Advanced Listening is a strategy-based listening course for advanced ESL/EFL students, built around authentic lectures from Stanford University professors. Its interactive lessons are designed to develop listening strategies, academic vocabulary, and critical thinking.  The course focuses on processing complex information in real-time, in order to improve high-level listening and note-taking skills for those striving to succeed in academic or professional environments.

Advanced Listening will prepare students for certification required by English-based university or post-graduate programs and will help them succeed in international business environments

Get intensive listening practice with Dialogue, a supplementary English course focused on televised interviews on topics of general interest. Originally broadcast on China Central Television (CCTV), Dialogue’s advanced content helps higher-level learners prepare for university lectures, discussion groups, conferences, and international business presentations in English.

Each of the three interviews represents approximately seven hours of study in three parts: presentation, interactive listening, and language skills. The language is authentic and is spoken at a natural pace, with false starts and overlapping sentences.  The course also accustoms students to communicating with non-native speakers in the global business environment.

The three In-Depth Discussion Topics include:

• Higher Education in a Globalized Era
• Environmental Protection
• Issues on Aging