BEL311: English for Academic Purposes / Academy of Language Studies

This course is designed to equip students with the necessary writing skills to help them improve their written English. This is conducted by integrating reading and speaking skills with the emphasis is on writing skills. This course also aims to equip students with the necessary skills to enable them to discuss arguments and issues effectively. It focuses on enhancing the students’ abilities to use the language by exploiting a variety of materials in varied situations. Appropriate consideration is given to the development of higher-level grammatical construction and vocabulary expansion which are intended to help increase students’ lexical density.