Duration: 9 weeks

Aims and objectives

The course helps you develop your speaking skills and provide the opportunity to practise in a friendly, relaxed environment. It will:

• help develop your confidence and fluency in speaking
• extend your knowledge of vocabulary related to non-academic topics and give you the opportunity to practise discussing these topics in English
• enable you to become aware of certain strategies used by speakers to participate in discussions
• provide you with the language necessary to communicate in different situations on and off campus