Speak English Professionally: In-Person, Online & On the Phone
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About Course
What You will learn
- 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
Course Curriculum / Content
Communicate In Person: The Power of Face to Face Connection
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."
Learning Objectives
Review professional conversational vocabulary
Produce proper word stress and intonation in your speaking
Prepare and present a short "Elevator Speech"
Introduction to Course (video)
01:57Introduce Yourself to Your Course Mates
Small Talk & Conversational Vocabulary (video)
04:12Review and Practice Small Talk
Check Your Knowledge
Key Pronunciation: Stress & Intonation (video)
06:21Practice Word Stress
Practice Sentence Stress
Practice Intonation
The Elevator Speech (video)
05:47Additional Resources
Graded Assignment: Create an Elevator Speech Outline
Video Conferencing: Face to Face but Online
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.
Learning Objectives
Review video conferencing scenarios
Identify key group discussion language
Recognize general business etiquette
Basics of Meeting Online (video)
06:00Additional Resources
Check Your Knowledge
Group Discussion Language (Vidoe)
07:30Check Your Knowledge
Video Conference Role Play (video)
07:00Practice with Dialogues
Graded Assignment: Use Group Discussion Language
Powerful Phone Talk
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.
Learning Objectives
Identify telephone language through phone dialogues
Compare pronunciation differences between "can"and "can't"
Produce accurate pronuniation for numbers in English
Let’s Learn Telephone Language (Video)
05:22Practice with Dialogues
Check Your Knowledge
Key Pronunciation – Can/Can’t & Numbers (video)
Practice Stress
Check Your Knowledge
Phone Role Play (video)
07:00Additional Resources
Check Your Knowledge
Graded Assignment: Participate in a Phone Conversation
Keys to Strong Interview
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.
Learning Objectives
Practice and prepare yourself for an interview
Examine appropriate body language for interviews
Practice accurate pronunciation for words with "-ed" and "-s" endings
First Impressions: Body Language (video)
06:00Practice Body Language
Talk about Body Language
Check your knowledge
Key Pronunciation: -ed & -s Endings (Video)
07:00Practice -ed Endings
Practice -s Endings
Check Your Knowledge
Interview Role Play (video)
06:16Additional Resources
Graded Assignment: Do a Mock Interview
Put it All Together
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.
Learning Objectives
Produce a well organized outline for a pitch/presentation
Review stress rules to improve your overall pronunciation
Prepare and deliver your pitch/presentation
Organizing Your Pitch: 3 Tells (Video)
05:00Additional Resources
Check Your Knowledge
Perfect Pronunciation: More about Stress & Intonation (Video)
08:01Check Your Knowledge
Stress Rules
Graded Assignment: Deliver Your Pitch/Presentation
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Requirements
- Self-paced study|
- Decent internet access point
- Accessible over mobile phones
- Graded Assignments with Peer Feedback
- Graded Quizzes with Feedback
- Graded Programming Assignments
Target Audience
- Speakers of other Languages (Except English)
- Professional Communication Students
- Young Graduates
- University Students
- High School Interns
Material Includes
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization
- Shareable Certificates
- Self-Paced Learning Option
- Course Videos & Readings
- Practice Quizzes
Description
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
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