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There are 5 modules in this course
This course, the first in the "Interviewing and Resume Writing in English" specialization, guides you to discover the interests, talents and competencies that you can use to find and do work that leverages your strengths, passions and who you are as a person, so you can start doing work that matters to you and to the world. Whether you already have a career and are looking to move forward, whether you’re looking to change careers, whether you’re starting out in the world of work, whether you’re coming back into the world of work after some time away – this course will help you see your path more clearly and will teach you how to communicate your value to an employer in a way that he or she can immediately recognize.
After completing this course, you will be able to 1) use your individual cognitive, social and emotional traits, together with areas of interest, to discover how to find the future jobs that can give you the greatest satisfaction; 2) identify transferable skills of greatest value to the employers who have the jobs you’re interested in; 3) apply a simple strategy for presenting your skills to an employer in an effective and convincing fashion.
This module introduces you to the specialization, giving you background and an overview of what you will learn in the weeks ahead.
What's included
1 video1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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1 video•Total 8 minutes
Introductory Video•8 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
How This Course is Graded•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Online Learning Self-Assessment•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Discuss your goals for the specialization.•10 minutes
Researching Yourself
Module 2•9 hours to complete
Module details
In this module, you'll begin developing your individual strategy to guide your job search, from picking a career direction to measuring effectiveness of your search.
Read Me - An Important Note about the Peer Review•10 minutes
Job Search Advice from a Neuroscientist•10 minutes
Article from New Atlantic•10 minutes
Neuroscience of gratitude•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 68 minutes
Phrases for Demonstrating Skills•30 minutes
Concept Review•8 minutes
Self-Reflection•30 minutes
3 peer reviews•Total 360 minutes
Interest Profiler•120 minutes
Dependable Strengths•120 minutes
Top 5 Goals and Plans•120 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
Reflection on Your IPI•10 minutes
Modesty in Your Home Culture•10 minutes
Discovering Your Transferable Skills
Module 3•6 hours to complete
Module details
In this module, you'll learn how to develop and apply an important strategy used in the English-language world to communicate core competencies to a prospective employer.
In this module, you'll learn how to control your use of intonation and rhythm in spoken English. These dynamics do more to improve your comprehensibility than any other feature of the spoken language.
What's included
5 videos3 readings6 assignments1 peer review
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5 videos•Total 60 minutes
Improving Your Pronunciation•13 minutes
Jump-Up and Step-Down•12 minutes
Using Phrasing•11 minutes
Knowing Where to Make Pitch Jumps•11 minutes
Word Rhythm•12 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
Reading Sample - Do This Before the Peer Review•10 minutes
Good Sites for Mirroring Practice•10 minutes
Accentuate the Beat•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 180 minutes
Concept Review•30 minutes
Concept Review•30 minutes
Concept Review•30 minutes
Concept Review•30 minutes
Concept Review•30 minutes
Self-Reflection•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Your Speech Clarity.•120 minutes
Becoming a More Efficient Language Learner
Module 5•4 hours to complete
Module details
In this module, you'll learn strategies you can adopt to becoming a more fluent and more confident speaker of English.
What's included
8 videos5 readings1 assignment1 peer review
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8 videos•Total 58 minutes
Advancing Your Speaking Skills•7 minutes
Becoming a More Fluent Speaker•6 minutes
Applying the Lexical Approach•9 minutes
Practicing Courage•7 minutes
Developing Cultural Competencies•5 minutes
Demonstrating Commitment•7 minutes
Developing Expert Performance•7 minutes
Adopting Deliberate Practice•9 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
The Courage to Be a Language Learner•10 minutes
Cultural Literacy•10 minutes
The Role of Commitment in Learning•10 minutes
The Making of an Expert•10 minutes
An Overview of Deliberate Practice•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Lesson 1-3 Review•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Plan for Language Learning•120 minutes
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Reviewed on Oct 11, 2020
I really enjoyed the course! The first two weeks were the most beneficial to me. I didn't realize the last two weeks were related to the English language though. Overall, it was very helpful.
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Great course, thanks a lot for teaching me valuable lessons.
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Reviewed on Sep 5, 2020
goo to know how to preparation for doing good interview. that's good.
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