The goal of this course is to combine the students' knowledge in science and technology and their interest in multimedia with a focus on technology, inviting them to use the language of English to communicate their understanding about society, technology, and culture.  This course will help students to improve their English proficiency and make them able to communicate with others effectively. The course encourages students apply their knowledge of science and technology to study but should not be confined to those theories. They will focus on exploring the relationships among technology, culture and society so that their professionalism and humanistic literacy can be enhanced. Prerequisites: English for Academic Purposes III or EAP or English for Academic  Purposes.

Pronunciation is an essential component of oral communication and communicative competence. This course is designed to help students improve the intelligibility of their English speech and build confidence in communicating in English. The primary focus of the course is on the suprasegmental features (i.e., stress, rhythm and intonation) that are known to have the greatest impact on the comprehensibility of the learner’s English. Discrete English consonant and vowel sounds will also be covered throughout the course, with an emphasis on the sounds that are most difficult and problematic for native speakers of Chinese and other Asian languages. Prerequisites: English for Academic Purposes III or EAP or English for Academic Purposes.

Our course targets students who plan to take TOEFL as their preparation for their further study abroad. Students will learn the strategies and skills in TOEFL, get familiar with the test format and evaluation criteria. Students will start with relatively simple task and as their skills and strategies get stronger, they will be able to tackle more difficult problems in TOEFL test. The materials for this course are sourced from internationally authorized textbooks for TOEFL preparation. Timed tests will also be given to monitor students’ learning process.Students will be exposed to sample speaking situations, useful expressions and tactics for each speaking question including in-class and homework speaking practice.

This course is designed for those students who prepare to take the IELTS Academic Test and for those who are eager to polish their listening and speaking skills. Limited listening and speaking skills can result in a poor IELTS score and undermine students’ opportunities of being admitted to top universities around the world. This course will explore the IELTS Academic test, especially for listening and speaking. The instructor will analyze test papers of each task type, and help students enhance their listening and speaking skills as well as specific test-taking techniques. The IELTS Preparation (Listening and Speaking) will provide students with IELTS Academic Test instruction, test types analysis, listening and speaking topic analysis and test-taking strategies.

This course aims at training participants' critical thinking skills and facilitating their understanding of the BP debating basics. By the end of this course, participants will understand basic principles of BP debate format, acquire English debating skills, and be able to think critically about influential and controversial issues. It will also help participants prepare for the ‘FLTRP Cup’ National English Debating Competition. Prerequisites: English for Academic Purposes III or EAP or English for Academic Purposes. Achieved CET4 580/CET6 550/TOEFL 90/IELTS 6.5 (Transcripts or course records are needed.)

American Culture is a cultural studies course for SUSTech students who aim to acquire a deeper international perspective on Western Culture, particularly Anglo-American. This course will expose students to the most prominent US scholars and writers from the 19th century to the present, and it will discuss concepts and ideas that represent the foundations of American culture, such as independence, individualism, frontier, freedom, optimism, capitalism and many others. The course will examine a variety of texts, from political essays to novellas, from Presidential speeches to short stories, from documentaries to visual artifacts and economic reports, with the purpose of clarifying what these concepts mean historically, why they are so important, and how they have evolved. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand better their own relationship to another civilization. Prerequisites: English for Academic Purposes III or EAP or English for Academic Purposes.

This course aims to demystify the writing process of scientific writing and introduce the fundamentals of effective scientific writing. The course will be presented in three parts: part (1) teaches students the fundamentals of scientific writing, part (2) teaches students how to write different parts of a scientific manuscript, and part (3) teaches students how to improve scientific manuscripts. Instructions will focus on the process of writing. In this course, participants will also learn how to analyze and summarize and be taken through the preparation of an actual scientific manuscript. Students taking this course will be asked to complete some short writing and produce a scientific paper. Prerequisites: English for Academic Purposes III or EAP or English for Academic Purposes.

Applied Grammar is a grammar class for high intermediate English learners that desire to continue their study and application of grammar rules in their academic writing, and in the editing of that writing.  The goal for the class is to re-visit higher level grammar rules and constructs for the learners to more accurately identify errors in their own writing, and perfect and enhance their current writing skills of academic literature.  While the emphasis is on grammar as it pertains to writing, the class will also include exercises to improve academic reading and comprehension, as well as one project in presenting academic material. Prerequisites: English for Academic Purposes III or EAP or English for Academic Purposes.

Lecture, 2 credits, 2 hours per week. Pre-requisites: CLE030 EAP or CLE003 EAP III or GE2000. This course begins with a basic introduction to the global nature of the modern workplace, and then works to build English abilities for students to succeed using English for business. Topics covered include: writing résumés, socializing at work/networking, interviewing, and presentation skills. English reading, writing, listening and speaking and grammar skills will be integrated into the course.

This course is to help students with ability to write academic paper correctly and make presentations with less difficulty. Even though this is not a writing course, to ensure good results, the following exercises are assigned: the writing of an abstract and an introduction to a paper based on any paper students have written, a complete paper for a conference with emphasis on correct format and style, the writing of a presentation script, and the making of PPT slides. If class size is so big that students’ correction becomes an overload for teachers, they may selectively make corrections of their papers. Students’ grammar and usage errors or problems should be summarily pointed out in class for students to avoid. Prerequisites: English for Academic Purposes III or EAP or English for Academic Purposes.

Globalization in this information age requires that scientific researchers should not only make innovations but also effectively to communicate about their research with others. As Melissa Marshall, a senior lecturer of communication skills to scientists and engineers at Penn State University, states that “science not communicated is science not done,” the importance of improving scientific researchers’ communication skills can never be underestimated. The goal of this course is to promote science and technology undergraduate students’ public speaking skills. With an emphasis on application of content, this course requires students learn to deliver effective speeches and presentations through applying the principles learned in class. Students need to read and comprehend a variety of materials, including video lectures, book chapters, journal articles, academic papers, news, and etc. The course delivery is modified to a blended course format using “flipped classroom” model and integrating MOOCs. The online teaching platform “Sakai” is used for the online components, including each week’s reading materials, video lectures, and discussion questions. Students are required to finish reading and view videos before class meetings, while in-class time is devoted to group discussions and class speeches/presentations. Class assignments include but are not limited to: extensive reading, video lectures, online and in-class discussions, oral presentations, and written reading response. Performance assessment of students will be based on attendance, assignments, class speeches/presentations, and participation.Prerequisites: English for Academic Purposes III or EAP or English for Academic Purposes.

This is a test preparation course intended for learners who have an intermediate to upper-intermediate level of English. It will prepare them to sit the IELTS academic exam and help them to polish the primary language skills and develop the confidence needed to tackle the high level of difficulty that this test presents. The course will explore the test papers, examine in detail each task type, and gradually build up the skills, language and test techniques students need to approach IELTS with confidence.