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Just Reading and Writing English 1 (Coursera)

Offered by Tsinghua University,

Do you want to communicate with English speakers fluently? Welcome to our course. The course consists of 6 units with different topics: feelings, staying healthy, learning, university, cultural differences, and cities. From this course, you will have a good knowledge of primary English reading and writing skills in your daily life.

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We invite you to learn with our teachers and friends from different countries in the videos, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and Columbia. Are you ready? Let’s go!
Course 2 of 4 in the Learn English Specialization.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Feelings
How do you feel today?

WEEK 2
Staying Healthy
How to keep healthy?

WEEK 3
Learning
How to be a learning master?

WEEK 4
University
How to describe university life?

WEEK 5
Cultural Differences
Cultures in different countries

WEEK 6
Cities
Cities around the world

WEEK 7
Final Test
Final evaluation

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