English for Work: Conversation Training June 2025

This course for university staff trains conversation skills. Over three weeks, participants have the chance to get know a small group of other staff members from diverse parts of the university. The goal is to improve speaking fluency and confidence in a relaxed, stimulating environment. Depending on the participants’ desires, we engage in small talk, discuss common interests, and converse about topics related to university life and administration. The instructor provides each participant with feedback on vocabulary and grammar every week and suggests relevant exercises on an individual basis.

If you have taken the course in the past, you are welcome to join again and continue improving your English: the course materials and content change every semester. The course counts toward the Certificate of Intercultural Competence for administrative, technology, and lab personnel.

Course information

Places available
Course level
B2 - C1
Date
  • Tuesday 03.06.2025, 08:15–09:15
  • Tuesday 10.06.2025, 08:15–09:15
  • Tuesday 17.06.2025, 08:15–09:15
4 Lessons
Lecturer
Anthony Mahler, PhD
Registration deadline
Monday 26.05.2025
Course fee
Members of staff: CHF 83.00

Target group

This course is for staff at higher-education institutions with administrative or similar responsibilities.

Attendance

Number of absences allowed: 0

Coursework

Participants are expected to:
  • participate actively in class.

Important

The courses and services offered by the Language Center are open to the groups of people listed under Eligibility for Admission. Students must also be matriculated: (a) students at the University of Basel should enter their matriculation number on the registration form; (b) students from other Swiss universities or EUCOR universities should email a valid confirmation of their matriculation to info-sprachenzentrum@unibas.ch before registering for a course. Registrations without proof of student status will not be considered.

Placement test

In order to ensure that your level is appropriate to the course, please complete the self-assessment.

Replacement date

If the instructor has to cancel one or more course sessions, a make-up session will be held on: Tuesday, 24 June 2025, starting at 08:15.

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