legal settings, particularly in English-speaking contexts where English serves as a global lingua franca.

 

 

Learning outcomes / Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2026-27

Transversal Competences

  • CT1 : Capacitats informàtiques i informacionales
  • CT2 : Ser capaç de comunicar-se correctament tant de forma oral com a escrita
  • CT3 : Capacitat d'anàlisi i síntesi
  • CT4 : Capacidad de organización y planificación

 

General Competences

  • CG3 : Usar l'anglès amb propietat segons la terminologia científica i acadèmica pròpia de les relacions internacionals
  • CG4 : Obtenir i gestionar la informació relativa a l'àmbit de les relacions internacionals
  • CG7 : Adquirir la capacitat d'aprenentatge autònom

 

Specific Competences

  • CE18 : Comunicar en una segona llengua internacional, a nivell oral i escrit, amb raonable fluïdesa en situacions de la vida quotidiana i professional així com en àmbits objecte d'estudi.
  • CE27 : Utilitzar l'anglès com a llengua franca en contextos internacionals.
  • CE28 : Conèixer i aplicar les estratègies comunicatives i la terminologia pròpia de les llengües de treball en contextos internacionals.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2026-27

  • To understand a clear and specialised discourse (technical-professional), according to the required language level.
  • To produce spontaneous (or not), clear and specialised (technical-professional) conversations and discourse, according to the required language level.
  • To interact with an average degree of fluency and spontaneity which makes regular interaction with native and non-native speakers possible in the field of international relations and taking into account the required language level.
  • To understand specialised written texts (technical-professional) in the field of international relations, according to the required language level.
  • To produce coherent and specialised written texts (technical-professional) according to the required language level.
  • To know the grammar and use the lexicon or terminology specific to international relations and interdisciplinary contexts, according to the level of language required. To develop the student's communicative competences at level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in English.
  • To develop the 5 skills established in the CEFR at level B2.

 

 

General

Code: 28211
Lecturer responsible:
Llorens Simón, Eva María
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: English Philology
    Area: English Studies
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 1,2
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught