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Englishtown Course Descriptions

Program: General English

Level: Prebeginner

Prebeginner A When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Read and understand the verbs used in instructions at Englishtown; say and read short vowels and use the Englishtown voice tool; say and read single consonant sounds and some consonant blends; understand the vocabulary used in lessons at Englishtown; and listen to words that describe daily actions. Reading: Answer, choose, fill in, listen, match, read, repeat, and write. Phonics: Words with the short vowel sounds: cat, net, pin, hot, and cup. Words

with single consonant sounds like bed, dog, fat, lip, pen, run, sad, and ten.

Vocabulary: Click, drag, move, and type. Listening: Get up, drink coffee, go to work, start work, eat lunch, finish work,

watch TV, and go to bed.

Prebeginner B When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Read and understand words that describe everyday things; say and read words with short and long vowel sounds; say and read words with vowel combinations; understand and use words that describe different types of transportation; and listen to food and drink words. Reading: Blanket, comb, cup, shampoo, and toothpaste. Phonics: Words with short and long vowels, such as, can/cane, din/dine, and

man/mane. Words with vowel combinations such as, "ee", "ea", "oo", and "ui".

Vocabulary: Bicycle, boat, car, bus, and subway. Listening: Beef, bread, chicken, coffee, vegetable, and tea.

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Prebeginner C When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Read and understand words that describe eight different jobs; say and read words that contain consonants with the letter /h/; say and read words with consonants that have more than one sound; understand and use words that describe colors and clothing and listen to words that describe feelings. Reading: Banker, bus driver, computer programmer, doctor, and manager. Phonics: Words such as, photo, rich, this, what, and whole. Consonants with more

than one sound such as, green, gate, and give. Vocabulary: Blue, black, yellow, dress, shirt, skirt, and pants. Listening: I'm afraid, I'm lonely, I'm cold, and I'm confused.

Prebeginner D When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Read and understand words found in a shopping center; say and read different vowel combinations; say and read words with silent letters; understand and use street signs and symbols; and listen to and understand words that describe things found in an office. Reading: Entrance, first aid, food court, lost and found, and restrooms. Phonics: Words such as, train/plain, bread/head, and soap/boat. Words such as

answer/two, comb/thumb, and write/wrong. Vocabulary: Do not enter, handicap parking, one way, school zone, and tow zone. Listening: Calculator, desk, elevator, photocopier, and telephone.

Level: Beginner

Beginner A When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Introduce yourself and your friends; exchange personal information; ask for and understand simple directions; tell the time; describe your family. Grammar: Statements and questions using the verb 'to be'; definite and indefinite

articles; singular and plural nouns and verbs; 'there is ' and 'there are'; yes/no and 'wh-'questions; statements and questions using the verb 'to have'; prepositions; possessive adjectives.

Vocabulary: Numbers, ages, countries, time, buildings and stores. Listening, reading, writing: Names, numbers, addresses and times; directions to places; a

description of a family. Pronunciation: Letters of the alphabet; words with the sounds /p/, /b/, /Ĭ/, /ē/, /ō/ and

/ô/.



Beginner B When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Go shopping; order food and drink in a restaurant; make, accept and refuse offers and requests; talk about abilities; say the date; talk about preferences. Grammar: Sentences with 'can' and 'can't'; requests and offers with 'could' and

'would'; conjunctions 'and' and 'but'; count and non-count nouns; spelling rules for plural nouns.

Vocabulary: Food and meals; clothing; prices; action verbs; days, months and seasons; ordinal numbers.

Listening, reading, writing: Menus; prices; a description of a city; a postcard about a place. Pronunciation: Numbers; words with sounds /Iz/, /th/, /f/.

Beginner C When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Ask about and describe daily routines; give, accept and refuse invitations; talk about past abilities; talk about sports and hobbies; talk about quantities. Grammar: Present simple tense; adverbs of frequency; modal verbs of ability 'can'

and 'could'; third person singular tense endings; 'much' and 'many'; 'too' and 'enough'.

Vocabulary: Jobs and work; daily activities; parties; sports. Listening, reading, writing: Descriptions of daily routines; conversations about a party;

descriptions of a party; descriptions of sports. Pronunciation: Words with sounds /l/,/r/, /k/, /g/, /s/, /z/, /Iz/,and /ŭ/.

