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Number of Employees:
500-1500

English for Common Interactions in the Workplace

Type:
Training
Category:
General/professional/Other services
Language:
English
Location:
Washington
Price:
Free
Date:
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On request
Training Description:

This course was designed to provide the worker with linguistic tools which will enable greater ease in basic communications in the workplace.   This way, the student will be able to broaden their lexical and grammatical repertoire in English, thus increasing their professional value and skill, and contributing to not only professional but also social mobility.

The methodology of self-guided instruction will allow the student to manage their own study time, so that they can integrate coursework with the daily demands of their professional life at a rhythm adequate for their own learning process.  More importantly, the course is held online, distributed massively, and accessible anywhere in the world through Coursera. 

This courses objective is that students be able to utilize basic-level grammatical and lexical structures (CFER level A2) which will enable basic interactions common to the workplace in English.

Course contents 
Module 1: Everyday Language on the Job
Grammar: present simple to be affirmative, negative question structure, all persons.
Vocabulary: professions / nationalities.
Indefinite article: a/an.
Expressions used when introducing yourself.
Grammar: present simple 
Vocabulary: work routine verbs.
Review of adverbs of frequency.
Times of the day: In the morning /in the afternoon/ at night.

Module 2: Making Phone Calls 
Grammar: present simple
Vocabulary: telephoning expressions.
Grammar:  making suggestions
Vocabulary: numbers/dates
 Dates in British English and American English

Module 3: Preparing for meeting 
Grammar: Going To.
Vocabulary: Flash Review of Cardinal Numbers 1-60.
Telling time.
Grammar: There is / There are
Prepositions of place
Vocabulary: Places around town 

Module 4: Post-meeting etiquette 
Grammar: Past Simple (To Be).
Use of Past Tense of go with good/bad.
Vocabulary: Descriptive Adjectives (it was ...).
Grammar: Past Simple (regular verbs) 
Vocabulary: Correspondence Verbs (w. common phrasal verbs)

Participation

For Participation you should follow the link below:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/english-common-interactions-workplace-basic-level?action=enroll

 

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