Description
This course will develop your knowledge of English grammar and your ability to write in English for business and study. The course is aimed at students who can write and speak basic English and wish to strengthen their English language skills, particularly their writing skills. Students will learn by reading the course notes, completing written and spoken exercises for each lesson, and submitting them for comment and correction
Lesson Structure
There are 12 lessons in this course:
Parts of speech
Verbs
Parts of a sentence
Building and combining sentences
Vocabulary
Developing vocabulary
Writing for different purposes Part 1
Writing for different purposes Part 2
Writing for business
Study skills
Proof reading and editing
Special project
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Aims
Understand the basic rules of grammar
Apply rules of grammar to construct correct sentences
Identify word parts - word roots, prefixes and suffixes
Use word parts to develop vocabulary
Name the parts of speech
Understand basic principles of correct sentence construction
Understand the nature and purpose of a paragraph
Identify different kinds of language - formal/informal, direct/indirect
Identify appropriate language for different writing contexts
Use correct formats for business writing
Use correct formats for writing for study
Improve pronunciation
What You Will Do
basic principles and terms of English grammar
what are the parts of speech in English, and the forms in which they can be used
how to correctly use parts of speech, including as adverbs and pronouns
what are the basic building blocks of English sentences
how to construct correct sentences
how to vary sentence structure
what is a paragraph, and how to construct one
common work roots and how they are used to create different English words
the role and meanings of suffixes and prefixes
when and how to use direct (denotative) and indirect (connotative) language in business or study
how to write correctly for different purposes
correct business writing
