In this open course, users are expected to handle language commonly used over the normal range of academic matters with which a university department may be required to deal. Candidates are expected to demonstrate that they are effective communicators and accepted as such by native speakers with whom they are likely to come into contact. The course was prepared by Ania Skowron, Giulia Torresin and Katerina Zourou and is available on the Learning Management System of the CRETE project.