Beginner D When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Describe people's appearance and personality; describe past events; describe present events. Grammar: Present simple and present continuous tenses; past simple tense; regular

and irregular past tense forms; sentences using the conjunction 'when'; determiners of quantity 'a lot', 'a little' and ' a few'.

Vocabulary: Adjectives to describe appearance and personality; verbs to describe past events.

Listening, reading, writing: Descriptions of people; descriptions of someone's life; descriptions of past events.

Pronunciation: Past tense forms /t/, /d/ and /Id/; words with sounds /j/, /y/, /b/, /v/, and /ŭ/.



Level: Elementary

Elementary A When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Describe holidays and vacations and talk about future plans; talk about the weather and make simple comparisons about the weather and places; talk about animals and pets; describe people and their routines and talk about social relationships. Grammar: Statements using 'be going to'; sentences with the form 'as…as'; present

simple and continuous tenses; verbs not used in the continuous form. Vocabulary: Words connected to Halloween; weather-related words; adjectives. Listening, reading, writing: Weather forecast; important holidays in the US; description of a

holiday in your country; postcard about the weather. Pronunciation: Word stress; words with the sounds /h/ and /ou/.

Elementary B When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Discuss and ask questions associated with mysteries; understand and create narrative descriptions of past events; make complaints and comparisons; talk about illness; ask for and give advice; compare people's appearance. Grammar: Questions and statements in the past tense; past continuous tense;

adverbs; past tense of irregular verbs; questions and statements with modal verb 'should'.

Vocabulary: Health and fitness; conventional and alternative medicine; adverbs; past tense verbs.

Listening, reading, writing: Description of an event in the past; comparison of two people; numbers in word form.

Pronunciation: Words with the sounds /t/, /d/, /ā/, /ĕ/, /s/, and /z/.

Elementary C When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Express opinions and ask for opinions; describe travel and talk about future plans; make accurate descriptions and talk about future possibility; use English on the telephone; interpret job advertisements; make appointments and polite requests. Grammar: Superlative form of adjectives; tag question forms; different verbs and

prepositions; use of 'will' and 'be going to'; use of 'may' and 'might'. Vocabulary: Movies and theaters; fashion and trends; searching for a job and job

advertisements. Listening, reading, writing: Conversation about planning a trip; text comparing films and plays;

article about planning a trip; description of a musical instrument; description of typical clothing; letter of application for a job.

Pronunciation: Words with the sounds /ŏ/ and /э/.



Elementary D When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Describe personality; express possibility and certainty; talk about habits and how to express obligation; talk about taste, smell and appearance; express preferences and quantity. Grammar: Sentences with 'could', 'will', 'used to', and 'have to'; constructions with

'so' and 'neither'; present simple and continuous tenses; use of 'much', 'many' and 'a lot of'; sentences with conjunctions 'as soon as', 'when', 'before', and 'after'; superlative form of adjectives; verbs not used in continuous forms.

Vocabulary: Signs of the zodiac; food; travel. Listening, reading, writing: Text about the signs of the zodiac; article about Indian cuisine;

description of your personality and of a trip; an essay on world hunger. Pronunciation: Word stress patterns; words with the sounds /ă/ and /ĕ/.

Level: Lower Intermediate

Lower Intermediate A When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Give instructions; describe a sequence of events; talk about past and future abilities; discuss probability and make predictions; use the correct telephone etiquette for business calls. Grammar: Modal auxiliary verbs with tag questions; 'will' and 'going to';

conjunctions 'but', 'and', 'so', 'until', 'because'; direct and indirect speech; past simple and present perfect verb tenses.

Vocabulary: Hobbies and games; job interviews; unusual experiences. Listening, reading, writing: Descriptions of games and their rules; polite suggestions; a

description of a strange situation; predictions; a cover letter. Pronunciation: Words with the sounds /s/, /sh/ and /ch/; article 'the'.

Lower Intermediate B When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Talk about radio and television; give advice; express opinions; narrate past events. Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives; comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs;

adjectives with prepositions; simple past and past continuous verb tenses; conditional sentences with 'if'.

