About this course

In a professional environment, we’re often faced with the need to respond appropriately according to what the situation calls for, whether it be related to situations in daily life or the workplace.

This course was designed to provide the worker with linguistic tools which will enable greater ease in basic communications in the workplace. This way, the student will be able to broaden their lexical and grammatical repertoire in English, thus increasing their professional value and skill, and contributing to not only professional but also social mobility.

The methodology of self-guided instruction will allow the student to manage their own study time, so that they can integrate coursework with the daily demands of their professional life at a rhythm adequate for their own learning process. More importantly, the course is held online, distributed massively, and accessible anywhere in the world through Coursera.

This course’s objective is that students be able to utilize basic-level grammatical and lexical structures (CFER level A2) which will enable basic interactions common to the workplace in English.

You’ll learn

• Describe professions and daily activities related to the workplace.
• Make and answer basic phone calls related to the workplace.
• Make arrangements for meetings at the workplace.
• Talk about job activities in the past.

Course contents

This course has 5 modules and 8 hours to complete.

Module 1: Everyday Language on the Job

• Grammar: present simple to be affirmative, negative question structure, all persons.
• Vocabulary: professions / nationalities.Indefinite article: a/an.
• Expressions used when introducing yourself.
• Grammar: present simple (I, you, he/she/it, we — affirmative & negative).
• Vocabulary: work routine verbs.
• Review of adverbs of frequency.
• Times of the day: In the morning /in the afternoon/ at night.

Module 2: Making Phone Calls

• Grammar: present simple (I, you, he/she/it, we — questions and short answers).
• Vocabulary: telephoning expressions.
• Grammar: making suggestions
• Vocabulary: numbers/dates
• Dates in British English and American English

Module 3: Preparing for meeting

• Grammar: Going To.
• Vocabulary: Flash Review of Cardinal Numbers 1-60.
• Telling time.
• Grammar: There is / There are
• Prepositions of place
• Vocabulary: Places around town

Module 4: Post-meeting etiquette

• Grammar: Past Simple (To Be).
• Use of Past Tense of go with good/bad.
• Vocabulary: Descriptive Adjectives (it was …).
• Grammar: Past Simple (regular verbs)
• Vocabulary: Correspondence Verbs (w. common phrasal verbs)

Module 5

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This course is created by James Gibbons (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) and  Paula Ross (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile). This class has 415,994 students and 8 hours to complete. You need to study 3 weeks at 2 hours a week.

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