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 getting to know someone, like family, where you’re from, and hobbies and interests. By the end of this course, you will feel confident starting or joining just about any conversation!
Overview
Syllabus
- Course Introduction & Voxy Orientation
- This week, you will learn about this course and understand how to use Voxy's innovative platform.
- Small Talk
- This week, you will learn some of the most common conversation topics that come up when meeting someone for the first time or catching up with a friend.
- Hobbies & Interests
- This week, you’ll learn how to ask questions to get to know more about someone’s hobbies and interests.
- Careers
- This week, you’ll learn how to talk to someone about professional skills and responsibilities.
- Socializing at the Office
- This week, learn how to chat with your colleagues to learn more about them both personally and professionally.
- Course Project: Independent Study
- This week, you will have the chance to choose the topic to study for your End-of-Course project.
Taught by
Rebecca Payne-Passmore and Dr. Katharine Nielson
