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General Goals

• Develop English skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking so students can enter a Western university at the undergraduate or graduate level.
• Build an awareness of the expectations these Western universities have of students.
• Prepare students to meet these expectations, particularly in the areas of: critical thinking, classroom participation, study and learning habits, and test-taking strategies.
• Develop sustained and life-long language learning strategies.

Reading

• Prepare students for the large amount of reading required at university, and the need to read quickly.
• Develop effective note-taking and memory strategies while reading.
• Build receptive vocabularies and the ability to guess from context.
• Encourage critical reading, and the ability to integrate new ideas with existing knowledge.

Writing

• Build confidence in writing to an academic standard.
• Develop an understanding of writing as a means of learning, and of demonstrating learning.
• Prepare effective test-taking and examination strategies.
• Explore academic genres, especially the term paper and post-graduate thesis.

Listening

• Develop skills to isolate key words and identify core ideas.
• Increase receptive vocabulary, especially in academic settings.
• Enhance students' ability to apply prior knowledge and learning to the current situation.
• Provide a range of realistic listening challenges, including different English accents and live lectures on new subject matters.

Speaking

• Build speaking confidence in and out of the classroom.
• Develop strategies for explaining ideas and supporting opinions.
• Increase vocabulary including common idioms and academic words.
• Provide effective communication strategies for use on and off the campus.

Life Skills

• Prepare students for life both on and off the campus.
• Develop strategies for coping with foreign cultures and foreign contacts.
• Enhance students' ability to interact in social settings; including discussions with professors, VIPs and friends.
• Build the capacity for life-long learning in all subject areas.

Study Skills

• Develop research and bibliographic skills for both the Library and Internet.
• Enhance students' ability to isolate and remember key facts and concepts.
• Encourage the development of cross-linked ideas in different disciplines of study.
• Build effective note-taking strategies for lectures and seminar discussions.