Intensive English Program (IEP)

This course helps the students in the acquisition of core lessons of Business topics and Business skills. As part of this course, students need to learn certain components of grammar. The course helps them to read, comprehend business topics and write e-mails related to business information. It will allow them to understand business jargon as they approach diploma programs.

Classroom activities engage students in developing listening and speaking strategies for community, workplace, and academic contexts. Listening skills follow before, during, and after listening which give students the tools necessary to master listening skills for a variety of contexts. Speaking activities allow students to examine and practice specific components of Grammar and language functions. This enables them to sharpen their speaking skills. The listening and speaking course focus on the introduction of survival speaking skills, the development of basic listening comprehension, and the building of spoken vocabulary to prepare students to enter the third level of the Intensive English Program with the basic communication skills needed for campus and community interactions. The course also prepares them for academic challenges in the real world. The students are given useful insights into the presentation and oral communication skills. Additionally, they are provided support in computer literacy to prepare them for diploma programs.

This is a math course for foundation students in levels 2 & 3. This course aims to teach students some knowledge about topics that include geometry, algebra, calculus, trigonometry, and statistics. This course teaches students different techniques and methods. They learn deductive reasoning and logical arguments. Students learn independently and as part of a team through online tasks and the completion of assessments.

Students need to read and comprehend many kinds of reading texts to improve their proficiency and comprehension in English. This course focuses on building language proficiency that conforms to CEFR B1-B2 standard. Learning new vocabulary is equally important for students to understand and produce oral and written text. In the classroom, the students are exposed to a variety of exercises to help them become proficient readers and writers.

In the writing course, the students learn to write a variety of paragraphs. Students develop knowledge from reading on a wide variety of topics from around the globe and improve their writing skills. This course focuses on writing clear sentences and paragraphs. Class assignments focus on writing well-developed paragraphs with support. In addition, students will practice revising written work for content and editing for grammatical accuracy.

The guided Reading course is introduced to provide additional support to students to comprehend variety of texts and to develop the individual skills of understanding vocabulary in context, identify main ideas, make inferences, and be able to evaluate supporting evidence. The main purpose of this course is to give students additional reading opportunities to support acquisition of necessary language skills. The focus is not on accuracy or the level of difficulty but on reading fluency to make them proficient readers.

The Intermediate Grammar course focuses on introducing students to grammatical structures ranging from low intermediate to intermediate level. It enables them to use these structures in written and spoken English language in academic contexts. Students are given practice in editing and correcting their oral and written communication and improve on their language accuracy. By the end of this course, the students are successfully able to comprehend and use intermediate grammatical structures.

This course aims to develop student's English language proficiency skills. It aims to help students to study in different business majors and eventually work in business. Students learn a wide variety of relevant subject-specific language skills. Students learn vocabulary and language related to corporate communication which establishes a foundation for further studies in this area. They learn various components of business writing and the effective delivery of oral presentations. The course content consists of written and oral communication related to Business Studies topics.

This is a listening, speaking skills course for foundation students in level III. This course aims to teach students to think critically and communicate effectively to succeed in their diploma courses. In this course, students practice listening to authentic academic lectures, short oral presentations, TED Talks, and participate in debates, presentations, and class discussions. Students develop note-taking techniques and strengthen critical thinking skills that include reconstructing and summarizing main ideas as well as transferring knowledge from lectures to other areas. Additionally, the course emphasizes oral communication skills through an understanding of strategies and knowledge of effective discourse as well as provides direction for students to plan, organize and deliver effective presentations. The student refines the public-speaking skills introduced and developed in Semester I in level 3. In this course, students practice listening to authentic academic lectures, short oral presentations, TED Talks, and participate in debates, and class discussions. Students learn a range of academic life skills. Students learn to evaluate their skills and success factors, prioritize, and plan their time, and use Microsoft Office and educational technology effectively.

This is a math course for foundation students in level 3. This course aims to teach students some knowledge about topics that include geometry, algebra, calculus, trigonometry, and statistics. This course teaches students different techniques and methods. They learn deductive reasoning and logical arguments. Students learn independently and as part of a team through online tasks and the completion of assessments.

This course is a reading course that helps students to improve their overall reading competency. The course focuses on building language proficiency that conforms to CEFR B2-C1 standard. It aims at developing academic reading skills among students. Working individually and collaboratively, students complete a range of authentic readings selected from a variety of disciplines. They acquire strategies and techniques to ensure that they have the skills to optimize their learning on their subsequent programs.

At the high-intermediate level, this course focuses on expanding students’ writing skills. Students will continue to develop their use of the process method of writing to complete paragraphs and short essays in a variety of different organizational patterns. This course is designed to refine students’ writing skills for the various tasks required at the college and university level, including writing paragraphs, summaries, and essays. It focuses on writing well-developed paragraphs with support. In addition, students will practice revising written work for content and editing for grammatical accuracy. Students are introduced to the additional skills of doing research, assembling, and organizing relevant information for persuasive writing, and commenting on the nature and relevance of support in the arguments of others for presentations at the intermediate to high-intermediate level. Students also increase their use of academic vocabulary and demonstrate level-appropriate accuracy and fluency.

The Extensive Reading course helps students analyze different texts and distinguish between facts and opinion. They learn to support and challenge arguments in response to reading material based on their interest and level. The primary focus is on the comprehensiveness of the reading rather than on the difficulty of the text. The purpose of this course is to expose students to extensive reading material to improve their reading fluency, support and prepare them for academic learning environment.

This focus of Advanced Grammar course is to build upon the knowledge of the second semester and introduce students to upper intermediate grammatical structures. This course enhances student comprehension and ability to use syntactically accurate sentence structures both in oral and written communication. They learn to edit, revise and correct written and spoken language in academic learning environment. The Advanced Grammar course exposes students to upper intermediate grammatical structures integrated into reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills to prepare them for entry into diploma programs.