The course develops all four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing to an advanced level. At the end of the course the students may expect to achieve competence in a wide range of grammatical structures of the language and a knowledge of the vocabulary which is required to read, write and talk about the spectrum of topics and situations covered in the course. They will be able to express and discuss views and topics in front of a group of listeners. Learning activities are supported by various media, including audio, video, and, where appropriate, computer software. The module is taught as far as possible in the target language.
Teaching is conducted, where appropriate, in the target language.
There are weekly coursework assignments. The course gives equal weight to the development of oral, reading comprehension and writing skills, following the topic-based syllabus presented in the course book. For the core course, general listening comprehension skills will be developed via teaching in the target language. It has similar aims and structure and builds on the work done at the previous level. The course aims to develop further the students' oral, reading comprehension and writing skills.