Following the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL), this course aims to enable students to develop their English language skills, and to bring them to a significant level of communicative competence accordingly. As most of the basic grammar knowledge is already assumed to have been acquired, this course will be focused on improving the students’ current level of English. Particular reference will be devoted to the Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), for participants are expected to familiarise with the English language related to their field of study. This will be done using both talks and articles, in order for students to properly work on listening and reading abilities; combined with this, oral and written summarising skills will be correspondingly practised. Non-native speakers of English will be additionally provided with phonological and syntactic error analysis, by encouraging a critical approach to monolingual English dictionaries.

Philpot, S. & Curnick, L. New Headway Academic Skills (Level 3). O.U.P