Use of English |
A. Grammar: review of tenses, conditional forms, inversion, verb patterns (gerunds, infinitives, verbs with prepositions, past verb forms), modal verbs, participles)
B. Vocabulary: idioms, phrasal verbs, collocations, register.
C: Word formation: preffixes, suffixes, compound adjectives, compound nouns from phrasal verbs.
D. Tasks used in the Cambridge proficiency examination: Open cloze exercises. word transformation task, gapped sentences, Key-word transformation, etc
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Reading |
A. Comprehension of fiction and non-fiction books, journals, newspapers, promotional and informational materials.
B. Understanding of written English at word, phrase (phrasal verb and idiomatic expressions), sentence, paragraph and whole text level.
C. Interpreting textual register, and writer/audience relationship concerning ideas, opinions, suggestions, and attitudes.
D. Understanding cohesion, structure and organization of the text.
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Writing |
A. Formal letters, articles, essays, proposals, and summaries to defend concepts, opinions, and to express suggestions in an academic environment. |