Before 2018

Writing 1 is designed to help English majors progress toward pre-intermediate level (equivalent to B1 - CEFR). This course offers intensive practice of 3 types of basic sentences (simple, compound and complex) so that students can express their ideas effectively through making decisions about appropriate vocabulary and style. Besides, sentence level skills such as sentence formation, punctuation, and sentence combination will be emphasized to bolster their performance in future writing classes.

This course is intended for HCMUTE English majored students at the upper-intermediate level to achieve low-advanced level (equivalent to B2 – CEFR) in pronunciation. It equips students with knowledge of varieties of English, the pronunciation of words and phrases including consonant clusters, stressed and unstressed syllables, and foreign words.

This course is designed for HCMUTE English majored students at the intermediate level (equivalent to B1 – CEFR) in pronunciation.

The course of Reading 4 is designed to enable English-majored students to obtain academic reading skills at low-advanced level (equivalent to B2+ - CEFR). Particularly, students are provided with critical reading skills as well as sub-skills through intensive and extensive reading. Reading and thinking critically through authentic readings are also included. Moreover, strategies for taking Reading section of TOEFL and IELTS tests are introduced over the units so that students are familiarized with these international standardized tests. The course also helps students develop their learning autonomy as well as their teamwork skills.