Intermediate English: Social Interactions
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Intermediate English: Social Interactions
This course is part of English Language Skills B1-B2 CEFR: Intermediate Specialization
Instructors: Anna Murray
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What you'll learn
Issue invitations, propose plans – and respond politely to them.
Give opinions, support them, and disagree with others’ opinions.
Start and sustain conversation through small talk, mentioning plans, and discussing current events.
Talk about your social life and explore different ways of socializing.
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There are 6 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 socializing with others – giving opinions, making small talk, and inviting people out. By the end of the course, you will feel confident and fluent while socializing in English in almost any situation.
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 videos•Total 10 minutes
- Welcome to the Intermediate English Specialization•4 minutes
- Sample Voxy Lesson•4 minutes
- Studying with Real World Content•1 minute
- Introduction to 'Intermediate English: Social Interactions'•1 minute
4 readings•Total 45 minutes
- Do You Need the Voxy App?•10 minutes
- About Voxy Lessons•10 minutes
- Needs Analysis & Voxy Orientation•5 minutes
- Introduction to 'Intermediate English: Social Interactions'•20 minutes
2 assignments•Total 25 minutes
- Is This Course The Right Level For You?•15 minutes
- Learning Goals•10 minutes
1 app item•Total 60 minutes
- Needs Analysis & Voxy Orientation•60 minutes
This week, you will learn how to make and respond to different types of invitations. You'll also learn ways to see who's available for or interested in doing certain plans and activities.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Social Invitations•5 minutes
- Work-Related Invitations and Offers•5 minutes
- Proposing Plans•5 minutes
- Responding to Invitations•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 220 minutes
- Social Invitations•55 minutes
- Work-Related Invitations and Offers•55 minutes
- Proposing Plans•55 minutes
- Responding to Invitations•55 minutes
This week, you will learn how to discuss how you feel about different things, from reviews of your holiday to your least favorite season, as well as how to express agreement and disagreement.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Personal Opinions•5 minutes
- Reviews•5 minutes
- Supporting Opinions•5 minutes
- Expressing Disagreement•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 220 minutes
- Personal Opinions•55 minutes
- Reviews•55 minutes
- Supporting Opinions•55 minutes
- Expressing Disagreement•55 minutes
This week, you will learn how to chat to people about things that are happening in the world and what you have been up to lately. You'll also see some tips for how to make effective small talk and examples of how to start conversations with coworkers.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Starting Conversations•5 minutes
- Small Talk Skills•5 minutes
- Plans and What You’ve Been up To•5 minutes
- Current Events•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 220 minutes
- Starting Conversations•55 minutes
- Small Talk Skills•55 minutes
- Plans and What You’ve Been up To•55 minutes
- Current Events•55 minutes
This week, you'll be stepping outside of work and learning about socializing in person and online. You'll learn how to talk about your social life, and you'll explore ways in which you can grow your social circle.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
- My Social Life•5 minutes
- Socializing Online•5 minutes
- Friendship•5 minutes
- Inclusive Socializing•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
- Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 220 minutes
- My Social Life•55 minutes
- Socializing Online•55 minutes
- Friendship•55 minutes
- Inclusive Socializing•55 minutes
This week, you will use everything you learned to engage in social interactions both in written and spoken form.
What's included
5 readings6 assignments3 discussion prompts
5 readings•Total 70 minutes
- About the Writing Task•10 minutes
- Self-Evaluation and Example•30 minutes
- About the Speaking Task•10 minutes
- How to Improve Your Conversational Skills•10 minutes
- Congratulations!•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 185 minutes
- How to Write an Email For the Right Occasion•30 minutes
- Task: A Dinner Invitation•60 minutes
- Reflection •15 minutes
- How to Improve Your Conversational Skills•20 minutes
- Task: The Best Way To See Your Country•30 minutes
- Self-Evaluation, Example, and Reflection•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 90 minutes
- Discuss With Your Peers•30 minutes
- Discuss With Your Peers•30 minutes
- Reflect On Your Progress•30 minutes
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