The TOEIC Bridge

           Language is absolutely central to your learning: without it, you cannot make sense or communicate your understanding of a subject. Understand and make the most effective use of your study materials Develop the specialized language and vocabulary relevant to your subject Interpret assignment questions and select relevant and appropriate material for your        response Write well-structured and coherently presented assignments, without plagiarism   Communicate your needs to your tutors    Work productively with other students. Knowledge and Understanding Level 1: Show that you know and understand the principles, concepts and terms central to your subject. Level 2: Show knowledge and critical understanding of the principles, concepts and techniques in your subject. Level 3: Show your awareness of current thinking and developments. Show you...

What’s and whys of Communicative English Development of communicative skills requires competence in five areas: Listening Understanding Speaking Reading Writing In order to become an effective user of English, the learner has to work on each of these skills to gradually build up confidence which stems out of repetitive and improved usage. The Communicative method is employed to accomplish this in a relative shorter period of time, as opposed to years of study of the language. The emphasis is more on colloquial usage for everyday situations and effective communication of ideas, feelings or information without relying heavily on grammatical and literary considerations. Communicative methods rely on interaction as the main platform for skill development. Mastering communicative skills can be compared to building a house. The basic requirements are vocabulary and understanding of grammatical usage. Words are the building bricks and grammar is the cementing factor that ho...