Advanced English Courses
Other classes are offered for students who have completed their ELA courses, but who still want more English language study. These courses can be taken for elective credit:
Advanced English Studies: TOEFL Course
This course aims to improve students' academic reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through intensive practice, and substantially increase their vocabulary, in order to help them perform to the best of their ability on the TOEFL, which is often a prerequisite for academic study abroad.
Advanced English Presentation Skills Course
This course will help students to become more confident, skillful public speakers. Through a series of individual and group presentation projects, the course helps students improve skills for creating and delivering effective presentations. In particular, emphasis is placed on developing the ability to 1) plan a presentation appropriate for the given purpose, audience and logistics; 2) structure content using techniques for starting, organizing, and concluding; 3) design attractive visual materials; 4) use body language and voice in a professional manner; 5) manage Q&A sessions.