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UPValenciaX: HIENGLISH201.3x Upper-Intermediate English: Business and Globalization

DURATION

4 Weeks - Self paced

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This course is the third in a series of four English language MOOCs designed for students with an intermediate level of English looking to reach a higher intermediate level. The course is comprised of video lessons, reading comprehension activities, grammar explanations and exercises, listening comprehension activities and speaking practice. 

The course covers interesting topics such as the Edinburgh Theatre Festival, music, films and theatre, migratory movements and indigenous cultures.


This course also includes preparatory materials and recommendations to take the Cambridge University First Certificate in English Examination (FCE).

WHAT I WILL LEARN

  • Writing articles for magazines
  • Writing reports
  • Using verb tenses in context
  • Vocabulary and grammar
  • Listening and speaking in English

PREREQUISITES

Lower Intermediate or Intermediate level of English

UNITS 

Course & Tester Unit 1: Innovation

Reading about new ways of communicating. Writing an article. Using the conditionals.  Listening to a talk on Innovation. Talking about social networks.

Course & Tester Unit 2: TV and films

Reading and understanding texts about industry. Writing a review. Practicing with phrasal verbs. Understanding an audio on Bollywood. Talking about film and television.

Course & Tester Unit 3: It's a small world

Reading a text about the European Constitution. Writing a letter of complaint. Using the indirect speech. Listening to a video on Japanese theatre. Talking about bans and prohibitions.  about historical monuments.

Course & Tester Unit 4: Languages in today's world

Reading a text about Lebanon. Writing a letter of application. Using the passive. Understanding a lecture on innovation. Talking about languages in today's world.

 

SCHEDULE

The course is in self-paced mode. This means that the all the content will be published from the beginning, which should take you 4 hours a week to complete, but you can do the activities at your own pace.

GRADING POLICY

There are no exams, all the exercises in the course are graded with a weight related with the number of points they award. The graded subsections of the course are classified in 5 different types depending the number of points they award. Depending on the question you have a different number of attempts to answer  You will pass the course if your score is 50% or more of the maximum possible score . Remember that to get a certification you have to verify your identity and pay a fee.

ACADEMIC POLICY

In this course we abide the "edX Honor Code" that can be read at the end of the edX terms of service