How to Avoid Common Errors
Start Date:			Location:
2010-01-07	7:00-10:00 pm	Thursday	PolyU	Book this course
Price: $2800  Duration: 18 hours
Overview
The course will help you speak and write more accurately in English. It is aimed specifically at those who speak Cantonese as their first language and focuses especially on English errors caused by the influence of Chinese language patterns. Each session will highlight several widely-misunderstood English grammar structures, clarify them with clear examples and provide opportunities to practise the correct language in realistic contexts.
Who is it for?
Anyone who feels concerned about the accuracy of their spoken or written English and the image this projects on colleagues, customers and other professional contacts.
Intermediate / Executives
Industry: All
What will I learn?
Key focus areas include: • easily misused words: besides, kindly, emphasise, even etc. • tenses, especially I did vs I have done vs I had done • articles a/the/- : overuse, underuse and misuse • be: overuse, underuse and misuse • redundant words: pronouns, that and be • word order in questions • -ing or to ? • prepositions
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Remarks
10% off for registrations by 31 October 2009 20% for 2 registrations and 30% for 3 or more registrations

 

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