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Course Description

The English Bridge Program is the first in a series of four courses that improve student ability to read, write, listen, and speak in English. The goal is to communicate effectively and with confidence in professional English (as opposed to academic English).

Recommended Books

21st Century Reading: Creative Thinking and Reading with TED Talks

21st Century Reading provides the ideal forum for learners of English to make connections with topics ranging from science to business to global issues, and inspire authentic language. Using TED Talks as the springboard to share ideas, this new four-level reading series shows learners how to understand and respond to ideas and content in English. Each Student Book is accompanied with a Teacher’s Guide, which includes practical guidance for delivering effective reading lessons, useful tips for incorporating TED Talks in class, and annotated TED Talk scripts with cultural and language notes.

Great Writing 5: From Great Essays to Research

Great Writing 5 is the last step of the Great Writing Series. The goal of this series is to help the learners both to produce a presentable product and to understand the composing process. While the Great Writing Foundations and the Great Writing 1-4 teaches grammar, vocabulary, spelling, sentences, paragraphs and essays, Great Writing 5 focuses more on advanced essays, including research papers. There are 8 units in this book, covering the components of an essay, steps of the writing process, skills of paraphrasing, summarizing, synthesizing, and citing sources, different types of essays such as comparison, cause-effect, and argument essays, and how to write a research paper.

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