The course aims to develop students’ basic reading and writing skills in English. A unified final exam is offered to evaluate students’ progress. Freshman English (1) (Level 4) is a course designed to help students apply basic reading skills to enhance reading comprehension ability and help students to increase their knowledge of English Grammar and vocabulary by reading various topics contained in authentic English language articles. Furthermore, by reading news articles and magazines, students will be able to know more about the world we live in.