The main purpose of this course is to learn practical English for doing internships overseas and studying or working abroad. It focuses on improving communication skills in different situations – what kind of conversations you have in the laboratory, how to explain your study/research to your colleagues and how to deal with practical difficulties in a foreign country. It will help you to have a better understanding of culture differences, such as lifestyle or non-verbal communication, and express yourself in an effective way. You will also practise how to write an email application for an internship.

• Language: English
• Dates&Time: Wed 6th/Thu 7th/Fri 8th August, 9:00-12:00
• Room: (6.7 Aug) Seminar Room, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building 2F

  (8 Aug) C214

• No textbook required

This course focuses on improving your discussion skills, including fluency and vocabulary, and it will help you to develop your speaking ability, particularly to express your opinions.
Discussing a variety of topics like contemporary issues, national features and attractions, you will learn new words and appropriate English expressions. You will also watch a short film to talk about to build up more natural conversation skills.

• Language: English
• Dates&Time: Wed 6th/Thu 7th/Fri 8th August, 13:00-16:00
• Room: (6.7 Aug) Seminar Room, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building 2F

  (8 Aug) C214

• No textbook required

This course is designed to improve your practical spoken English skills through interactive and communicative learning approaches. Emphasising natural and fluent communication, it prepares you to express yourself confidently and effectively in a variety of everyday contexts.
It focuses on building essential vocabulary, functional phrases and pronunciation skills to support clear and effective communication. You will develop fluency, accuracy and appropriateness in spoken English through structured speaking and listening activities and real-world simulations. The course integrates key IELTS and TOEFL speaking elements so it can be your preparation for the exam.

• Language: English
• Dates&Time: Mon 29th/Tue 30th September, 13:00-17:00
• Room: L200
• No textbook required

This course aims to improve your writing skills using the materials for IELTS and TOEFL (iBT) Writing Tasks. It focuses on building academic writing style at international level and on learning the structure of writing, including use of paragraphs and how to express your ideas and opinions logically and accurately. Feedback from the teacher helps you to improve your writing to achieve higher scores in the exams. These skills can also be used as a basis for English academic papers. Everything is instructed in English during the class by a qualified native English teacher, which provides practice for Speaking and Listening.(For those who are too busy on Mondays to attend this class, you can still receive the feedback if you submit an assignment.)

• Language: English
• Dates: [Autumn] 06/20/27 Oct, 10//17 Nov, 01 Dec.

  [Winter] 08/15 Dec, 05/19/26 Jan 2026, 02 Feb.

• Room: L200
• Free of charge

This course focuses on Practical English for science and engineering and helps you to learn useful expressions for explaining your research/field appropriately and effectively for internship abroad or at international conferences including practising how to explain processes or systems and studying grammatical rules, such as tense. It also aims to improve your communication skills, including writing business emails, as an engineer involved internationally.

• Language: English
• Dates: [Autumn] 07/14/21/28 Oct, 04/11 Nov.

  [Winter] 09/16 Dec, 06/13/20/27 Jan 2026

• Room: L200
• Free of charge

This course focuses on improving your discussion skills, developing your vocabulary and appropriate English expressions while exchanging opinions on a variety of topics, such as world news and culture differences. This will broaden your horizons to increase your awareness of countries around the world. You will also watch short films and discuss them to build up more natural conversation skills. This class integrates key IELTS and TOEFL Speaking elements so it can help your preparation for the exam.

• Language: English
• Dates: [Autumn] 08/15/22/29 Oct, 05/12 Nov.

  [Winter] 10/17 Dec, 07/14/21/28 Jan 2026

• Room: L200
• Free of charge

This course focuses on practicing English conversation in various situations in daily life and learning common words and useful phrases, including pronunciation and intonation. It aims to improve natural communication skills by doing role-play or playing games in a friendly atmosphere. Each week, a couple of students give a short presentation and receive feedback which helps you to learn appropriate words, expressions and the presentation delivery. If you want to speak English but don’t know how, this is the best opportunity for you to learn it.

• Language: English
• Dates: [Autumn] 09/16/23/30 Oct, 06/13 Nov.

  [Winter] 11/18 Dec, 08/15/22/29 Jan 2026

• Room: L200
• Free of charge