English for Staff
Die Englisch-Kurse für Mitarbeitende bieten Ihnen die Möglichkeit, Ihre kommunikative Kompetenz auf Englisch in verschiedenen Settings der Arbeitswelt zu üben und verbessern, um den Aufgaben, die Ihnen im Arbeitsalltag auf Englisch begegnen, gelassen und selbstbewusst entgegenzutreten. Die Kurse sind nach Niveau gestaffelt. Themen umfassen je nach Gruppenzusammensetzung eine Wiederholung der Grammatik, den Aufbau eines Büro- und Verwaltungswortschatzes, das Üben typischer Arbeitssituationen wie das Schreiben von E-Mails, Beraten, Kommunikation in der Lehre und die Unterstützung von Studierenden und Mitarbeiter*innen. Darüber hinaus wird die Sprachgewandtheit durch Diskussionen und Rollenspiele in realen Situationen verbessert.
Beginn: ab 17. März 2025 (Vorlesungszeit)
Themen:
Aktivierung und Erweiterung der vorhandenen Englischkenntnisse mit Fokus auf eine flüssige Kommunikation im Hochschulalltag auf Englischniveau A2 bzw. B1/B2
Dozent*in: Lehrkräfte des Sprachenzentrums
Veranstaltungsart: in Präsenz/online; Raum- und Kursinfo s. unten, gemäß dem Hochschulbetrieb
Wenn Sie an den Englischkursen teilnehmen möchten, halten Sie bitte Rücksprache mit Ihrem Vorgesetzten und melden Sie sich an (siehe Links unten). Bei Fragen können Sie auch gerne Constanze.Finsterwalder@th-rosenheim.de kontaktieren.
PROGRAM summer semester 2025:
COURSES 1 and 2: Work-Life Balance English
- Semester course
- 60 min weekly
- When? Wednesdays (Course 1) & Thursdays (Course 2), 9:45-10:45 am
- Instructor: Sarah Swalef
- max. number of participants: 8 per course
Registration now via Dashboard: (under 'Veranstaltungen').
Content:
As English language skills are an increasingly important requirement for university staff to do their jobs effectively, I am here to help you practice your workplace skills in English. As a healthy balance, we will also focus on general English conversation, as it is often the spontaneity of English that challenges us the most.
You can expect to take part in activities to improve the following skills
Speaking skills: general conversation, advising students, role play, group work and presentations
Listening: news reports, videos or documentaries, class discussions
Reading: reports, documents or emails
Writing: from emails to reports or minutes of meetings
Participation is for independent users of English who may need a boost in their confidence for the workplace.
COURSE 3: English for the workplace - Refreshing the basics
- Semester course
- 60 min weekly
- When? Fridays, 8:30-9:30am (A2.03)
- Instructor: Megan Pötzinger
- max. number of participants: 8 per course
Registration now via Dashboard: (under 'Veranstaltungen').
Content:
This is a refresher course for staff members with basic English skills. We will focus on speaking skills as well as grammar and email writing.
COURSE 4: English for the workplace (online)
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Semester course
- 60 min weekly
- Wednesdays, 11.45-12.45 am, starts 19 March; (Zoom)
- Instructor: Dr. Mathias Arden
- max. number of participants: 10
Registration now via Dashboard: (under 'Veranstaltungen').
Content:
This course is designed for staff members with a good command of English who wish to further improve their language skills while handling international communication in the university context, for instance when dealing with student counseling. We will review and expand our phrase bank for written correspondence and practice drafting semiformal and formal emails. Furthermore, we will train speaking scenarios for providing assistance to international students to improve fluency, in person or over the phone.
We will also use short videos, podcasts or news articles on a variety of current affairs topics to get us talking.
We offer two programs - the language tandem to improve language skills and the International Buddy Program with a focus on intercultural competence.
Language skills ➡️ Language tandem
The language tandem consists of two people with different native languages, e.g. German-English, Spanish-German, German-Hindi, etc. and offers the opportunity to gain language practice in direct communication with native speakers.
Intercultural competence ➡️ International Buddy Program
The International Buddy Program brings together local and international students and employees to engage in transcultural exchange and become interculturally competent.
The Learning Campus course room Sprachtandem offers the opportunity to network, exchange ideas and find a language tandem or an International Buddy.
Comprehensive internationalization succeeds when different areas of the university - control and management, study and teaching, research, development and transfer, administration and services for students as well as marketing and communication - are involved and actively support the process.
Employees of the TH Rosenheim can find the internal strategy paper on the intranet. It summarizes the current status and formulates goals and recommendations for the various areas.