Professional English Certificate
Available as a full certificate for $1,500 or individual classes for $600
• This advanced certificate is designed for professionals who are seeking to perfect and polish the English Language skills they need for a workplace environment.
• Students who take this program are normally working professionals looking to fine-tune their skills for the workplace.
• Classes will be broken down into 8-week classes: Pronunciation, Grammar, Writing
Pronunciation: (20 hour $600) Register for this Course
Course Objectives: Students will learn how
- To gain confidence with listening to and speaking American English in formal and informal situations
- To become more familiar with using vivid, descriptive language while speaking English
- To learn to deliver prepared formal presentations on a variety of topics in English
- To pronounce American English words correctly
- Interjections and intonation
- Syllables with unstressed vowels (represented by the schwa)
- Words linked by final /s/ and /z/ sounds
- Syllables stress
- Words stress in compound nouns
- Stress and pauses indicating thought groups
- Content words and sentence stress
- Function words and sentence stress
- Vowel length with voiced and voiceless consonants
Each student will participate in an individual conference with the instructor so he/she may understand your specific pronunciation needs.
Reading is very important to the pronunciation class – you must do it! Reading will incrementally become harder as the class goes on. You will be evaluated on your speaking and pronunciation skills.
Grammar (20 hour $600): Register for this Course Now
Course Objectives:
- to learn authentic American English grammar
- to distinguish the grammar typical in conversation vs grammar typical in writing
- to work independently to refine their respective grammar skills
Course Coverage:
- verb tenses
- modals
- multi-word verbs
- prepositions
- active voice vs passive voice
- gerunds and infinitives
- adjectives and adverbs
- subject-verb-agreement
- students’ suggestions are welcome
Writing (20 hour $600): Register for this Course Now
Course Objectives: Students will learn how
- To gain confidence in writing in American English using formal and informal structures
- To apply nuts-and-bolts strategies for improving writing
- To combine sentences through coordination and subordination
- To identify adequately developed paragraphs
- To provide transitions in writing
- To identify, understand, and correct errors in writing
- To edit essays
Course Coverage:
- Understanding Basic Sentence Types
- Fragments/Run-ons/Fused Sentences/Comma Splices
- Clauses
- Conjunctions
- Writing Topic Sentences, Paragraphs, and Essays
- Using Punctuation Marks and Punctuation Patterns Effectively
- Revising Sentences: parallelism, consistent point of view, specific words, active verbs, concise words
- Organizing Ideas
- Evaluating Essays for Unity
- Evaluating Essays for Support
- Evaluating Essays for Coherence
- Evaluating Essays for Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills - All in ONE
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