Do you want to read and write better in English? Welcome to our course. The course consists of 6 units with different topics: art, man and nature, social issues, engineering and technology, psychology, economics and management. From this course, you will have a good knowledge of general academic English learning skills. We invite you to learn with our teachers and friends from different countries in the videos. Are you ready? Let’s go!
General Academic English
General Academic English
This course is part of Learn English Specialization
Instructors: Fang Yang
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Approx. 8 hours
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There are 7 modules in this course
Art in life
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9 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt
human and nature
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9 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt
Hot issues in society
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10 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt
engineering and technology
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10 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt
the myth of psychology
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10 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt
management and economy
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10 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt
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2 assignments1 peer review
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i like this course very much, because i have learned new topics from this course. and this course will help me to be fluent in english. And instructor was very clear in conversation.
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