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9 hours

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Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Conversational English Skills
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  • This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
  • Shareable Certificates.
  • Graded Programming Assignments.
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Skills you will learn
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  • 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!

Conversational English Skills
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Curriculum

You Say, I Say

1 Introduction

2. Text: Greeting in different cultures

3. Greeting

4. First Impression

5. Cultural Focus: Meeting Someone New

6. Office Hour

7. Summary

Test 1-3

Test 1-4

Test 1-5

Test 1-6

Test 1-8

The People in Your Life

1. Introduction

2. Text: My Mother is My Best Friend

3. Families, Friends and Idols

4. Describe People's Appearance and Personality

5. How to Communicate with Other People

6. Friend Relationships

7. Cultural Focus: Family and Friend Relationships

8. Office Hour

9. Summary

Test 2-3

Test 2-4

Test 2-5

Test 2-6

Test 2-7

Test 2-8

Test 2-10

Eating in and Eating out

1. Introduction

2.Text:Food in Different Cultures

3.Food in Different Cultures

4.Chinese Meals

5.Cultural Focus: Different Customs Related to Food in Different Countries

6.Eating out

7. Talk Show

8. Summary

Test 3-3

Test 3-4

Test 3-5

Test 3-6

Test 3-7

Test 3-9

Why Do You Want to Learn English

1. Introduction

2. Text: Why do you learn English?

3. Reasons for learning English

4. How to learn English

5. Cultural Focus: the United Kingdom

6. British and American English

7. Office Hour

8. Summary

Test 4-3

Test 4-4

Test 4-5

Test 4-7

Test 4-9

Good Times and Bad Times

1. Introduction

2. Text: Good Times, Hard Times, but Never Bad Times

3. Good and Bad Experiences

4. Free-time Activities

5. Cultural Focus: Popular Travel Spots in North America

6. Festival

7. Office Hour

8. Talk Show (Glenn and David)

9. Summary

Test 5-3

Test 5-4

Test 5-5

Test 5-6

Test 5-7

Test 5-10

Hobbies

1. Introduction

2. Text: Hobbies of My Family Members

3. What Are Your hobbies

4. What Do You Get from Hobbies

5. How to Cultivate Your Hobbies

6. Cultural Focus: People?s Preferences for Hobbies in Different Countries

7. Hobbies in Different Countries

8. Office Hour

9. Summary

Test 6-3

Test 6-4

Test 6-5

Test 6-6

Test 6-8

Test 6-10

Final Test

Section 1: Vocabulary & Structure

Section 2: Language Use

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    May 25, 2024
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