Vocabulary: Television/Drama; jobs/work; disaster and survival; idioms and phrases about good and bad luck.

Listening, reading, writing: Learning strategies; radio commercials and news reports; a story about a frightening experience; a text about changing careers; a dramatic ending to drama.

Pronunciation: Consonant combinations; stress within sentences.



Lower Intermediate C When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Describe health problems; give advice and explain rules; express preferences; distinguish the differences between British and American English; discuss hypothetical situations; discuss travel plans. Grammar: Modals of obligation and permission; the present continuous verb

tense; second conditional sentence forms; sentences with 'I wish' and 'if only'.

Vocabulary: Health; sports; dreams; vacations; travel. Listening, reading ,writing: Descriptions of health problems; similes; conversations about a trip;

a travel brochure; a description of a product. Pronunciation: Words with the sounds /f/, /v/, /w/.

Lower Intermediate D When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Describe a product; make telephone calls; create a marketing plan; describe personal relationships; discuss weddings; use active and passive voice correctly. Grammar: Passive voice; present perfect and simple past verb tenses; sentences

using 'for' and 'since'; relative clauses and relative pronouns. Vocabulary: Business and marketing; relationships; weddings; holidays; travel. Listening, reading ,writing: Advertising techniques; a passage about friends and relationships;

note-taking skills; a paragraph describing one's best friend; a description of a holiday destination.

Level: Intermediate

Intermediate A When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Compare life and people in different countries; talk about getting older; negotiate and compromise; talk about medicine and health problems. Grammar: Adjectives and adverbs, comparatives; intensifiers, the future tense with

'going to'; verbs followed by gerunds and infinitives; sentences with 'while', 'before' and 'after'; the definite article 'the'; the verbs 'to make' and 'to do'; prepositions followed by adjectives.

Vocabulary: Words used to describe aging; to negotiate and compromise; to describe a community; to describe health and medicine.

Listening, reading, writing: A description of two cultures; a lecture on negotiation strategies; an article on health care; a conversation about medicine; sentences with conjunctions.

Pronunciation: Words with the sounds /sh/ and /zh/ ; word stress.



Intermediate B When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Describe a sequence of events and actions; talk about past habits; give advice; discuss international customs and manners; get the main idea from reading passages. Grammar: The difference between 'somewhere', 'anywhere' and 'nowhere'; 'most'

and 'most of'; 'used to' and 'didn't use to'; 'should', 'ought to' and 'had better'; adjectives followed by infinitives; question words.

Vocabulary: Natural disasters; manners; family. Listening, reading, writing: A description of an earthquake; a survey; an essay on the

importance of manners; an article on electronic etiquette; an article on cultural differences.

Pronunciation: Past tense endings /d/, /t/, /Id/; sentence stress.

Intermediate C When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Make comparisons; talk about different sports; discuss different personality characteristics; explain financial matters; express opinions; discuss dietary preferences and life in different countries. Grammar: Superlatives; 'used to'; direct and reported speech; differences between

'to lend' and 'to borrow'; count and non-count nouns; quantifiers 'a lot' and 'a little'.

Vocabulary: Sports; personalities; banking; diet and health. Listening, reading, writing: A description about someone whose life has changed; an article

about gender differences; a passage on how to open a bank account in the US; a conversation about living abroad; an article about vegans; a lecture about vitamins.

Intermediate D When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Talk about different lifestyles; understand the meaning of several proverbs; talk about trends; review the material previously presented in this level. Grammar: Difference between the simple past and past perfect; phrasal verbs;

conditionals; the present perfect and present perfect progressive tenses.

Vocabulary: Mythology and folk tales; fashions and trends. Listening, reading, writing: An article about living on a houseboat; a description of your dream

lifestyle; an interview about people who live in tree houses; an article about Chinese mythology; a story about a new type of consumer.

Pronunciation: Stress patterns of nouns and verbs.



