UNITED NATIONS LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMME
LEARNING SERVICE, OHRM
LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH LEARNING ABOUT
THE UNITED NATIONS
Course Code: E6C4/1
Duration:
This course is held twice a week for twelve weeks. (Please check posted
schedules for dates and time.)
Description:
Have you ever wanted to learn more about the extensive work of the United
Nations? Using a specially created set of online learning materials, participants
will engage in both “live” discussion and interactive online exercises to expand their
knowledge of the work of the Organization as they expand their knowledge of the
English language.
Participants who complete the course by attending the required number of hours and by
doing the required number of weekly assignments will receive a certificate of
completion.
Objectives:
Eligibility:
This course will provide participants with the opportunity to:
 Increase their vocabulary and reading skills through specially created reading
comprehension exercises and games
 Practise their speaking skills by engaging in interactive group exercises, summarizing
and discussing the information they have learned
 Sharpen their listening comprehension skills by viewing selected United Nations
webcasts and doing accompanying comprehension exercises
 Polish their grammar skills by reviewing hard-to-master linguistic items
including: conditionals, perfect tenses, two-word verbs, modals and prepositions
 Develop a set of model United Nations written communications (letters,
memoranda, e-mail messages and a short report).
English Programme Levels 6+