Graduate Certificate in English for the Global Workplace (GC-ENGGWRK) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this course, students should have:

• an awareness of pronunciation and its role in communication;
• improved clarity and comprehensibility of their own speech;
• an ability to edit their own writing for accuracy and style;
• an awareness of grammatical structures in workplace writing;
• an awareness of cross-cultural differences in communication;
• improved cross-cultural communication skills;
• the ability to analyse written workplace discourses; and
• the ability to adapt their own writing to different professional contexts.

Generic skills

On completion of this course, students should have:

• acquired enhanced transferable reading, writing, speaking and intercultural skills; and
• improved the scope of their employment options and professional advancement.

Graduate attributes

Academic distinction

• Graduates will demonstrate an advanced level of skills in workplace communication

Active citizenship

• Graduates will be active collaborators in the workplace

Integrity and self-awareness

• Graduates will be aware of their own strengths and strategies for handling challenges in workplace communication responsibly