Offered in the 1200 semester, this course aims to prepare students for the use of English in everyday situations with the extensive training on the four components of listening, reading, writing and speaking as well as important grammar components to achieve a similar competence level as IELTS Band 5. Furthermore, the intended learning outcomes of the course are as follows:
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describe, discuss and present information related to general and specific topics,
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skim and scan general/ newspaper articles to extract information,
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compare, contrast and retain information on topics of general interests and beliefs,
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practice the improved listening skills and expanded vocabulary by actively engaging with popular media, and,
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write well-structured paragraphs on relatively complex, general topics.