Level: Higher Intermediate

Higher Intermediate A When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Describe degrees of possibility; express opinions about movies; talk about fears and phobias; explain how things get done; report how things have been said; develop your note-taking skills. Grammar: Verbs of probability, like 'must', 'can't' and 'might'; participle clauses;

prepositions after adjectives; separable and non-separable phrasal verbs; the causative use of the verb 'have'; reflexive pronouns; compound adjectives; direct and reported speech.

Vocabulary: Movies and the movie industry; fears and phobias; words associated with machines; the metric and Imperial measuring systems; religion.

Listening, reading, writing: A story by Edgar Allen Poe; a movie review; articles about different religions; a description of a significant event in one's life.

Higher Intermediate B When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Express wishes and regrets; talk about information technology; talk about issues related to crime and punishment; identify good listening skills. Grammar: Use compound adjectives; phrasal verbs; compound nouns; the verbs 'let'

and 'make' when followed by a second verb; 'in case' and 'unless'. Vocabulary: Personal talents and abilities; words associated with computers and the

Internet; the court system in the US. Listening, reading, writing: Opinions and feelings about the Internet; opinions about an

important law. Pronunciation: Syllable stress in multi-syllable words.

Higher Intermediate C When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Discuss international customs; read literary texts; use relative clauses; express degrees of probability; understand how a large international organization operates; develop your skimming and scanning techniques to improve your reading skills. Grammar: Articles; verbs followed by infinitives and gerunds; defining and

non-defining relative clauses; use 'must have', 'might have', can't have', 'couldn't have' with a past participle; verbs used with reported speech.

Vocabulary: Culture; hypnosis and reincarnation; business terms. Listening, reading, writing: A text about business etiquette around the world; opinions about

cross-cultural differences; a descriptive narrative; stories about strange occurrences; a description of an ideal company; a text about Japanese work culture.

Pronunciation: Words that are commonly confused; patterns of syllable stress.



Higher Intermediate D When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Improve your understanding of how English is used around the world; describe sibling relationships; review the material previously taught in this level. Grammar: Phrasal verbs; 'so' and 'such'; relative clauses, definite and indefinite

articles. Vocabulary: Sibling relationships; marriage and relationships. Listening, reading, writing: A text about the history of the English language; a description of

the benefits of having a world language; a text about identical twins; a text on dating; a conversation to practice making inferences; opinions about prenuptial agreements; an article about 'high society'.

Pronunciation: Words with the sounds /n/ and /ng/; word stress in sentences.

Level: Advanced

Advanced A When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Discuss politics and different types of governments; write confidently using active or passive voice ;read texts about important aspects of architecture; identify the correct use of participles and adjective clauses; discuss recent or past urban problems; use a variety of verb tenses; discuss aspects of the economy and compare it with traditional forms of trade. Grammar: Passive and active voice; present continuous tense with present and

future meaning; subject/verb agreement; noun clauses; adjective clauses; dangling modifiers.

Vocabulary: Government and politics; architecture; population growth and urban development; e-commerce; economy.

Listening, reading, writing: A lecture about different types of government; texts about famous architects and architecture; a description of a building; a description of urban problems; a discussion about the Internet; an article on writing styles; a text about traditional methods of trade; a reading on current issues involving e-commerce.

Pronunciation: Words with the same sounds, but different spelling.



Advanced B When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Use the active and passive voice to present an argument; discuss topics related to military service, civil service and volunteering; discuss topics related to the world of art and to preserving endangered species; describe feelings and memory. Grammar: Infinitives and gerunds; passive voice; reported speech; participles as

adjectives; metaphors and similes; simple and progressive verb forms; verbs for describing feelings.

Vocabulary: Military/civil service; US citizenship; art; biology and ecology; memory.

Listening, reading, writing: A lecture on volunteerism; an essay presenting both sides of an argument; a conversation and a lecture about art; idioms related to animals; a lecture about mountain gorillas; a discussion about endangered species; a story about ghosts; a description of a childhood memory.

Advanced C When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Discuss issues related to advertising; understand how advertising works and present their opinions in written form; discuss environmental issues using conditional sentences and adverbial clauses; give advice in different ways; discuss the topic of the mass media; use correct punctuation. Grammar: Conjunctions; conditionals; adverbial clauses; dependent and

independent clauses; prepositions of time and location; punctuation rules; modal verbs; subordinate clauses.

