Section outline

  • Module 1. Meeting People: Becoming a   Member of a Professional Community

    General Scenario

    Students enter a new educational and professional environment. During the module, they explore their study program, discover their personal strengths, learn about teamwork, compare personalities and professional roles, and create a collective portrait of their academic group as a future professional community.

    Final Product

    Our Group Portrait: Future Professionals in Progress

    A collaborative presentation, poster, video, infographic, or digital portfolio demonstrating:

    • who we are;

    • why we chose this profession;

    • our strengths and personalities;

    • our preferred team roles;

    • our expectations for university and future careers;

    • what makes our group unique.

    Communicative Objectives

    By the end of the module, students will be able to:

    • introduce themselves in academic and professional contexts;

    • ask and answer questions about studies, interests, and career plans;

    • describe personality traits and communication styles;

    • discuss strengths and weaknesses;

    • explain educational and career choices;

    • identify and discuss team roles;

    • understand workplace and university instructions;

    • collaborate in teams to produce a common project.

     

    BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL

    Identity, Strengths, Choices & Belonging

     

    Essential Question

    1. What turns a student into a future professional?

    By the end of the unit, students should be able to:

    • understand medium-length texts about education, careers, personality and teamwork;

    • identify main ideas, supporting details and implied meaning;

    • recognize paraphrases and synonyms;

    • distinguish similar lexical items;

    • use common academic and professional collocations;

    • complete contextual vocabulary gaps;

    • describe personal strengths, professional ambitions and team roles;

    • justify educational and career choices;

    • understand how vocabulary changes according to context;

    • perform introductory Unified Entrance Examination (UEE) -style Reading and Use of English tasks.

    Stage 1. Joining a New Community

    Stage 2. Understanding Professional Roles

    Stage 3. Discovering Yourself

    Stage 4. Exploring Future Professions

    Stage 5. Communication in Academic and Workplace Settings

    Stage 6. Lifestyle and Culture of the Community

    Stage 7. Looking Ahead

    Stage 8. Final Collaborative Project