· Developing learners' competence and confidence
· Improving learners’ pronunciation
· Improving listening and understanding spoken language
· Developing speaking skills in a large scale
· Increasing learners' ability to make talks and presentations
· Practicing real life conversations focusing on the contents areas
· Developing interaction skills by working with other classmates
· Listening to variety of excerpts covering different areas
Description
This course is for learners who want to improve fluency, accuracy and ability to communicate. The course gives the participants the extra practice they need to become fluent. It highly focuses on speaking, listening skills and realistic, interesting activities that guarantee maximum talking time. It encourages learners to express their feelings, ideas, and opinion through a range of topics driven from real life situations. The topics covered in this course are breaking the ice, making good impressions, in the workplace, going places, the news, etc.
Audience :
Learners who want to improve fluency, accuracy and ability to communicate.
Topics :
Unit 1
o Ice breaking
o Personalities
o Favorite places
Unit 2
o First impressions
o Phone conversations
o Role-playing
o Giving and taking messages
Unit 3
o Food and cooking
o Ingredients
o Recipes
o Going out to eat
o Restaurants
Unit 4
o Weather and seasons
o Extreme weather
o Advice on extreme weather
o Moods
Unit 5
o Jobs likes and dislikes
o Job experiences
o Unusual jobs
o Interviews
Unit 6
o Hobbies and interests
o Daily chores
o Typical activities
Unit 7
o Playing sports
o Watching sports
o Playing games
o Instructions about playing games
Unit 8
o Traffic and transportation
o Traffic problems and solutions
o Means of transportation
o Planning a trip
Unit 9
o Past vacations
o Perfect vacations
o Tourist attractions
o Overseas vacations
Unit 10
o Gadgets and their uses
o Product features
o New inventions
o Shopping for new products
Unit 11
o Animals and plants
o Environmental problems and solutions
o Nature preserves
Unit 12
o News
o Stories
o Telling stories
o Current events
o News reports
Unit 13
o City and country life
o Safety habits and tips
o Crimes
o Types of crimes
Unit 14
o Music and movies
o Favorite activities
o Art and artists
o An art museum tour
Unit 15
o How someone has changes
o Childhood memories
o Historical places and events
Unit 16
o Funny stories and pictures
o Comics and cartoons
o Telling jokes
o True funny stories
Recommended Knowledge :
YAT English placement test
Category :
Training Materials :
Cambridge University Press: Let's Talk 2- Second Edition – Student’s book
Labs :
This course is intended to engage students in the learning context by experiencing real life situations through, group work, pair work, research, brainstorming, and role plays.