The module provides learners with the basic knowledge of English phonetics and phonology

This course is designed to provide the students of Technical English Translation and Interpretation as well as of the Business English programs basic understandings of pragmatics in English communication, the meaning of sentences and utterances such as implicature

This course is designed for English-majored students to achieve pre-intermediate level in listening and speaking (A2). The course provides students with vocabulary, grammar and background knowledge of familiar topics in everyday life. In addition, this course focuses on improving listening skills, i.e. listening for main ideas, listening for details of short talks and conversations as well as helps students build the ability to communicate confidently, describe problems and suggest proper solutions, present ideas and engage in conversations related to familiar topics such as hobbies, learning and work. Apart from listening and speaking skills, students are offered with opportunities to obtain necessary study skills, critical and creative thinking skills which are the cornerstone for their development in thinking and communicative competences in the future.

This course aims to provide the students with the knowledge of principles and concepts of accounting as well as accounting practices, financial statements and analysis. The course intends to provide a strong foundation in understanding the way financial statements are prepared and how these financial reports help the management of any business to take various managerial decisions. 

This course provides students with economic concepts, theories and analytical techniques. It covers both microeconomics and macroeconomics. The use of a market, supply and demand, model will be the fundamental model in which trade-offs and choices will be considered through comparison of costs and benefits of actions. The course also covers macroeconomic issues related to the interaction of goods and services markets, labor and money. The role of government policy to address microeconomic market failures and macroeconomic objectives will be considered.