Grammar and Pronunciation Fixer
Start Date:			Location:
2010-01-09	2:30pm-5:30-pm	Saturday		Book this course
Price: $2880  Duration: 30 hours
Overview
Who is it for?
This course will help you if you are already quite a fluent speaker and writer of English with a strong intermediate level of competence. Nevertheless, you want to build your confidence in the accuracy in your writing and speaking. You want to take time to: - review grammar rules that you may have forgotten - identify incorrect use of English that has over time become part of your usual language - identify features of your pronunciation that can cause communication difficulties - do writing and speaking practice tasks to start to deal in a conscious and methodical way with incorrect or inappropriate language and pronunciation. This course will prepare you to begin the CPBE BEC 2 Vantage preparation course with greater confidence.
Intermediate / Executives
Industry: All
What will I learn?
You will: - learn to identify features of correct English usage in authentic texts - become more aware of grammar problems in your own writing - improve your ability to edit your own writing so that is grammatically correct and colloquially appropriate - practise writing in weekly assignments with personal feedback from your trainer - practise pronunciation in dialogues and short presentations with personal feedback from your trainer
Course Topics
- English structure of clauses, sentences and paragraphs - Passive and active voice: basic meaning and appropriate use - Grammatical use of vocabulary - Modal verbs: communicating the attitude the speaker - Time references and tenses in English sentences - Final consonants for clear speech - Conditional sentences for hypothesizing - Intonation and stress patterns to communicate your meaning and attitude
Take this course as part of a package to qualify for funding under the Continuing Education Fund.

 

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