Students Corner Short but truly stories… A BAD DAY One day I was drinking a lot of rum with my cousin when suddenly three ugly men grabbed us and shouted at us “Give me all your money”. I told them that I did not have any, so they checked my purse and stole what money I had. As I went home nervously, I began to cry.
English at Autonomous University We “as and English Micro curricular component” are ready to offer Autonomous university students the best English classes they have ever had before. Our courses: The University has focussed its students into a high quality of education through a variety of programs that let them to be part of this process. A year ago the Micro component English
Marcela Padilla and Jerson Mendoza Level 3
was born in the Head of Dr. Sonia Roan and the academic support Dr. Monica Cuellar, since then the program has
One day I was in front of the Hospital speaking with my mother when suddenly I fell down on the floor and With the help of one of the nurses After the doctor examined me he told me, “You can go home now, you are fine” but as soon as I started walking I fell down again, I was in the hospital for a week. They realized I had a gastric ulcer.
grown very fast, now We have
Jonathan Acuña and Camilo Urrego. Level 3
our teaching is not simply in
more than 2000 students in all levels and all of them are more than pleased with the program because they have been able to seize
the
wonderful
opportunities to improve their knowledge
in
a
second
language and to be ready for their
future
professional
development. Courses curricular
in
the
component
Micro are
designed to be challenging, interesting and intellectually stimulating. The emphasis in improving your mastery of the world’s international
language, but also in developing your critical and intellectual thinking across a wide range of subjects within the field of English Studies The micro component has professional teaching staff which currently includes more than forty five teachers from different universities in Colombia as well as postgraduate teachers in English methodology, education management and those who are certified by the common European framework of reference(C.E.F.R) and there are some who speak more than one language. Teaching methods vary from course to course but usually comprise a combination of lectures and seminars. We regularly review our teaching programs in order to make improvements and to offer the best possible range of choices to our students. At the end of each course, students are encouraged to contribute to the review process by submitting their own evaluations of our courses.
They provide extensive systematic and well integrated practice in the productive and receptive skills necessary for successful communication in both oral and written forms of the language. This course uses a systematic learning of grammar and vocabulary is balanced with practice in communicative language use and particular attention to details of spelling and pronunciation. Offers opportunities to practice oral expressions skills thorough practiced oral presentations, at the same time the levels are divided in General English (levels 1, 2 and 3) and E.S P English for specific Purpose (legal English, business English and English for engineers levels 4 and 5) Our levels promote the development of portfolios, webpages, e-brary and special software “discoveries” all of this to offer our students the best English classes they have ever had before. English Teachers!