This course prepares advanced level students to interact with and respond to written and spoken English in a variety of contexts including academic, business, job-related, professional, and daily social and cultural interactions. The course will aim at improving students' abilities in three areas: aural and literal comprehension, oral fluency, and passive and active vocabulary. Students will be expected to read from a variety of sources such as essays, newspapers, magazine articles, short fiction and the Internet, and to view and listen to a variety of aural and visual sources such as videos, T.V., radio, lectures, native speakers, fellow students, and songs; and to critically respond to information and opinions in discussion groups and through presentations.