This subject guide includes diverse resources that support first year students for improving their English,necessary skills and scientific knowledge for the main courses.
Suggested Searching Keywords
IELTS; Writing; Speaking; Listening; Reading; Communication skills; Public speaking; Presentation skills; Debating; Note-taking skills; etc.
Books
Location: VGU Library & Foundation Dept.
English language skills
- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English. 2010. Shelf number: 423 Ox22A
- IELTS foundation : Study skills : a self-study course for all academic modules / Short, Jane. 2012. Shelf number: 428.24 S55949
- Cambridge IELTS 7 examination papers from the University of Cambridge ESOL examinations : English for speakers of other languages / Capel, Annette. 2009. Shelf number: 428.24 S55949428.0076 C1785 23
- Cambridge IELTS 9 : Authentic examination papers from Cambridge ESOL / Black, Michael. 2006. Shelf number: 428.24 C1781
- Cambridge IELTS. 10 : authentic examination papers from Cambridge English language assessment : with answers and downloadable audio. 2015. Shelf number: 428.24 C1781
- Cambridge IELTS. 11 : academic : authentic examination papers : with answers and downloadable audio. Shelf number: 428.24 C1781
- Common mistakes at IELTS intermediate … and how to avoid them / Cullen, Pauline. 2007. Shelf number: 428.0076 C9675
- IELTS Graduation : Study skills : a self-study course for all academic modulest / Martineau, Charlie. 2007. Shelf number: 428.24 M3851
- Objective IELTS : advanced / Black, Michael. Shelf number: 2006 428.24 B6271
- IELTS express : Intermediate coursebook / Hallows, Richard. 2013. Shelf number: 428.24 H193
- Writing academic English / Oshima, Alice. 2006. Shelf number: 808.042 O825 22
- The Cambridge introduction to creative writing / Morley, David. 2007. Shelf number: 808.042 M8641 22
- Public speaking : choices and responsibilities / Keith, William. 2012. Shelf number: 808.51 K287
- English vocabulary in use : Advanced / McCarthy, Michael. 2013. Shelf number: 428.2 R318
- Cambridge vocabulary for IELTS advanced with answers : self-study vocabulary practice / Cullen, Pauline. 2012. Shelf number: 428.0076 C9675
German language skills
- Zeige-Bild Wörterbuch Englisch-Deutsch / Höller, Katrin. 2014. Shelf number: 400 Z46
- Studio d A1 : Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Kurs- und Ubungsbuch. 2013. Shelf number: 430 S93365
- Studio d A2 : Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Kurs- und Ubungsbuch. 2012. Shelf number: 430 S93365
- Studio d B1 : Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Testheft / Pistorius, Hannelore. 2012. Shelf number: 430 P679
- Studio d B2/1 : die Mittelstufe : Deutsch als Fremdsprache : Unterrichtsvorbereitung mit Kopiervorlagen und Tests / Winzer-Kiontke, Wur. 2013. Shelf number: 430 W795
- Studio d B2/2 : die Mittelstufe : Deutsch als Fremdsprache : Kurs- und Ubungsbuch / Kuhn, Christina. 2013. Shelf number: 430 K9613
- Em Ubungs grammatik : Deutsch als Fremdsprache / Hering, Axel. 2002. Shelf number: 435 H546
BA – FA
- English for business studies : a course for business studies and economics students: Student’s book / MacKenzie, Ian. 2010. Shelf number: 428.24 M1561
EEIT – ME – CS
- A guide to writing as an engineer / David Beer, David McMurrey. 2005. Shelf number: 808.0666 B4151 22
Newspapers
Location: VGU Library
Reading English newspapers and magazines can enable you to improve your English skills which are helpful to prepare yourself for the Bachelor/Master courses.
- Viet Nam News
- International New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times
- Time
- National Geographic
- Reader’s digest
- Sunflower
- Forbes USA
- Financial Times
- The Economist
English Language Websites
- TED
- Australian Network
- Writefix
- Manythings.org
- AustralianPlus – IELTS Preparation
- Insearch eLearning – UTS
- ABC
- BBC Learning English
- British Council
- Englishpage.com
- One Stop English
- English for you
- UsingEnglish.com
- English Online
- English Zone
- Learn a free online English course
German Language Websites
- Learn German : the complete beginner’s guide to learning German fast
- Duolingo (Learning a language)
- DW.com (Learn German)
- Memrise (Learning a language)
- Learnalanguage (Learning a language)
- BBC -Language learning -German
- Loecsen (Free online language courses – Learn German)
- Digital Dialects
- Wie Geht’s German
- L-ceps.com
- Vocabulix.com
- Babelnation.com
- iLanguages
- Speak (Learn languages based on scenarios)
- Goethe-verlag.com
- ielanguages.com
- Speakgerman.co.uk
- Tolearnfree
- Wespeke
- Mylanguages
- Speak7
- German-grammar.de
- 39 Best Free Websites To Learn German Language and other languages
Links for Open Access: eBooks – eTheses – eJournals
Skills
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Debating skills
- Public speaking skills:
- 10 tips for improving your public speaking skills
- How to improve your public speaking skills
- Public speaking: an online resource guide