XENB0005 Communication in Multilingual Project Management (2–3 cr)

Course description

The course focuses on multilingual and multidisciplinary teamwork in a project setting. Through project-working in diverse, multilingual, and interdisciplinary teams, students develop an understanding of the conventions of language and communication needed in such teams.

Key themes include:

• understanding work in terms of project stages, resources and roles
• developing as confident communicators in multilingual and multidisciplinary teams
• using their own and others’ multilingual resources  

• Understand the fundamental elements of project management, including resource management and self-motivation.
• Articulate their own expertise to advocate effectively for decisions
• Develop interaction skills to communicate effectively in multilingual and multidisciplinary teams
• Recognize and use the group’s multilingual resources in problem solving to achieve goals of the project work.
• Collect and use feedback to develop their decision making, problem solving and argumentation skills.   

PROFICIENCY LEVEL: B2-C1 (upper intermediate-advance

The course is primarily targeted at Master’s degree students in the English-taught Master’s degree programmes and advanced Bachelor-level students. Compulsory for some degree programmes, check your degree programme requirements.