Foundation

This subject guide includes diverse resources that support first year students for improving their English,necessary skills and scientific knowledge for the main courses.

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IELTS; Writing; Speaking; Listening; Reading; Communication skills; Public speaking; Presentation skills; Debating; Note-taking skills; etc.

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Location: VGU Library & Foundation Dept.

English language skills

  1. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English. 2010. Shelf number: 423 Ox22A
  2. IELTS foundation : Study skills : a self-study course for all academic modules / Short, Jane. 2012. Shelf number:  428.24 S55949
  3. 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
  4. Cambridge IELTS 9 : Authentic examination papers from Cambridge ESOL / Black, Michael. 2006. Shelf number: 428.24 C1781
  5. Cambridge IELTS. 10 : authentic examination papers from Cambridge English language assessment : with answers and downloadable audio. 2015. Shelf number: 428.24 C1781
  6. Cambridge IELTS. 11 : academic : authentic examination papers : with answers and downloadable audio. Shelf number: 428.24 C1781
  7. Common mistakes at IELTS intermediate … and how to avoid them / Cullen, Pauline. 2007. Shelf number: 428.0076 C9675
  8. IELTS Graduation : Study skills : a self-study course for all academic modulest / Martineau, Charlie. 2007. Shelf number: 428.24 M3851
  9. Objective IELTS : advanced / Black, Michael. Shelf number: 2006 428.24 B6271
  10. IELTS express : Intermediate coursebook / Hallows, Richard. 2013. Shelf number: 428.24 H193
  11. Writing academic English / Oshima, Alice. 2006. Shelf number: 808.042 O825 22
  12. The Cambridge introduction to creative writing / Morley, David. 2007. Shelf number: 808.042 M8641 22
  13. Public speaking : choices and responsibilities / Keith, William. 2012. Shelf number: 808.51 K287
  14. English vocabulary in use : Advanced / McCarthy, Michael. 2013. Shelf number: 428.2 R318
  15. Cambridge vocabulary for IELTS advanced with answers : self-study vocabulary practice / Cullen, Pauline. 2012. Shelf number: 428.0076 C9675

German language skills

  1. Zeige-Bild Wörterbuch Englisch-Deutsch / Höller, Katrin. 2014. Shelf number: 400 Z46
  2. Studio d A1 : Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Kurs- und Ubungsbuch. 2013.  Shelf number: 430 S93365
  3. Studio d A2 : Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Kurs- und Ubungsbuch. 2012. Shelf number: 430 S93365
  4. Studio d B1 : Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Testheft / Pistorius, Hannelore. 2012. Shelf number: 430 P679
  5. Studio d B2/1 : die Mittelstufe : Deutsch als Fremdsprache : Unterrichtsvorbereitung mit Kopiervorlagen und Tests / Winzer-Kiontke, Wur. 2013. Shelf number: 430 W795
  6. Studio d B2/2 : die Mittelstufe : Deutsch als Fremdsprache : Kurs- und Ubungsbuch / Kuhn, Christina. 2013. Shelf number: 430 K9613
  7. Em Ubungs grammatik : Deutsch als Fremdsprache / Hering, Axel. 2002. Shelf number: 435 H546

BA – FA

  1. 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 

  1. A guide to writing as an engineer / David Beer, David McMurrey. 2005. Shelf number: 808.0666 B4151 22

newspaper.jpgNewspapers

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.

  1. Viet Nam News
  2. International New York Times
  3. The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times
  4. Time
  5. National Geographic
  6. Reader’s digest
  7. Sunflower
  8. Forbes USA
  9. Financial Times
  10. The Economist

list_feature.jpgEnglish Language Websites

  1. TED
  2. Australian Network
  3. Writefix
  4. Manythings.org
  5. AustralianPlus – IELTS Preparation
  6. Insearch eLearning – UTS
  7. ABC
  8. BBC Learning English
  9. British Council
  10. Englishpage.com
  11. One Stop English
  12. English for you
  13. UsingEnglish.com
  14. English Online
  15. English Zone
  16. Learn a free online English course

websites1German Language Websites

  1. Learn German : the complete beginner’s guide to learning German fast
  2. Duolingo (Learning a language)
  3. DW.com (Learn German)
  4. Memrise (Learning a language)
  5. Learnalanguage (Learning a language)
  6. BBC -Language learning -German
  7. Loecsen (Free online  language courses – Learn German)
  8. Digital Dialects
  9. Wie Geht’s German
  10. L-ceps.com
  11. Vocabulix.com
  12. Babelnation.com
  13. iLanguages
  14. Speak (Learn languages based on scenarios)
  15. Goethe-verlag.com
  16. ielanguages.com
  17. Speakgerman.co.uk
  18. Tolearnfree
  19. Wespeke
  20. Mylanguages
  21. Speak7
  22. German-grammar.de
  23. 39 Best Free Websites To Learn German Language and other languages

Links for Open Access: eBooks – eTheses – eJournals

  1. eJournals and more
  2. eBooks
  3. eTheses & Repository

portfolio_jigsaw_piecesSkills

  1. Presentation skills
  2. Communication skills 
  3. Debating skills
  4. Public speaking skills:
  1. Academic writing skills
  2. Note-taking skills

454c6019-b3c0-4bc8-8206-254238a53096Online Dictionaries – Thesaurus – ESP Terms

  1. Oxford Dictionary
  2. Cambridge Dictionary
  3. Collation Dictionary
  4. Phrasal verbs
  5. Engineering Dictionary
  6. Business dictionary
  7. Economics A-Z
  8. The economist – A-Z terms
  9. Computer and Technology terms
  10. Computer terms
  11. Mechanical Engineering terms