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General Academic English

This course is part of Learn English Specialization

Instructors: Fang Yang

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

108 reviews

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

Flexible schedule

9 hours to complete

Learn at your own pace

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

108 reviews

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

Flexible schedule

9 hours to complete

Learn at your own pace

96%

Most learners liked this course

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There are 7 modules in this course

Do you want to read and write better in English? Welcome to our course. The course consists of 6 units with different topics: art, man and nature, social issues, engineering and technology, psychology, economics and management. From this course, you will have a good knowledge of general academic English learning skills. We invite you to learn with our teachers and friends from different countries in the videos. Are you ready? Let’s go!

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Art in life

What's included

9 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt

9 videosTotal 62 minutes

1. Introduction3 minutes
2. Listening4 minutes
3. Group Discussion3 minutes
4. Topic and Text14 minutes
5. Vocabulary12 minutes
6. Academic Writing5 minutes
7. Skills Power Station13 minutes
8. Student Research Project5 minutes
9. Summary2 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 13 minutes

Test 1-33 minutes
Test 1-63 minutes
Test 1-84 minutes
Test 1-23 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 3 minutes

Discussion questions3 minutes

human and nature

What's included

9 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt

9 videosTotal 69 minutes

1. Introduction2 minutes
2. Listening3 minutes
3. Group Discussion3 minutes
4. Topic and Text16 minutes
5. Vocabulary17 minutes
6. Academic Writing6 minutes
7. Skills Power Station10 minutes
8. Student Research Project9 minutes
9. Summary2 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 11 minutes

Test 2-32 minutes
Test 2-63 minutes
Test 2-83 minutes
Test 2-23 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 3 minutes

Discussion question3 minutes

Hot issues in society

What's included

10 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 61 minutes

1. Introduction2 minutes
2. Listening3 minutes
3. Group Discussion4 minutes
4. Topic and Text 111 minutes
4. Topic and Text 27 minutes
5. Vocabulary11 minutes
6. Academic Writing5 minutes
7. Skills Power Station5 minutes
8. Student Research Project10 minutes
9. Summary2 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 13 minutes

Test 3-33 minutes
Test 3-63 minutes
Test 3-84 minutes
Test 3-23 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 3 minutes

Discussion questions3 minutes

engineering and technology

What's included

10 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 57 minutes

1. Introduction2 minutes
2. Listening4 minutes
3. Group Discussion4 minutes
4. Topic and Text 110 minutes
4. Topic and Text 27 minutes
5. Vocabulary12 minutes
6. Academic Writing5 minutes
7. Skills Power Station5 minutes
8. Student Research Project6 minutes
9. Summary2 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 12 minutes

Test 4-33 minutes
Test 4-62 minutes
Test 4-85 minutes
Test 4-22 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 3 minutes

Discussion questions3 minutes

the myth of psychology

What's included

10 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 67 minutes

1. Introduction2 minutes
2. Listening4 minutes
3. Group Discussion4 minutes
4. Topic and Text 112 minutes
4. Topic and Text 214 minutes
5. Vocabulary15 minutes
6. Academic Writing4 minutes
7. Skills Power Station4 minutes
8. Student Research Project7 minutes
9. Summary2 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 12 minutes

Test 5-32 minutes
Test 5-63 minutes
Test 5-84 minutes
Test 5-23 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 3 minutes

Discussion questions3 minutes

management and economy

What's included

10 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 61 minutes

1. Introduction3 minutes
2. Listening5 minutes
3. Group Discussion4 minutes
4. Topic and Text 18 minutes
4. Topic and Text 211 minutes
5. Vocabulary10 minutes
6. Academic Writing6 minutes
7. Skills Power Station3 minutes
8. Student Research Project8 minutes
9. Summary2 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 14 minutes

Test 6-33 minutes
Test 6-63 minutes
Test 6-85 minutes
Test 6-23 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 3 minutes

Discussion questions3 minutes

What's included

2 assignments1 peer review

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Fang Yang

Tsinghua University

4 Courses151,521 learners

Wenxia Zhang

Tsinghua University

3 Courses44,072 learners

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Reviewed on Apr 1, 2021

i like this course very much, because i have learned new topics from this course. and this course will help me to be fluent in english. And instructor was very clear in conversation.

Reviewed on Oct 24, 2020

Thanks to coursera team and Tsinghua University for providing such course. I appreciate your effort by taking education seriously. Thanks

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