Course Description
This interactive course provides students and employees from all fields and levels with the opportunity to gain self-confidence and necessary verbal skills needed for the study / work environment.
Course Objectives
- Strengthening the communication skills of the learner through developing three faculties: lucidity, brevity, and accuracy.
- Understanding context and eloquence basics.
- Distinguishing between passive and active knowledge of language.
- Realizing the importance of time management in turn-taking.
- Gaining working knowledge of commonly used collocations in everyday situations.
- Sharpening presentation skills and ability to face an audience.
- Passing interviews with confidence.
- Familiarity with informal and formal ways of speaking.
Teaching Philosophy:
The teaching method is a combination of class discussions and role plays through which the learners gain self-confidence with EFL and the ability to communicate efficiently and increase their active vocabulary and phrases.
North Star Management Consultancy delivers the Spoken English Course over 16 sessions of 2.5 hours each (A total of 40 Hours).
Course Plan
- 1 – 5: Countries, nationalities, and languages
- 2 – 6: The weather
- 3 – 7: Describing People: Appearance
- 4 – 8: Describing People: Personality
- 5 – 10: Relationships; 49: Emotions and Moods
- 6 – 11: At Home
- 7 – 13: Global Problems
- 8 – 14: Education
- 9 – 16: Work / 32: Holidays
- 10 – 17: Business
- 11 – 18: Sport
- 12 – 21: Music
- 13 – 22: Food
- 14 – 23: Physical Geography
- 15 – 25: Towns
- 16 – 26: Natural World
- 17 – 27: Clothes
- 18 – 28: Health and Medicine
- 19 – 31: Travel
- 20 – 33: Science and Technology
- 21 – 35: Communications and the Internet
- 22 – 37: The press and the media / 36: Social media
- 23 – 39: Crime
- 24 – 40: Money
- 25 – 43: Pleasant and unpleasant feelings
- 26 – 51: Number, quantity, degree, and intensity
- 27 – 52: Numbers and Shapes
- 28 – 53: Time
Distribution of Marks:
| Attendance | 16 Degrees |
| Class Participation | 50 Degrees |
| 1 Presentation | 24 Degrees |
| 2 Role Plays | 10 Degrees |
| Total | 100 Degrees |
Remarks:
- No more than 12 Participants are allowed in the same Class.
- Participation Grades are based on attention and contribution to class discussions.
- Absences from class will negatively affect your grade, since being absent for more than 3 sessions out of the 16 Sessions that compose the course will disqualify you from obtaining Attendance Certificate.