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 is an advanced course for research assessing and reporting in the area of applied linguistics. It supports students to acquire research literacy, particularly the principles of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Students are introduced to various research genres and required to evaluate actual research studies. They need to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of different research models employed in specific situations and other possible alternatives. Hands-on experience of research procedure within practical scenarios is also provided throughout the course for students to flexibly utilize and appropriately justify a research model for their own research. The course provides a comprehensive overview of research paradigms for different methodologies, including narrative, ethnography, case study, and correlational study, and experimental research.

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.