1. Vocabulary exercises to practice collocations, idioms, colloquialisms etc.; learning vocabulary in context (reading and listening materials); practicing vocabulary in communicative situations.

2. Communicative activities; pair and group discussions; formal debates about issues arising from the course contents; student presentations/monologues.

3. Reading and analyzing a wide range of long, complex texts; answering comprehension questions; checking subtle distinctions and understanding of implicit as well as explicit meaning; identifying arguments and themes; finding specific information; summarizing; exposing students to audio and video materials relating to course topics.