Vocabulary: History and language of advertising; environment; mass media; medicine and diseases.

Listening, reading, writing: A discussion about advertisements; how to improve reading skills; a discussion on environmental and ecological issues; an article about the life of an environmentalist; a discussion on how computers can be used; a reading on childhood diseases and medical treatments.

Pronunciation: Word stress in sentences; words related to medicine.



Advanced D When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Reflect on your approach to the topic of risk-taking; improve your understanding of rhythm and intonation in English; understand the admission process for a US university; discuss educational related issues; understand more about the Nobel Peace Prize and the issues related to working for peace; reflect on your experience of studying English online. Grammar: Subordinating and coordinating conjunctions; punctuation; prefixes and

suffixes; conditional sentences; prepositions of time, location and movement; structures using 'both', 'either' and 'not only… but also.'

Vocabulary: Words associated with risk-taking; schools and other institutions; biography.

Listening, reading, writing: A discussion on the risks of financial decisions; a poem and a lecture about risk-taking; the procedure for applying to graduate school in the US; a lecture on Nelson Mandela; an article on Nobel Prize winners; a reading on the organization of speech into meaning groups; a reflection on the benefits of studying English online.

Program: Business English

Topic: Social Skills

Social Skills I When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Introduce yourself in a professional way; use business titles; maintain a short business conversation; make conversation to welcome a new business associate and read a passage on how to dress professionally. Grammar: Formal and informal language to introduce yourself. Vocabulary: Vocabulary used to address business professionals and phrases for short

business conversations Listening: A listening passage on business people meeting for the first time. Reading: A selection about how to dress in a business setting.



Social Skills II When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Request a flight, car, and hotel reservation; learn travel rules and regulations; check into a hotel; request a wake-up call; change a reservation and be aware of a variety of ways to travel. Grammar: Simple present and present continuous tenses and the verb phrases: can,

can't, have to, and don't have to. Vocabulary: Language used to check into a hotel and to request a wake-up call. Listening: A listening selection on changing a plane reservation. Reading: A reading passage on the variety of ways to travel.

Social Skills III When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Reinforce future contact with clients and colleagues; begin a business social event; handle difficult situations in a business setting; host social gatherings and distinguish between social and business occasions. Grammar: Language used to establish future contact with clients and colleagues. Vocabulary: Words used to make a toast at a business social gathering. Listening: A listening selection on handling difficult questions in a business setting. Reading: Read a passage about the difference between business and social settings.

Topic: Telephoning

Telephoning I When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Answer the phone with appropriate language; introduce yourself and say the name of your company; write down a client's name; tell a caller to hold; practice active listening and take a message. Grammar: Simple present and present continuous. Vocabulary: Answer the phone, ask who's calling, and ask someone to hold. Listening: Verb modals: could, when, and can. The international telephone

alphabet. Speaking: Pronunciation of words with short and long "a".

Telephoning II When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Inquire about prices and discounts; take a message from an answering machine and voice mail; take notes and transcribe a message and take an order on the phone. Grammar: Past tense. Vocabulary: Words for message taking. Listening: Message from an answering machine. Reading: A reading passage about a special product. Speaking: Giving someone a message orally.



Telephoning III When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Handle complaints; make complaints; reschedule appointments; change an order; make a sales call and improve the company image. Grammar: Appropriate phrases for handling and making complaints. Vocabulary: Words used to make appointments. Listening: A listening passage on changing an order. Reading: A reading selection on making a sales call. Speaking: Phrases used to satisfy a customer with a complaint.

Topic: Meetings

Meetings I When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Ask for clarification and more information; check for understanding; open and close a meeting; make formal and informal greetings and introductions; and use the proper intonation when asking for and giving clarification. Grammar: Repetition of verbs or appropriate questions to clarify. Clarifying with:

can, do and does. Vocabulary: Agenda and bulletin board. Listening: A listening passage on making formal and informal greetings. Speaking: A speaking passage on checking for understanding and clarifying.

