The English Language Team is largest language team in the department with 47 members – teachers, lecturers and senior lecturers, including native speakers. The team offers English language courses at various levels of advancement: B2, C1 and C2. Depending on the degree and level of language skills, students learn general, academic, specialist and work environment
Systematically updated English language curricula based on the surveys of students, graduates and employers' opinions ensure high quality of language education and learning outcomes that meet the needs of the labour market and the requirements of employers.
Apart from teaching English as a foreign language to full- and parttime students, the team also provides courses for the Doctoral School.
For many years the team offered intensive language courses to prepare foreigners from different countries for studies in English, primarily at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Currently, these course are still taught at the DFL but by the Polish and English Language Centre for Foreigners.
The team's tasks also include organising doctoral exams and exams for participants in the Erasmus+ programme.
We also offer courses preparing for international certificate exams IELTS, C1 Advanced and B2 First. The examiners of the English Language Team conduct TELC oraz ACERT certificate examinations for students, doctoral students and other interested persons from outside the University.
As part of the work of the Translation Task Team, English philologists provide translating and proofreading services for the University.
The team actively participates in the implementation of various university projects, e.g. "Improving the language competences of students of the Faculty of Chemistry in response to the needs of the labour market", "Innovative University - Innovative Teacher" and independently implements the "Senior" project.
Currently, numerous teachers are involved in the Masters of Didactics Project and individual English classes with students and doctoral students with disabilities. Team members offer also commercial proprietary courses for WUST students and all comers.
The team members actively participate in organising and conducting many language events, e.g. Language Juwenalia, Language Tournament, Lower Silesian Science Festival and the National English Language Olympiad for Students of Technical Universities in Poznań, where WUST students very often achieve great success and join the already large group of become winners and laureates from our University.
The English Language Team actively participates in the organisation of scientific and didactic conferences. In 2023, it co-organised the IATEFL International Conference for Teachers of English for the fourth time.
Through our various didactic and non-didactic activities, we not only teach our students English - we familiarise them with the culture of English-speaking countries in the broadest sense, contributing to broadening their interests and knowledge of the world. Above all, however, we give our students a tool for communication and raising their professional competence, which is undoubtedly English - the language of global communication in an international environment of study and work.