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 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 high A2 to B1 level.

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

CO1: Transfer information from spoken to written texts

CO2: Identify relevant information in straightforward factual texts

CO3: Write 4-paragraph essays complete with an introduction and a conclusion

CO4: Communicate routine and non-routine matters on familiar subjects

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