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Mastering English Communication I: Core Skills
Faculty
Irina Shchemeleva
Academic Director, Harbour.Space@UTCC
Course length
Duration
Total hours
Credits
Language
Course type
Fee for single course
Fee for degree students
Skills you’ll learn
Overview
"Mastering English Communication I: Core Skills" is the first part of an engaging and comprehensive English course designed specifically to meet the needs of university students. It aims to enhance your overall communication abilities in various everyday situations and to equip you with essential communication skills that are vital for academic success. Through a variety of authentic topics, you will develop the ability to use English in day-to-day interactions, to express your thoughts clearly and participate confidently in discussions and presentations.
Learning highlights
- Enhance your daily conversation with new words and phrases.
- Use synonyms and antonyms to add variety to your speech and writing.Please identify the key objectives & learning goals of the course.
- Master the usage of past simple, future tenses, and basic conditionals.
- Utilize prepositions, conjunctions, and modal verbs in various contexts.
- Comprehend the main idea and key details in short dialogues and audio clips.
- Recognize and understand different English accents and pronunciation styles.
- Present your opinions, likes, and dislikes; practice making requests, asking for information, and offering suggestions.
- Engage in basic social interactions and small talk with confidence.
- Read and understand essential information in articles, short stories, and brochures.
- Identify main ideas and supporting details in written texts; develop skimming and scanning techniques for more efficient reading.
- Write coherent paragraphs and simple essays on familiar subjects.
- Construct clear and polite emails for personal and semi-formal communication.
- Create short reports and stories using basic narrative skills.
Course outline
15 classes
Introduction and Personal Information
Greetings, introductions, asking and answering about personal information.
Present Simple tense
Common Interests and Hobbies
- Common phrases for expressing likes and dislikes
- Present simple and continuous tenses
Daily Life1
- Vocabulary and expressions related to daily activities (including campus life).
- Past Simple and Continues
- Prepositions of Time and Place
Daily Life 2
- Vocabulary and expressions related to daily activities (including campus life).
- Past Simple and Continues
- Comparatives and Superlatives
Progress Test 1
Revision, Role plays
Learning and Reading 1
- Adjectives for describing reading materials
- Techniques to summarize and recommend books
- Modals of Ability, Advice, Obligation, and Permission - Present (Can, Could, Should, Must, Have To)
Learning and Reading 2
- Adjectives for describing reading materials
- Techniques to summarize and recommend books
- Modals of Ability, Advice, Obligation, and Permission - Present (Can, Could, Should, Must, Have To) - Present and Past
Travel and Transport 1
- Vocabulary related to travel, types of transport, getting around campus.
- Present Perfect Tense
Travel and Transport 2
- Vocabulary related to travel, types of transport, getting around campus.
- Present Perfect Tense
Progress Test
- Revision, Presentations
Cooking and Food Preferences
- Giving instructions for recipes
- Food and Drink
- Vocabulary for different types of food and meals, discussing cafeteria food, and ordering in a restaurant.
- Countable and Uncountable Nouns with Quantifiers
Health and Fitness 1
- Vocabulary for parts of the body, common illnesses, talking about health habits (including university sports facilities).
- Adverbs of Frequency and Manner
Health and Fitness 2
- Vocabulary for parts of the body, common illnesses, talking about health habits (including university sports facilities).
- Future Forms: Will & Going To
Revision
Revision
Final test
- Final project presentations
Methodology
This course uses a task-based communicative approach to the development of core English skills. It emphasizes language use in real-world contexts. The course uses instructor-led and group discussions, individual, pair and group work.
Grading
Irina Shchemeleva has extensive experience in higher education administration and curriculum development. Her professional journey includes various leadership roles such as Deputy Director for Internationalization, and Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at HSE University in St. Petersburg.
Throughout her career, spanning over two decades, Irina Shchemeleva has demonstrated a profound commitment to English language teaching. As the Head of the Department of Foreign Languages at HSE University in St. Petersburg, she oversaw the recruitment, development, and evaluation of a large faculty team while also managing curriculum development and the creation and implementation of language teaching strategies for a large student body. Irina's dedication to language education is further demonstrated by her involvement in teaching a variety of English courses and developing teaching materials.
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Mastering English Communication I: Core Skills
by Irina Shchemeleva
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Aug 19 - Sep 06, 2024
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
How to secure your spot
Complete the form below to kickstart your application
Schedule your Harbour.Space interview
If successful, get ready to join us on campus
FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.