Meetings II When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Give your opinion in a meeting; use phrases related to video and teleconferencing; make suggestions to a customer during a videoconference; learn how companies use teleconferencing daily and agree and disagree with a client. Grammar: The modal "should" and the verbs: think, believe and feel. Vocabulary: Words and phrases related to video and teleconferencing. Listening: Listen to people talk about their technical problems concerning video or

teleconferencing. Reading: A reading selection about designers and merchandisers who use

teleconferencing. Speaking: Proper intonation for agreeing and disagreeing.



Meetings III When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Keep on the topic; clarify a point; confirm what has been said; express doubt and reassure; make and respond to offers and learn how to get others to express their feelings. Grammar: Modals and conditionals for managing meetings. Vocabulary: Words and phrases used to restate something said. Listening: Hear a passage on expressing doubt and reassuring. Reading: A reading passage on: starting a meeting, making an offer, rejecting an

offer and accepting an offer. Speaking: Practice using expressions to get someone else's opinion.

Topic: Negotiations

Negotiations I When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Plan a negotiation; modify your language in a negotiation; make initial contact with a client to negotiate a deal; know what makes a good negotiator and be understood in a negotiation. Grammar: Passive and active voice. Vocabulary: Terms: research, objectives, limits, strategy, simplicity and clarity. Listening: Listen to two people negotiating. Reading: A reading passage on what makes a good negotiator and one about a

business negotiation.

Negotiations II When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Use phrases to improve negotiating; learn various job titles; more effectively seek solutions to problems; hear formal ways to apologize and build better rapport with clients. Grammar: The structure of phrasal verbs. Vocabulary: Company job titles. Listening: Different methods for stating your opinion and useful phrases to

apologize. Reading: A reading passage on productive ways to build rapport.



Negotiations III When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: State your opinion with different levels of severity; know what to say when interrupting; demonstrate bargaining skills; get reactions from the people you are negotiating with and clearly state your view on a matter. Vocabulary: Phrases and vocabulary that state one's opinion and that are used to

interrupt. Listening: Listen to a dialogue where people are bargaining and to language used to

get a reaction from someone. Reading: A reading selection on stating positions and making suggestions.

Topic: Presentations

Presentations I When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Use different expressions of time in a presentation; design a presentation; use language associated with giving a presentation; begin a presentation and learn about the purposes of presentations. Grammar: The simple present, the present perfect, and the simple past tenses. Vocabulary: Words associated with the different parts of a presentation and

vocabulary used to give a presentation. Listening: A listening passage about how to begin a presentation. Reading: A selection on how to link a presentation together.

Presentations II When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Personalize a presentation; understand terms used to describe change; apply language to modify your message; describe several ways to deliver a presentation and implement strategies to get your point across. Grammar: Active and passive verbs. Vocabulary: Terms used to describe trends and vocabulary words that emphasize and

minimize your message. Reading: Advantages and disadvantages of reading a presentation versus giving it

orally, and a passage on how to get the audience's attention.



Presentations III When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Handle questions efficiently; describe your product's strengths; give a customer recommendations after the presentation; effectively end a presentation and get feedback. Vocabulary: The helping verbs: can, could, may, and would. Listening: The vocabulary and phrases used to describe the strengths of your

product and "much" and "many " . Reading: A reading selection on phrases to end a presentation and a selection on

evaluating your performance.

Topic: Correspondence

Correspondence I When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Write business letters with more clarity; use a variety of letter styles; respond to a problem in a business letter; utilize the components of a business letter; communicate with many types of letters and recognize the elements of a good and bad letter. Grammar: The present and progressive tenses. Vocabulary: The terms used to describe the different parts of letter. Listening: Listen to a typical business situation which requires a letter in response. Reading: A reading passage on being "correspondence competent" and a request

for a letter of recommendation.

Correspondence II When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Use the proper tense in a business letter; write an acknowledgement letter and an order acknowledgement letter; create an order reply letter and write an inquiry letter. Grammar: The simple past and past perfect tenses. Vocabulary: The vocabulary used to outline a business letter and the language used

in an order acknowledgement letter. Listening: A listening passage on an order reply letter. Reading: An example of an inquiry letter.

