The aims of the course are the following:

• To teach the students basic elements of the English language and Grammar aimed at raising their awareness about the usefulness of the language both for their academic studies and their future professional life thereafter.
• To enrich the students’ vocabulary through exposing them to language material from various sources (General English of A1-A2 level, as defined by the Common European Framework of reference for languages, 2018).
• To offer the students practice in grammatical and syntactic structures of English indispensable for the enhancement of their language proficiency (of A1-A2 level, as defined by the Common European Framework of reference for languages, 2018).
• To develop the students’ 4 language skills (listening comprehension, speaking competence, reading comprehension, and writing ability, of A1-A2 level, as defined by the Common European Framework of reference for languages, 2018).

Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to:

• Understand clearly and without any particular deviations  from the standard language form (which may cause a breakdown in communication) the main points of the General English they are presented with.
• Address situations / problems which may arise when they find themselves in a country or setting among foreigners where they are obliged to use English to communicate.
• Produce oral language using vocabulary from various sources and grammatical / syntactic structures of an A1-A2 level (as defined by the Common European Framework of reference for languages, 2018).