ACS 205 is a content-based course integrating the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) required for academic studies in English. In addition to improving higher level academic language skills, the course aims at employing critical thinking skills through challenging tasks that guide students in comprehending, evaluating, and synthesizing information, ideas and judgments. The content of the course, which provides an appropriate context to teach academic language skills, covers various fields ranging from administrative sciences to engineering, from social sciences to natural sciences, and makes students acquainted with the most frequently used language structures and functions relevant to their undergraduate studies.