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Conversational English Skills

This course is part of Learn English Specialization

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Flexible schedule
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.3

787 reviews

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
9 hours to complete
Learn at your own pace
93%
Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

  • introduce oneself, one’s job, one’s preferences (hobbies, likes and dislikes, etc.)

  • indicate one’s opinion about family, friendship, hometown, or jobs

  • continue a conversation with someone new from other countries

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Assessments

37 assignments¹

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Taught in English

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There are 7 modules in this course

Do you want to communicate with English speakers fluently? Welcome to our course. The course consists of 6 units with different topics: meeting new people, the people in your life, eating in and eating out, the reason to learn English, good times and bad times, and hobbies. From this course, you will have a good knowledge of conversational English skills in your daily life. We invite you to learn with our teachers and friends from different countries in the videos, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and Columbia. Are you ready? Let’s go!

Greetings

What's included

7 videos5 assignments1 discussion prompt

7 videos•Total 39 minutes
  • 1 Introduction•1 minute
  • 2. Text: Greeting in different cultures•6 minutes
  • 3. Greeting•8 minutes
  • 4. First Impression•5 minutes
  • 5. Cultural Focus: Meeting Someone New•5 minutes
  • 6. Office Hour•12 minutes
  • 7. Summary•1 minute
5 assignments•Total 19 minutes
  • Test 1-3•5 minutes
  • Test 1-4•3 minutes
  • Test 1-5•3 minutes
  • Test 1-6•3 minutes
  • Test 1-8•5 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 2 minutes
  • Discussion question for unit 1•2 minutes

Interpersonal Communication

What's included

9 videos7 assignments1 discussion prompt

9 videos•Total 60 minutes
  • 1. Introduction•1 minute
  • 2. Text: My Mother is My Best Friend•6 minutes
  • 3. Families, Friends and Idols•12 minutes
  • 4. Describe People's Appearance and Personality•12 minutes
  • 5. How to Communicate with Other People•5 minutes
  • 6. Friend Relationships•5 minutes
  • 7. Cultural Focus: Family and Friend Relationships•5 minutes
  • 8. Office Hour•11 minutes
  • 9. Summary•2 minutes
7 assignments•Total 30 minutes
  • Test 2-3•5 minutes
  • Test 2-4•5 minutes
  • Test 2-5•4 minutes
  • Test 2-6•5 minutes
  • Test 2-7•3 minutes
  • Test 2-8•5 minutes
  • Test 2-10•3 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 2 minutes
  • Discussion question for unit 2•2 minutes

Eating culture

What's included

8 videos6 assignments1 discussion prompt

8 videos•Total 55 minutes
  • 1. Introduction•1 minute
  • 2.Text:Food in Different Cultures•6 minutes
  • 3.Food in Different Cultures•11 minutes
  • 4.Chinese Meals•8 minutes
  • 5.Cultural Focus: Different Customs Related to Food in Different Countries•3 minutes
  • 6.Eating out•8 minutes
  • 7. Talk Show•16 minutes
  • 8. Summary•1 minute
6 assignments•Total 27 minutes
  • Test 3-3•8 minutes
  • Test 3-4•3 minutes
  • Test 3-5•5 minutes
  • Test 3-6•4 minutes
  • Test 3-7•5 minutes
  • Test 3-9•2 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 3 minutes
  • Discussion question for unit 3•3 minutes

English learning

What's included

8 videos5 assignments1 discussion prompt

8 videos•Total 65 minutes
  • 1. Introduction•1 minute
  • 2. Text: Why do you learn English?•11 minutes
  • 3. Reasons for learning English•16 minutes
  • 4. How to learn English•10 minutes
  • 5. Cultural Focus: the United Kingdom•4 minutes
  • 6. British and American English•9 minutes
  • 7. Office Hour•13 minutes
  • 8. Summary•1 minute
5 assignments•Total 28 minutes
  • Test 4-3•8 minutes
  • Test 4-4•6 minutes
  • Test 4-5•4 minutes
  • Test 4-7•5 minutes
  • Test 4-9•5 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 3 minutes
  • Discussion question for unit 4•3 minutes

Talk about good times and bad times in your life

What's included

9 videos6 assignments1 discussion prompt

9 videos•Total 56 minutes
  • 1. Introduction•1 minute
  • 2. Text: Good Times, Hard Times, but Never Bad Times•6 minutes
  • 3. Good and Bad Experiences•8 minutes
  • 4. Free-time Activities•9 minutes
  • 5. Cultural Focus: Popular Travel Spots in North America•6 minutes
  • 6. Festival•7 minutes
  • 7. Office Hour•8 minutes
  • 8. Talk Show (Glenn and David)•10 minutes
  • 9. Summary•1 minute
6 assignments•Total 29 minutes
  • Test 5-3•5 minutes
  • Test 5-4•7 minutes
  • Test 5-5•3 minutes
  • Test 5-6•3 minutes
  • Test 5-7•5 minutes
  • Test 5-10•6 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Discussion question for unit 5•10 minutes

Describing, cultivating and sharing hobbies

What's included

9 videos6 assignments1 discussion prompt

9 videos•Total 51 minutes
  • 1. Introduction•2 minutes
  • 2. Text: Hobbies of My Family Members•6 minutes
  • 3. What Are Your hobbies•16 minutes
  • 4. What Do You Get from Hobbies•5 minutes
  • 5. How to Cultivate Your Hobbies•4 minutes
  • 6. Cultural Focus: People’s Preferences for Hobbies in Different Countries•3 minutes
  • 7. Hobbies in Different Countries•3 minutes
  • 8. Office Hour•12 minutes
  • 9. Summary•1 minute
6 assignments•Total 29 minutes
  • Test 6-3•9 minutes
  • Test 6-4•4 minutes
  • Test 6-5•3 minutes
  • Test 6-6•3 minutes
  • Test 6-8•5 minutes
  • Test 6-10•5 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 3 minutes
  • Discussion question for unit 6•3 minutes

What's included

2 assignments1 peer review

2 assignments•Total 15 minutes
  • Section 1: Vocabulary & Structure•10 minutes
  • Section 2: Language Use•5 minutes
1 peer review•Total 45 minutes
  • Video your poster presentation•45 minutes

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Reviewed on May 24, 2020

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Reviewed on Aug 31, 2020

This course is very good and its help me to learn more about english

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Reviewed on Aug 12, 2020

The course is really usefull, and personally I think it is very funny. You can learn the language with interesting topics and different kinds of conversations.

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