Build confidence and have fun learning and speaking English as it is really spoken. Learn and improve your English skills for work to understand more and speak more professionally.
Learn and improve your English skills for work to understand more and speak more professionally. Ideal for anyone whose first language is not English.
Section1: Saying What's Needed Learn language functions - Saying What's Needed - welcoming people, expressing urgency; giving an opinion; giving advice; complaining; Master simple grammar lessons – Modals - have to; should; must; Master everyday idioms – Up to speed; Learn the ropes; From the get-go; Horseplay; Dead meat; Build vocabulary – welcome; a day off; rapport; behave; fired; policy; there/their/they're; you're/your; Learn and practice pronunciation – Words starting with Y.
Section 2: Giving Reasons Learn language functions - Giving Reasons - where and why; what should be done; feelings; opinions; Master simple grammar lessons – Irregular Past Tense - drive/drove; choose/chose; tell/told; find/found; write/wrote; give/gave; am/was; go/went; get/got; say/said; keep/kept; let/let; see/saw; take/took; send/sent; tell/told; think/thought; steal/stole; Master everyday idioms – Your guess is as good as mine; Vanished into thin air; Make a beeline; Zero in; Pick up the tab; Talk shop; Cut to the chase; Build vocabulary – train wreck; patience; jargon; work-oriented; appropriate; winner; supportive; reminder; no/know; Learn and practice pronunciation – Short Forms - Cos = Because.
Section 3: Describing Feelings
Learn language functions - Describing Feelings - positive and negative feelings;
Master simple grammar lessons – Present Tense for Habitual Actions and Events - every morning; every day; often; always; regularly;
Master everyday idioms – A good hair day; Crocodile tears; Feel like a million dollars; Get on someone's nerves; Down in the dumps; Work out; 'To-do' list; Build vocabulary – bully; thick-skinned; on purpose; sensitive; overwhelming; overloaded; social media; stressful;
Learn and practice pronunciation – The Sound of W.
Section 4: Making Suggestions Learn language functions - Making Suggestions - My suggestions is; Maybe; Why don't; Do you wanna/want to; How about; It might be a good idea if; I think we should; Master simple grammar lessons – Future Tense using Going to - I'm gonna/I'm going to; We're gonna/we're going to; What's going to happen?; Master everyday idioms – Mum's the word; Go for it; Get the credit; Get rid of; Buckle up; Screw on your thinking caps; Get ready to roll; Build vocabulary – thumb drive; cell phone; pens; battery charger; laptop; apologize; it's/its; Learn and practice pronunciation – Silent Letters - Rapport; dumb; wrong; know; Wednesday; wrinkles; chocolate.
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