This online program forms English for Specific Academic Purposes courses for students of 1st year Social Sciences programme at the University of Biskra. ESS is a preparatory appropriate course for students to be majoring in one of the social sciences –in Biskra – including: philosophy, psychology, sociology, sciences of education and anthropology. ESS provides opportunities to carry out in a supported environment academic tasks typically required across master’s programmes in social science fields: evaluating, selecting and using English academic sources in the student's specialist field.