Correspondence III When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Understand a sales report; identify the specific language used in a contract; hear and understand the details of a sales report; know the particular parts of a contract and recognize different information in a contract. Vocabulary: Vocabulary found in a sales report and the formal language of contracts. Listening: A listening piece about a conversation involving a sales report. Reading: Two reading selections with terms commonly used in writing contracts.



Topic: Leadership and Management

Leadership and Management I When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Use verb tenses to talk about routines and general facts; vocabulary related to departments and job titles; listen for specific information and understand employment advertisements, resumes and job interviews. Grammar: Simple present, present continuous, and simple past tenses. Vocabulary: Vocabulary used to describe departments and job titles within a

company. Listening: Listen to a selection on interviewing. Reading: A reading passage about an employment advertisement and a resume. Speaking: Pronounce the "ed" suffix for the past tense and regular verbs.

Leadership and Management II When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Discuss the qualities and skills of directors; use words that describe staff; screen job applicants on the phone; agree and disagree in meetings and read about problem solving. Grammar: Modals expressing obligation, necessity and advice. Vocabulary: Adjectives for describing a good worker and language for making and

breaking appointments. Listening: Questions to ask when conducting a job interview. Reading: A paragraph on problem solving.

Leadership and Management III When you successfully complete this unit, you will be able to: Make and refuse offers; state the steps for getting promoted; identify the information used in an employment advertisement; explain the process involved in recruitment and understand references to Total Quality Management. Grammar: Making polite offers with "would" and refusing offers. The present perfect

and passive voice. Vocabulary: Terms used in an employment advertisement. Listening: Listen to a conversation about problems associated with the recruitment

process. Reading: Read an interview about TQM.



Program: Industry Specific Courses Pharmaceutical When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Read about health issues and learn new vocabulary related to medical concerns and pharmaceutical issues; identify the language necessary to read and write medical reports; describe trends; examine texts that focus on genetic engineering; and understand pharmaceutical business developments. Grammar: Reported speech; simple present & past; present & past perfect; past

continuous; prepositions; future tense; prefixes; modals; second and third conditionals.

Vocabulary: Colloquial expressions, words associated with heart disease; words associated with pharmacogenomics; zero and first conditionals.

Listening: A passage on immunizations; a passage on recent developments in the field of genetic engineering; a passage on disease prevention.

Reading: Read prescriptions; job advertisements; texts that focus on genetic engineering; a passage on heart disease issues; a passage on common ailments.

Writing: A brief business letter; a purchase letter.

Telecom A When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Identify some of the language of telecommunications; understand the use of telecom devices in various contexts; and identify careers in the telecommunications industry. Grammar: Relative clauses; modals; the passive and active voice; the difference

between "say" and "tell"; reported speech; present perfect; simple past; "to be used to".

Vocabulary: Telecommunications terms. Listening: A passage telecom-related vocabulary. Reading: A passage on the societal implications of information technology;

practice scanning texts for key points. Pronunciation: Word stress and intonation; the "schwa" sound.



Telecom B When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Identify vocabulary associated with evolving telecommunications industry; understand how mergers, acquisitions and government regulation of the telecommunications industry works; and talk about the future of the telecom industry. Grammar: Articles; phrasal verbs; future tense; conditionals; giving opinions;

agreeing; disagreeing; Vocabulary: Expressions of quantity; modals. Listening: Practice a more competent listener. Reading: A passage about mergers; a passage on the federal communications

commission; a chart on global telecommunications comparisons. Pronunciation: Word stress of "content words' and 'function words'"; linked words;

recognize stress patterns; recognize and distinguish between words that have the same sound but different spellings (homonyms).

Insurance When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Identify and understand essential insurance concepts; understand issues related to homeowner's insurance; understand the basics about automobile insurance; understand concepts and language related to managed health care organizations; discuss issues related to life insurance; identify terminology and concepts related to annuities; talk about property and liability insurance for businesses, as well as workers compensation; and identify the types of insurance used by travelers. Grammar: The active & passive voice; insurance vocabulary related to homes and

property; modals; present perfect; prepositions; irregular verbs; phrasal verbs; conditionals.

Vocabulary: Vocabulary to describe basic insurance principles; idioms; automobile insurance terms and concepts; health insurance vocabulary and abbreviations; expressions with "get": life insurance vocabulary; travel insurance and medical insurance vocabulary.

