Start your next stage of English learning with themes that invite you to talk about places, culture, and personal experience. In the first module, you will build vocabulary for travel, destinations, and description while practicing present simple and present continuous in speech and writing. You will work with readings about travel destinations and create travel posts and short video presentations about monuments, places you have visited, and your own experiences. In the second module, you will move into art and culture, learning vocabulary related to art, culture, and urban development while comparing present perfect simple with simple past and using present perfect simple and present perfect continuous to describe change. Through readings, discussions, and written and video tasks, you will describe changes in your hometown and personal life. By the end, you can discuss places and culture with more detail and use key present and present perfect forms more accurately.

English for Culture and Art

English for Culture and Art
This course is part of Learn English Now: Intermediate Foundations Specialization

Instructor: John Deal, Director ASU Global Launch
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7 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Build vocabulary to describe travel destinations, monuments, art, and changes in your hometown.
Apply present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, and present perfect continuous in spoken and written English.
Create travel posts and short videos about places you have visited and changes in personal or community life.
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