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Learn English SpecializationTsinghua UniversityWhat you will learn
introduce oneself, one’s job, one’s preferences (hobbies, likes and dislikes, etc.)
indicate one’s opinion about family, friendship, hometown, or jobs
continue a conversation with someone new from other countries
About this Specialization
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This specialization is intended for English as a Second Language Learners (elementary, intermediate, and advanced). No prior knowledge is required for these courses. Through 4 courses, Conversational English skills, Just Reading and Writing English 1, Just Reading and Writing English 2, and General Academic English, you will cover the following interesting topics in each course:
1.Meeting new people, the people in your life, eating in and eating out, the reason to learn English, good times and bad times, and hobbies in course 1 will prepare you to have a good knowledge of conversational English skills in your daily life to improve your ability to communicate better in English in a wide range of daily situations and become more fluent and confident in using the language.
2.Feelings, staying healthy, learning, university, cultural differences, and cities in course 2 will prepare you to have a good knowledge of primary English reading and writing skills.
3.Education, manners, personal communication, purpose of living, cultural studies, life science in course 3 will prepare you to have a good knowledge of intermediate English reading and writing skills.
4.Art, man and nature, social issues, engineering and technology, psychology, economics and management in course 4 will prepare you to have a good knowledge of general academic English learning skills for your academic career, covering all aspects of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Applied Learning Project
Learners will video several poster presentations on the topic of a well-known place in your country, a speech on your favorite university, a design on a training program for a summer course, and an interview of a market survey respectively for each course. The conversational English skills as well as reading and writing skills from the course are supposed to be applied properly. All these projects are carefully designed to help the learners in international communication and further in their future career.
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Beginner Level
Approximately 7 months to complete
Suggested pace of 1 hour/week
English
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100% online courses
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Flexible Schedule
Set and maintain flexible deadlines.
Beginner Level
Approximately 7 months to complete
Suggested pace of 1 hour/week
English
Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
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