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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Basic Workplace English 1
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Price: $2880 Duration: 30 hours 
Overview
Who is it for?
If you can use English for simple conversations, Basic Workplace English and Essential Workplace English are suitable courses for you.

You want to be able to use English more in your workplace. You want to speak more fluently and more confidently. You want to understand English speakers more easily.
Elementary / Support Staff
Industry: All
What will I learn?
These courses review basic grammar so that you will understand how basic English works. The practical exercises and activities will give you lots of opportunities to learn in an enjoyable way.
You will:
- increase your confidence to talk in a variety of routine work situations
- understand more of spoken English that you hear in non-routine situations
- start to make fewer grammar mistakes
- improve your pronunciation in English
Course Topics
Basic Workplace English (10 weeks) and Essential Workplace English (10 weeks) are two parts of the same course (20 weeks). We recommend that you study both modules. It does not matter which module you study first.

Basic Workplace English (10 weeks) Essential Workplace English (10 weeks)
- meeting customers
- ordering supplies and equipment
- comparing products and services
- making telephone calls
- dealing with problems and complaints
- greeting visitors to your company
- giving directions
- talking about your work experience
- describing office procedures
- getting things done in the office (asking for help)

Remarks
The lists of contents give examples of the topics included in each module.

Take this course as part of a package to qualify for funding under the Continuing Education Fund.