GEN1102 English for Daily Communication

GEN1102 English for Daily Communication

This course is designed to develop students’ English communication skills for everyday life through the integrated practice of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students develop their language skills through vocabulary, conversations, grammar, pronunciation, reading comprehension, and practical activities based on situations relevant to their daily lives. The course aims to help students use English appropriately and effectively in their studies, everyday activities, and various communication contexts.

The course consists of six units:

Unit 1: School to University
Students learn vocabulary and communication related to university life, including places, faculties, and support units on campus. They practice using prepositions of place, introducing themselves, meeting new friends, and asking for and giving directions around the university. The unit introduces the Simple Present Tense in affirmative, negative, and question forms. Students also develop reading skills through a text about university life, with a focus on skimming, scanning, synonyms, and reading comprehension.

Unit 2: Healthy Lifestyles
Students learn vocabulary related to healthy and unhealthy lifestyles, activities, and diets. They practice conversations about healthy activities and healthy eating, as well as the pronunciation of contractions of the verb be. Grammar focuses on the Present Progressive Tense and Stative Verbs. Students also practice writing and develop reading comprehension through a text about healthy diets.

Unit 3: Online Learning
Students learn vocabulary and descriptive adjectives related to online learning and practice their pronunciation. They engage in situational dialogues about preparing for online classes and common online learning situations. Grammar focuses on comparative and superlative adjectives. Reading activities explore a new dimension of learning while developing skimming, scanning, vocabulary, synonym, and comprehension skills.

Unit 4: Great Inventions
Students explore vocabulary related to important inventions and parts of speech. They practice situational conversations about inventors and fixing things and learn the pronunciation of -ed endings. Grammar focuses on the Simple Past Tense in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. Reading activities introduce great inventors and emphasize identifying key details and relating the content to students’ own experiences.

Unit 5: Digital Lives
Students learn vocabulary related to digital technologies used in everyday life, including online learning, video conferencing, e-commerce, cashless payment, streaming media, and virtual technologies. They practice situational dialogues about future plans and the use of technology in daily life, together with two-word verbs. Grammar focuses on the Future Tense and the use of will and be going to for future plans and predictions. Reading activities explore how digital technologies influence and transform everyday life.

Unit 6: Online Shopping
Students learn important vocabulary and expressions related to online shopping, including ordering products, adding items to a cart, making payments, delivery, cancelling orders, and returns and refunds. They practice situational dialogues about how to shop online and how to deal with online shopping situations. Grammar focuses on modal auxiliaries for obligation and advice, particularly must, have to, and should. Reading activities further develop comprehension skills and vocabulary in context.

Upon completion of the course, students will have practiced English through a variety of practical and everyday situations. They will develop integrated listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills together with vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and communicative competence, enabling them to use English more appropriately and effectively in their studies and everyday lives.