English Workshops

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• In this face-to-face English training program (comprising 8 or 16 teaching units at 45 minutes each), you will join a native English speaker and your workshop group (max. 10 participants) to discuss content and working methods in the context of the workshop topic while cultivating your English skills.
• Please note: For individual workshop preparation, the registration period ends one week prior to the start of the course.
• This training can be credited towards the Language Expertise and Excellence certificates.

Upcoming workshop topics are:

• Global Issues, Sustainability, SDGs, Ethics today – B1 level or higher

• Cultural Competence Training (1 day) – A2 level of English or higher

Registration and Placement:

Please use the email registration form for the various workshops (see below). After applying, you will receive a confirmation from the SprInt Program. In the next step, you will be contacted by our external language school linguarama so you can take a written placement test and record specific needs with respect to the topic.

Cancellation policy:

Since the English workshops require a minimum number of participants, we kindly request that you register at least 3 days prior to the start of the course so that we can guarantee that it takes place. If you are absent from your workshop without informing your coach or cancel the meeting after 12:00 pm the day before without naming a reason, an attendance restriction of six months will come into effect and you will be unable to participate in our events during this period.

Reference to data protection:

In compliance with the data protection regulations, your personal data will be transferred to the external course provider linguarama, who then take over the rest of the organization. Your data will be used exclusively for the purposes of organizing the language courses and will not be transferred to third parties.

Workshop details

The focus of the workshop is to train communication skills in English on today's global issues.

Workshop contents:

• Practice oral communication skills on current, socially relevant topics (e.g. sustainability, ethical issues)
• Developing the necessary vocabulary for leading discussions
• Expressing one's own opinion and reacting appropriately to other points of view
• Role plays, case studies and dialogs

The seminar is designed using a variety of training methods. It is interactive and includes short trainer presentations, discussions and partner work as well as practical exercises and activities to increase awareness of intercultural differences. Experiences gained by participants in international work are shared. The main focus is on example situations from work with other cultures that have occurred or could occur in the participants' daily work. Case studies of current or future work in international teams are selected according to the needs of the group. Learning objectives include:

• How do my own values and viewpoints influence the way I work?
• How are they perceived by my contacts in other countries?
• How does their culture influence the way they work and interact with me?
• What do we take for granted that confuses, irritates or upsets others?
• How could I communicate more effectively with our target groups from other cultures?
• Which strategies minimize confrontation and which maximize success?
• What will I change about the way I currently perform my international work tasks?