This course aims to develop the student’s communicative competence by adopting an integrated-skills approach. It can be completed face-to-face for one month or online, for three weeks.

The online course involves real-time teaching, guided learning activities which participants are expected to complete largely on their own with some assistance from peers and instructors, as well as independent learning activities. Each class will be 3 hours (for a total of 9 hours), per week. Applicants must select a class time for each of the days selected, either 9:00 am – 12:00 noon (AST) or 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (AST).

As part of the course, participants will be expected to monitor their own learning through reflective oral/written activities.  Instructors will present materials, activities, resources, strategy training, assignments and assessments which complement each other to improve participants’ knowledge and proficiency. The idea is to help participants discover how the parts of the language as a system are put together to work integratively.

Upon successful completion of this course via face-to-face teaching:

• Demonstrate oral proficiency in English at the CEFR (X) level
• Demonstrate a deeper understanding of English grammar and syntax
• Demonstrate greater understanding of the linguistic and cultural nuances of the country in which they are studying
• Demonstrate sociolinguistic proficiency in common situations encountered while visiting or living in said English-speaking country
• Produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest
• Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions

Virtual teaching course objectives:

• Use appropriate writing patterns for the workplace
• Read and listen for discriminatory purposes, informative purposes and for evaluative purposes
• Use strategies to speak fluently while using long turns; self-correct when speaking, as well as correctly pronounce phonemes in English
• Utilize effective conversation techniques, to initiate and maintain conversation in the language
• Apply the language they have learned in the classroom to real life tasks
• Apply cultural knowledge to effectively and sensitively use the language in formal and informal contexts
• Utilize the Moodle platform and other technological resources to enhance their linguistic output.

This course is designed for individuals (18+) who are non-native speakers of English and who wish to improve their linguistic proficiency in English.

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