This course is designed to help students increase their confidence, fluency, and correctness in the use of spoken English.  Special attention is given to pronunciation, developing a strong vocabulary, and those features present in oral language such as idiomatic expressions. The idea is to provide the students with the necessary tools to improve their oral competency; to this end, the student will move from simple dialogues to dialogues with a higher technical context.

Analysis of selected readings such as essays, fiction, poetry or drama, and practice in writing, with attention given as needed to grammar and idiomatic expressions.