English

What you’ll study

An integrative approach to the four basic skills — speaking, listening, reading and writing — with special emphasis on reading and writing. Speaking: strategies for communication, an acquaintance with phonetics, effective oral presentation; making statements, requests and inquiries, disagreeing, complaining and apologizing. Listening: practising listening to spoken English and taking useful notes. Reading: extracts from literary and general essays to develop comprehension and reading strategies. Grammar in Use: articles, verb patterns, sentence combining, conditional sentences, the infinitive, gerund and participle, subject-verb agreement. Writing: paragraph, précis and analytical writing, writing on current affairs, scientific writing. Commercial Correspondence: business letters, tender and pre-qualification notices, report writing.