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There are 5 modules in this course
Do you want to speak better English? This course will help you reach that goal. Speak English Professionally: In person, Online and On the Phone will boost your English speaking skills. In this 5 week course, you will learn how to identify and make a strong personal introduction. You will develop and demonstrate the speaking skills for group discussions: how to agree or disagree, how to clarify, restate and summarize. You will review and practice how to give information and respond to requests on the phone. You will study and role play effective interviewing. You will prepare and give a sales “pitch”, introducing a product or service. Throughout the course, you will adjust how you speak English and you will become more fluent and accurate when you speak. You will demonstrate culturally appropriate body language and tone. As you work through the course, you will complete self- and peer-evaluations. Through a combination of lectures, comprehension and vocabulary quizzes, practice and performance, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to communicate well in English, anywhere in the world.
By the end of this course you will:
• Change how you speak English
• Improve your pronunciation and fluency
• Increase your English vocabulary
• Identify how culture influences your speech
• Use culture to help you speak correctly
• Demonstrate the best body language for different cultural settings
• Know statements, questions and responses for different settings and situations
Through the lessons this module, you will be able to work on professional conversational vocabulary and proper word stress and intonation. After the final lesson you will be able to present a short "Elevator Speech."
Get More from the Georgia Tech Language Institute•10 minutes
Get More from The Georgia Tech Language Institute•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
Create an Elevator Speech Outline•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Introduce Yourself to Your Course Mates•10 minutes
Meet and Talk Online
Module 2•3 hours to complete
Module details
This module looks at group discussion situations with the focus on video conferencing. By looking at various scenarios, you will learn key language for group discussion as well as gain some business etiquette.
What's included
3 videos2 readings2 assignments1 peer review
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3 videos•Total 18 minutes
Basics of Meeting Online•5 minutes
Group Discussion Language•6 minutes
Video Conference Role Play•7 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
Additional Resources•10 minutes
Practice with Dialogues•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
Use Group Discussion Language•60 minutes
Powerful Phone Talk
Module 3•3 hours to complete
Module details
In this module, you will improve language use and pronunciation for phone conversations. Trickier pronunciation distinctions in can/can't and numbers will be the focus for pronunciation.
What's included
3 videos3 readings3 assignments1 peer review
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3 videos•Total 19 minutes
Let's Learn Telephone Language•7 minutes
Key Pronunciation - Can/Can't & Numbers•7 minutes
Phone Role Play•5 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
Practice with Dialogues•10 minutes
Practice Stress•10 minutes
Additional Resources•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
Participate in a Phone Conversation•60 minutes
Keys to a Strong Interview
Module 4•3 hours to complete
Module details
Through the lessons in this module, you will be able to prepare yourself better for an interview in English. The three lesson will focus on improving your body language, pronunciation for -ed and -s ending words, and a practice interview questions.
In this final module, you will have the chance to put all your newly gained language skills together into a presentation. The two lessons will help you organize and deliver your best presentation.
What's included
2 videos3 readings2 assignments1 peer review
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2 videos•Total 14 minutes
Organizing Your Pitch: 3 Tells•6 minutes
More about Stress & Intonation•8 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
Additional Resources•10 minutes
Stress Rules•10 minutes
Where to go from here?•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
Check Your Knowledge•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
Deliver Your Pitch/Presentation•60 minutes
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It increases my confidence level very much.i learnt alot about word stress and intonation throughout the whole course . And the instructor's speaking is so much clear. Thank you very much🥰🥰🥰
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