COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will focus mainly on reading, accompanying with weekly listening tactics and 3 writing exercises per semester. Regarding to reading, the aim is to help students to approach written material with different objectives, to read for meaning, and to process information and ideas as they read. For listening tactics, in order to give students experience with listening to a variety of text types, course material would be taken from TV, video clips, and all kinds of audio clips from various textbooks. As for writing practice, the main purpose aims to help students generate and develop ideas for writing well-organized paragraphs on topics related to different themes. A writing exercise packet will be distributed in the class.