Learn English Now: Intermediate Language Skills
Arizona State University via Coursera Specialization
Overview
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In this Specialization, you strengthen intermediate English communication through reading, listening, writing, speaking, grammar, vocabulary, and discussion practice. You begin with sentence and paragraph skills for communication and health topics, then develop process writing through technology and travel themes, and finally practice comparison, contrast, and opinion writing in business, ethics, and social media contexts.
Syllabus
- Course 1: English for Paragraph Writing
- Course 2: English for Process Writing
- Course 3: English for Comparison and Opinion Writing
Courses
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In this course, you practice English for comparison, contrast, opinion writing, and communication in business, ethics, and social media contexts. You build vocabulary and expressions for professional communication, read and listen to workplace materials, and compare and contrast ideas in speaking and writing tasks. You also apply past modals to express ideas and opinions accurately. In the ethics and social media module, you explore online behavior and social responsibility, strengthen vocabulary, interpret reading and listening materials, and express opinions with supporting ideas. You practice noun clauses with that and if, along with discussions, written responses, language practice, listening comprehension, final challenges, and final products. By the end, you will have practiced using English to communicate perspectives on professional, social, and ethical topics with clearer organization and support.
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In this course, you develop intermediate English paragraph writing and communication skills through the themes of communication and health. You build vocabulary and expressions for everyday situations, practice reading and listening strategies, and write simple sentences and short responses with appropriate structure and vocabulary. You also study adjective clauses, topic sentences, health and wellness vocabulary, supporting sentences, and complex comparisons. Activities include unit overviews, warm-ups, dictionary skills, vocabulary work, readings, reading outlines, reading comprehension, listening and listening comprehension, guided discovery, grammar guides, language practice, writing and speaking practice, final challenges, and final products. By the end, you will have practiced organizing ideas, expressing information clearly, and using grammar and vocabulary to communicate in everyday and health-related contexts.
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In this course, you develop English process writing and communication skills through technology and travel topics. You build vocabulary for technology and travel, strengthen reading and listening comprehension, and practice writing and speaking with organized ideas. In the technology module, you work with concluding sentences, describe experiences, and apply the present perfect simple in context. In the travel module, you write short process paragraphs, describe sequences of events, and use time clauses to connect actions and ideas. Course activities include unit overviews, warm-ups, dictionary skills, vocabulary work, readings, reading outlines, comprehension checks, listening tasks, guided grammar discovery, grammar guides, language practice, speaking practice, final challenges, and final products. As you move through the course, you practice communicating about modern and travel-related situations with clearer organization and more precise language.
Taught by
John Deal, Director ASU Global Launch