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English skills are becoming increasingly essential for overcoming communication barriers and enabling access to knowledge and expertise from around the world. This Specialization will help improve your English language skills from A1 to A2 (CEFR) proficiency for career development, everyday communication, and your personal life.
Each course is made up of short, engaging task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from real conversations, emails, phone calls, and messages that you may encounter at work or in your personal life.
Learning activities in these courses will take place on Voxy, an innovative English training platform designed for upskilling and real world success. Our task-based, authentic methodology provides a two-for-one opportunity for personal growth: you develop the skills and practical knowledge necessary for your daily activities while improving your English language proficiency at the same time. You’ll achieve your goals faster on Voxy’s innovative platform, which automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills to ensure that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement.
Syllabus
- Course 1: Beginner English: Personal Information
- Course 2: Beginner English: About You
- Course 3: Beginner English: Times, Dates, and Numbers
- Course 4: Beginner English: Places and Getting Around
- Course 5: Beginner English: Important Interactions
Courses
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In this course, you will develop your English conversational skills that you can use to build your personal and professional relationships. Learning activities in this course will take place on Voxy, an engaging language learning platform that automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills so that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement. Each week is made up of engaging, short, task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from dozens of real conversations about a variety of common topics that come up when talking about the things that matter most to you. By the end of the course, you will feel confident describing your family and friends, discussing your hobbies and daily routines, and describing your job.
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In this course, you will develop your English conversational skills that you can use to build your personal and professional relationships. Learning activities in this course will take place on Voxy, an engaging language learning platform that automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills so that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement. Each week is made up of engaging, short, task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from dozens of real conversations about a variety of common topics that come up when visiting the doctor, shopping at a store, or heading to work. By the end of the course, you will feel confident using English when taking care of your health, buying things, and going to work.
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In this course, you will develop your English conversational skills that you can use to build your personal and professional relationships. Learning activities in this course will take place on Voxy, an engaging language learning platform that automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills so that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement. Each week is made up of engaging, short, task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from dozens of real conversations about a variety of common topics that come up when meeting someone new, filling out a form, or just describing yourself to others, it is important to know how to share basic personal information about yourself. By the end of the course, you will feel confident starting conversations, introducing and describing yourself, and exchanging personal information.
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In this course, you will develop your English conversational skills that you can use to build your personal and professional relationships. Learning activities in this course will take place on Voxy, an engaging language learning platform that automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills so that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement. Each week is made up of engaging, short, task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from dozens of real conversations about a variety of common topics that come up when describing places, navigating transportation, and using essential travel language. By the end of the course, you will feel confident talking about places, navigating, and traveling.
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In this course, you will develop your English conversational skills that you can use to build your personal and professional relationships. Learning activities in this course will take place on Voxy, an engaging language learning platform that automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills so that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement. Each week is made up of engaging, short, task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from dozens of real conversations about a variety of common topics that come up when using time, dates, and numbers naturally in your conversations. By the end of the course, you will feel confident saying times and dates, talking about numbers, and making plans.
Taught by
Anna Murray and Rebecca Payne-Passmore