The course is essential to strengthen the four language skills which are listening, speaking, reading, and writing on topics of familiar subjects within the students' fields of interest. Students will be taught the basics of paragraph writing to form a complete essay comprising of introduction, body and conclusion. This course also develops the students' reading skills by employing various reading strategies. Students will develop the ability to listen for specific information and communicate with some confidence on familiar routine and non-routine matters. The course is defined within the CEFR B1 level.

By the end of the semester, students should be able to:

CO1:
Respond to written texts based on short oral discourses.

CO2:
Identify relevant information in straightforward factual texts.

CO3:
Write on familiar topics using appropriate language and format based on themes given.

CO4:
Discuss routine and non-routine matters on familiar subjects.

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