About this course: Do you want to speak better English? This course will help you reach that goal. Speak English Professionally: In person, Online and On the Phone will boost your English speaking skills. In this 5 week course, you will learn how to identify and make a strong personal introduction. You will develop and demonstrate the speaking skills for group discussions: how to agree or disagree, how to clarify, restate and summarize. You will review and practice how to give information and respond to requests on the phone. You will study and role play effective interviewing. You will prepare and give a sales “pitch”, introducing a product or service. Throughout the course, you will change how you speak English and you will become more fluent and accurate when you speak. You will demonstrate culturally appropriate body language and tone. As you work through the course, you will complete self- and peer-evaluations. Through a combination of lectures, comprehension and vocabulary quizzes, practice and performance, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to communicate well in English, anywhere in the world. By the end of this course you will: • Change how you speak English • Improve your pronunciation and fluency • Increase your English vocabulary • Identify how culture influences your speech • Use culture to help you speak correctly • Demonstrate the best body language for different cultural settings • Know statements, questions and responses for different settings and situations
Created by: Georgia Institute of Technology
Taught by: Amalia B. Stephens, Lecturer
Georgia Tech Language Institute
| Basic Info | Course 2 of 4 in the Improve Your English Communication Skills Specialization |
| Language | English, Subtitles: Persian, French, Japanese |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Communicate in Person: The Power of Face to Face Connections
Through the lessons this module, you will be able to work on professional conversational vocabulary and proper word stress and intonation. After the final lesson you will be able to present a short "Elevator Speech."
4 videos, 8 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Video: Introduction to Course
- Discussion Prompt: Introduce Yourself to Your Course Mates
- Reading: Consent Form
- Video: Small Talk & Conversational Vocabulary
- Reading: Review and Practice Small Talk
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Video: Key Pronunciation: Stress & Intonation
- Reading: Practice Word Stress
- Reading: Practice Sentence Stress
- Reading: Practice Intonation
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Video: The Elevator Speech
- Reading: Additional Resources
- Reading: Get More from the Georgia Tech Language Institute
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Reading: Get More from The Georgia Tech Language Institute
Graded: Do an Elevator Speech
WEEK 2
Meet and Talk Online
This module looks at group discussion situations with the focus on video conferencing. By looking at various scenarios, you will learn key language for group discussion as well as gain some business etiquette.
3 videos, 2 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- Video: Basics of Meeting Online
- Reading: Additional Resources
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Video: Group Discussion Language
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Video: Video Conference Role Play
- Reading: Practice with Dialogues
Graded: Use Group Discussion Language
WEEK 3
Powerful Phone Talk
In this module, you will improve language use and pronunciation for phone conversations. Trickier pronunciation distinctions in can/can't and numbers will be the focus for pronunciation.
3 videos, 3 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Video: Let's Learn Telephone Language
- Reading: Practice with Dialogues
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Video: Key Pronunciation - Can/Can't & Numbers
- Reading: Practice Stress
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Video: Phone Role Play
- Reading: Additional Resources
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
Graded: Participate in a Phone Conversation
WEEK 4
Keys to a Strong Interview
Through the lessons in this module, you will be able to prepare yourself better for an interview in English. The three lesson will focus on improving your body language, pronunciation for -ed and -s ending words, and a practice interview questions.
3 videos, 4 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- Video: First Impressions: Body Language
- Reading: Practice Body Language
- Discussion Prompt: Talk about Body Language
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Video: Key Pronunciation: -ed & -s Endings
- Reading: Practice -ed Endings
- Reading: Practice -s Endings
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Video: Interview Role Play
- Reading: Additional Resources
Graded: Do a Mock Interview
WEEK 5
Put It All Together: Presentations
In this final module, you will have the chance to put all your newly gained language skills together into a presentation. The two lessons will help you organize and deliver your best presentation.
2 videos, 3 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- Video: Organizing Your Pitch: 3 Tells
- Reading: Additional Resources
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Video: More about Stress & Intonation
- Reading: Stress Rules
- Practice Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
- Reading: Where to go from here?
Graded: Deliver Your Pitch/Presentation
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I enjoyed this course very much. The Professor explain everything very clearly. The English is not my mother language so sometimes I have difficulty to understand a conversation, explanion or a dialogue. But here in this course with the sweet Ms. ( I forgot her name rsrsrs) I did catch 80% of all course. It was great. I recommend. Thanks you so much.