II. VOCABULARY |
1. British and American English
2. Press language: advertising and the mass media
3. Idioms and everyday expressions
4. Academic language |
IV. WRITING |
1. Strategies:
1.1. Gathering ideas
1.2. Organising and revising
1.3. Editing and proofreading
1.4. Evaluating with a rubric
1.5. Citation of sources
2. Text types:
2.1. Personal and critical responses
2.2. Argumentative essays
2.3. Comparison-contrast essays
2.4. Definition essays
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VI. SPEAKING |
1. The sounds of English:
1.1. The pronunciation of vowels
1.2. The pronunciation of consonants
1.3. Word stress
1.4. Sentence stress and weak vowels
2. Structuring and delivering academic presentations:
a. Aims and objectives
b. Researching one's audience
c. Presentation structure
d. Script and visual aids
e. Delivering one's presentation
f. Handling questions
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