MA in Business Communication and Translation in English

Since UACS SFL is designed to meet the needs of language professionals, students learn the following:

• Modern methodology in teaching English as a Foreign and/ or Second Language;
• The most contemporary techniques for translating written documents;
• Advanced techniques for simultaneous and consecutive interpretation;
• Contemporary standards of business communication in the era of globalization.

The program will improve students’ skills in:

• Teaching a foreign language in diverse multicultural environments, with different groups and at different levels in a socially responsible manner;
• Using computer assisting tools, as Word Fast a translation software with greater speed and efficiency;
• Collecting, analyzing, comparing and evaluating data for the purpose of making different types of translation and interpretation;
• Developing the ability for business communication, effective communication in teams, as well as gaining presentation and communication skills for a multicultural environment

• Know the source language (Macedonian) and the target language (English) at the level of: word,
• idiomatic expression, sentence, discourse, and style;
• Learn the elements of teaching hours and the function of textbooks and materials for teaching English;
• Ability to prepare lesson plans, select instructional materials, recognize the needs and deficiencies of
• students and properly direct their further educational process;
• Gain skills for presentation, transparency and clarity in teaching a foreign language;
• Knowledge regarding the analysis of the basic principles and methods of translation and interpretation;
• Learn the basic principles and methods of business and professional communication and correspondence, business terminology, writing business plans, reports and proposals.

Upon graduation, students earn a diploma which offers vast opportunities for getting a job and/or for freelance work as self-employed foreign language professionals. Some of the professional opportunities that students could pursue as future career are the following:

• English language teacher in primary and secondary education, as well as adult education in both private and public sector;
• Translator and interpreter of different sorts of texts and topics, both in domestic and foreign companies;
• Business communication correspondent;
• Proofreader;
• Book editor.