Beginner English: About You
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Beginner English: About You
This course is part of English Language Skills A1-A2 CEFR: Beginner Specialization
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What you'll learn
Talk about your family members and friends.
Describe what you enjoy doing in your free time and share details about your everyday life.
Talk about your job, including what you do, your responsibilities, and your work schedule.
Describe yourself both in written and spoken form.
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There are 5 modules in this course
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.
This week, you will learn about this course and understand how to use Voxy's innovative platform.
What's included
4 videos4 readings2 assignments1 app item
4 videosβ’Total 9 minutes
- Welcome to the Beginner English Specializationβ’3 minutes
- Sample Voxy Lessonβ’4 minutes
- Studying with Real World Contentβ’1 minute
- Introduction to 'Beginner English: About You'β’1 minute
4 readingsβ’Total 45 minutes
- Do You Need the Voxy App?β’10 minutes
- About Voxy Lessonsβ’10 minutes
- Needs Analysis & Voxy Orientationβ’5 minutes
- Introduction to 'Beginner English: About You'β’20 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 25 minutes
- Is This Course The Right Level For You?β’15 minutes
- Learning Goalsβ’10 minutes
1 app itemβ’Total 60 minutes
- Needs Analysis & Voxy Orientationβ’60 minutes
This week, you will learn to discuss the people closest to you. Practice describing your family members and friends and learn how to talk about social events.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readingsβ’Total 20 minutes
- Familyβ’5 minutes
- Extended Familyβ’5 minutes
- Friendsβ’5 minutes
- Social Eventsβ’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
4 app itemsβ’Total 140 minutes
- Familyβ’35 minutes
- Extended Familyβ’35 minutes
- Friendsβ’35 minutes
- Social Eventsβ’35 minutes
This week, youβll practice talking about your hobbies, daily routines, likes, and dislikes. You will learn how to describe what you enjoy doing in your free time and share details about your everyday life.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readingsβ’Total 20 minutes
- Favoritesβ’5 minutes
- Hobbiesβ’5 minutes
- Daily Routineβ’5 minutes
- What I Don't Likeβ’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
4 app itemsβ’Total 140 minutes
- Favoritesβ’35 minutes
- Hobbiesβ’35 minutes
- Daily Routineβ’35 minutes
- What I Don't Likeβ’35 minutes
This week, you will learn how to talk about your job, including what you do, your responsibilities, and your work schedule. You will also practice describing your commute and having professional conversations.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readingsβ’Total 20 minutes
- "What Do You Do?"β’5 minutes
- Job Dutiesβ’5 minutes
- When We Workβ’5 minutes
- Your Commuteβ’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lessonβ’10 minutes
4 app itemsβ’Total 140 minutes
- "What Do You Do?"β’35 minutes
- Job Dutiesβ’35 minutes
- When We Workβ’35 minutes
- Your Commuteβ’35 minutes
This week, you will use everything you learned to describe yourself both in written and spoken form.
What's included
5 readings6 assignments3 discussion prompts
5 readingsβ’Total 70 minutes
- About the Writing Taskβ’10 minutes
- Self-Evaluation and Exampleβ’30 minutes
- About the Speaking Taskβ’10 minutes
- How to Pronounce Regular Past Verb (-ed endings)β’10 minutes
- Congratulations!β’10 minutes
6 assignmentsβ’Total 195 minutes
- How to Write a Scheduleβ’30 minutes
- Task: My Weekly Calendarβ’60 minutes
- Reflection β’15 minutes
- How to Pronounce Regular Past Verb (-ed endings)β’30 minutes
- Talking About Last Weekendβ’30 minutes
- Self-Evaluation, Example, and Reflectionβ’30 minutes
3 discussion promptsβ’Total 90 minutes
- Discuss With Your Peersβ’30 minutes
- Discuss With Your Peersβ’30 minutes
- Reflect On Your Progressβ’30 minutes
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