Language course: Englisch: UNIcert III Speech & Debate - C1 - ASQ - Details

Language course: Englisch: UNIcert III Speech & Debate - C1 - ASQ - Details

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Course name Language course: Englisch: UNIcert III Speech & Debate - C1 - ASQ
Course number SPZ.08716.01
Semester WiSe 2025/26
Current number of participants 5
expected number of participants 24
Home institute Sprachenzentrum
participating institutes ASQ - Allgemeine Schlüsselqualifikationen
Courses type Language course in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Next date Monday, 15.12.2025 16:15 - 17:45, Room: (SR2, SPZ, August-Bebel Str. 13c.)
Participants All students.
Pre-requisites Admission to the course requires UNIcert II or a sufficiently high score in the English Placement Test, plus assessment of the placement test essay task. See the Sprachenzentrum website for English Placement Test dates and times.
https://sprachabteilungen.sprachenzentrum.uni-halle.de/einstufungstests/
Lehrsprache(n) Englisch
SWS 4
ECTS points 5 ASQ or ECTS (See faculty requi

Rooms and times

(SR2, SPZ, August-Bebel Str. 13c.)
Monday: 16:15 - 17:45, weekly (13x)
Wednesday: 16:15 - 17:45, weekly (14x)

Comment/Description

This ASQ module can be taken as a one-semester standalone course.
UNIcert III – Speech & Debate focuses on developing students' university-level speaking, listening, critical reading, and writing skills, based on specific C1-level competences outlined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

In this module, students will learn negotiation, debate, and persuasion strategies and will have the opportunity to sharpen and develop these communicative competencies in both written and spoken forms across a range of themes and contexts, encompassing academic and professional fields. Additionally, students will learn how to perform rhetorical analysis to better critique opponents' positions.
The course will draw on a wide variety of strategies and techniques employed in English to take a stance in a convincing and engaging manner, as well as to seek compromises and concessions from debate partners.

A particular focus will be placed on:
☐ Identifying the features of a logically structured and reasonable argument.
☐ Choosing and using evidence wisely based on audience and contextual factors.
☐ Learning how to build credibility with an audience.
☐ Anticipating intercultural communication issues.
Students will learn through readings, discussions, listening, direct observation, and practice.

The course is aimed at all students with proven, univesity-level B2 English, regardless of academic discipline, who are interested in extending their knowledge of language and its use.

ℹ️ To ensure that all students are placed in the course most appropriate for their level, we require them to take a 30-minute Language Placement Test during the first week of the semester. For more information about test dates and times, please visit the MLU Sprachenzentrum website.
https://spz.uni-halle.de/einstufungstests/

UNIcert III – Speech and Debate also constitutes one component of the requirement for admission to the UNIcert III certificate examination. Please contact the module organiser for more information regarding the separately examined UNIcert III certificate.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Zeitgesteuerte Anmeldung: Englisch: UNIcert III (C1) Schwerpunkt Speech & Debate - ASQ".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The enrolment is possible from 22.09.2025, 10:00 to 31.10.2025, 18:00.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

ℹ️ To ensure that all students are placed in the course most appropriate for their level, we require them to take a 30-minute Language Placement Test during the first week of the semester. For more information about test dates and times, please visit the MLU Sprachenzentrum website.
https://sprachabteilungen.sprachenzentrum.uni-halle.de/einstufungstests/

The enrolment is binding, participants cannot unsubscribe themselves.

Admissible user domains:

  • Studenten HKD Burg Halle