The course builds the skills required for lectures, tutorials, reading research and written assignments in English. Listening skills include: * note-taking, using scientific numbering * using lecture handouts effectively * understanding a speaker"s arguments * understanding concessions * recognizing start / end of digressions Speaking skills include: * clarifying issues in a discussion * raising / dealing with an objection * expressing and dealing with uncertainty * summarizing * referring to research Reading skills include: * highlighting key points * recognizing and recording sources * making inferences * reacting to texts * understanding sentence relationships Writing skills include: * linking sentences * restating (avoiding plagiarism) * supporting statements with evidence * writing about graphs * using lexical cohesions