UNITED NATIONS LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMME
LEARNING SERVICE, OHRM
ENGLISH THROUGH MEDIA
Course Code: E6L3
Duration:
Description:
Objectives:
This course is held twice a week for 12 weeks in the lunch time period or once a week
(for two hours) in the evening. (Please check posted schedules for dates and time.)
Media excerpts are used as a ‘textbook.’ Students spend approximately 30 to 40 minutes
of each class viewing videotapes of television programmes, film clips, or listening to radio
broadcasts. Students are also given exercises designed to sharpen listening skills and increase
familiarity with the vocabulary and expressions used in conventional ‘media’ English.
This course will provide participants the opportunity to:
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Eligibility:
Practise deciphering ‘fast-spoken’ English by analysing the common phrasing patterns and
speech reductions of native speakers
Understand vocabulary and idiomatic expressions used in media broadcasts
Make active use of the new vocabulary studied
Learn vocabulary-expanding techniques than can be utilised while watching or listening to
media broadcasts at home.
English Programme Level 6+