This course equips undergraduate students with fundamental English competencies to support their academic learning and professional development in higher education. The course is organised into two integrated learning phases. The first phase focuses on TOEFL-like test preparation through strategy-based instruction and guided practice in Listening Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression, and Reading Comprehension. The second phase develops students’ academic reading skills through texts related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Students learn to identify main ideas, supporting details, references, vocabulary in context, and inferences; write concise academic summaries based on texts relevant to their fields of study; and communicate their understanding through digital academic presentations. The course is delivered fully online through interactive lectures, guided exercises, quizzes, collaborative discussions, project-based assignments, peer feedback, and reflective activities. It also promotes logical and systematic thinking, academic literacy, digital literacy, ethical academic practices, collaboration, adaptability, responsibility, and independent lifelong learning.