Listening: A passage on getting an insurance quote; a passage on assessing risk; a passage on buying travel insurance.

Reading: Insurance policies; a passage on financial strength ratings; a passage on business-related insurance issues.

Pronunciation: Word stress and emphasis; sentence stress; the "schwa".



Banking & Finance When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Identify the language of banking and finance through Web and vocabulary activities; identify language related to banks and credit; listen to telephone messages and conversations; understand the language of the stock market; identify the benefits and drawbacks of technology-assisted financial transactions; identify the language of bonds and commodities; and talk about investing and financial planning. Grammar: Adjective clauses; modals; the future perfect tense; tag questions;

passive voice; using gerunds versus the infinitive; causative verbs; conditionals; past participles; future tense.

Vocabulary: Banking and finance acronyms: banking and credit vocabulary; different types of stocks; new time-interval vocabulary; common keypad symbols; futures, options and commodities.

Listening: A stock market report; a conversation at a bank; a telephone transfer; international banking services.

Reading: A passage about an international bank'; a stock market report; a passage about calculating loan payments and interest rates using Internet resources; a passage about basic questions about reading a stock table; a text on the origins of the New York Stock Exchange; a passage about online investment fraud; practice skimming texts to find the general meaning; a commodity report.

Pronunciation: Different ways to say "the"; banking and finance terms.

Automotive When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Identify the vocabulary and themes relevant to the automotive industry; identify new materials being developed to build better automobiles; identify how corporations are getting involved in different communities; identify some of the issues and the language relevant to the automotive industry's environmental concerns; talk about past and present management issues in the automotive industry; and understand vocabulary associated with sales and marketing in the automotive industry. Grammar: Distinguish between gerunds and infinitives; phrasal verbs; using

prepositions with gerunds and verbs; who' and 'whom,' and between 'whose' and 'who's'; comparatives and superlatives; noun clauses; adjective clauses.

Vocabulary: Basic automobile vocabulary; auto production process vocabulary; verb phrases related to driving; words related to corporate involvement in the community; words related to environmental issues and the automotive industry; job titles and roles; marketing and sales terms; Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Listening: A passage on how workers are creating success for themselves; a conversation about driving privileges; a passage about reducing emissions; a conversation between two automobile plant workers.

Reading: A passage about manufacturing companies and their products; a passage about the history of the automobile industry: text about 'cause and effect'



sentences; a passage about various means of public transportation; a text on alternative fuel possibilities; a passage about the Chinese automotive industry's market.

Pronunciation: Automotive terms; four rules of vowel sounds; syllables; the regular past tense '-ed' ending; stress and intonation; the technical terms covered in this course.

Program: Leisure English Travel English When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to: Converse easily on everyday matters; read and write comfortably about familiar topics; identify language for choosing and finding a hotel, booking a hotel room, and making polite requests; give and understand directions; locate different types of buildings; exchange money; identify different banking services, including lending and borrowing; ask about prices; and buy and return things in a store, including online shopping. Grammar: Use 'if' sentences; make passive sentences; "a" and "some"; asking and

answering questions; making requests; asking about prices. Vocabulary: Shopping expressions; different types of accommodations; words

associated with places found in a city. Listening: A conversation concerning hotel reservations; a conversation at a

drugstore; a conversation at a bank. Reading: A passage that describes different types of accommodations; a story

about if-clauses; a passage about a company that provides excellent travel services; a passage about different places to shop.

Writing: Giving written directions; where you like to shop and why. Pronunciation: Pronounce words connected with money.

Program: Test preparation TOEIC preparation The Test of English for International Purposes (TOEIC) measures general English used in the workplace. It tests listening and speaking only. This course prepares students for each component of the TOEFL exam. It also teaches test taking strategies for the TOEFL exam.

TOEFL preparation The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) measures knowledge of academic language, and is mostly used by North American universities for non-native speakers of English seeking entrance into undergraduate or graduate school. It tests listening, reading and structure of writing. This course prepares students for each component of the TOEFL exam including listening comprehension, written expression, reading comprehension and writing. It also teaches test taking strategies for the TOEIC exam.

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