This intensive crash course refreshes your English by revising core grammar with a focus on the form and use of the tenses. This includes combinations of tenses such as the past continuous and simple past to relate events to each other in time as well as when to use and how to combine the will-future and the present continuous with future meaning. The grammar is trained in activities that integrate reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
The emphasis is on general English, with some academic English common across disciplines, such as comparing and contrasting, discussing data, and narrating change and stasis. The exercises based on topical themes related to health, the environment, and society give you plenty opportunity to apply vocabulary and express yourself in English to develop confidence, fluency, and accuracy. The course thereby readies you for your studies and sets you on your way to joining a semester course that will enhance your level.
The total break time will be 15 minutes per session.
This is a small-group course: The number of participants in this small-group course is limited to ensure greater individual attention. The minimum number of participants is 6; the maximum 10.