This free course, Everyday English 1, will develop and improve your essential speaking and listening, reading and writing skills for work, study and everyday life.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction and guidance
- Introduction and guidance
- What is a badged course?
- How to get a badge
- Session1Speaking and listening
- Introduction
- 1 Speaking and listening in everyday life
- 1.1 Speaking
- 1.2 Articulation, volume and speed
- Articulation
- Volume
- Speed
- 1.3 Listening
- When should you listen carefully?
- Responding appropriately
- 1.4 Body language
- 1.5 Discussions
- 2 Formal and informal language
- 2.1 Register
- 2.2 Tone
- 2.3 Being informal
- 3 Non-verbal communication
- 3.1 Expressions
- 3.2 Verbal signals
- 3.3 Body language
- 4 Taking part in discussions
- 4.1 Types of discussion
- 4.2 Asking questions
- 4.3 Answering questions
- 4.4 Disagreeing
- 4.5 Taking turns
- 4.6 Encouraging others
- 4.7 Making your point
- 4.8 Speaking and listening assessments
- 5 This session’s quiz
- 6 Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Session2Reading
- Introduction
- 1 The texts you read
- 1.1 What do you read?
- 1.2 Why do you read?
- 1.3 Being an active reader
- 1.4 The purpose of texts
- 1.5 Texts that instruct
- 1.6 Texts that describe or explain
- 1.7 Texts that persuade
- 1.8 Texts that inform
- 1.9 Intended audience
- 2 Ways of reading
- 2.1 Skimming or skim-reading
- 2.2 Scanning
- 2.3 Finding the main points
- 2.4 Reading in depth
- 2.5 Finding your way around texts
- 3 Structure, presentation and layout
- 3.1 Structure
- 3.2 Layout and presentation
- 3.3 Images
- 4 Reading for detail
- 4.1 Reading longer texts
- 4.2 Answering the question
- 5 Using the information you read
- 5.1 To read or not to read
- 5.2 Facts and opinions
- 5.3 Finding and using information
- 6 Reading different texts
- 6.1 Reading for fun
- 6.2 Highlighting the main points
- 6.3 Reading important texts
- 6.4 Topic sentences
- 6.5 Guidance on reading assessments
- 7 This session’s quiz
- 8 Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Session3Writing
- Introduction
- 1 The writing process
- 1.1 What you write down
- 1.2 Planning writing
- 1.3 Drafting
- 1.4 Editing your writing
- 1.5 Final version
- 2 What you write
- 2.1 Letters
- 2.2 Emails
- 2.3 Articles and news reports
- 2.4 Speeches
- 3 Spelling
- 3.1 Look Say Cover Write Check
- 3.2 Commonly misspelled words
- 3.3 Memory aids
- 3.4 Homophones
- 3.5 Common spelling patterns and the exceptions
- 3.6 New words
- 3.7 Correcting your spelling
- 4 Grammar
- 4.1 Proper sentences
- 4.2 Subjects and verbs
- 4.3 Longer sentences
- 4.4 Past, present and future
- 4.5 Verb and subject agreement
- 5 Punctuation
- 5.1 Capital letters
- 5.2 Ending sentences
- 5.3 Commas
- 5.4 Apostrophes
- 5.5 Punctuation practice
- 6 Writing for real
- 6.1 Paragraphs
- 6.2 Handwriting
- 6.3 Writing for assessments
- 6.4 Self-assessing
- 7 End of course quiz
- 8 Summary
- End of course summary
- Acknowledgements
