Course Design

Course Objective:
The course will help lay a solid foundation for your study and career. By the
end of the course one will have mastered in the basic patterns and structures
of the English language and the pronunciation, stress and intonation systems
in English. One will learn to speak, read and write English correctly and
confidently.
Course Coverage:
Basics of English
1. Parts of speech
2. Countable and Uncountable nouns
3. Verbs and Tenses
4. Degrees of Comparison
5. The definite and the Indefinite articles
6. Vocabulary
7. Feminine Forms
8. Use of Auxiliaries
9. The construction of questions
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Prepositions
11.
What to say
12.
Simple descriptions of things/clothes/people.

Spoken English
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English sounds
Stress and Intonation
Voice modulation
Pronunciations
English for various situations
Public speaking

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Written English
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Paragraphs
Articles
Letters
Business Correspondence
Written English Expression

The Infinitive Particles Gerund

Phrasal Verbs
Common Errors
Vocabulary
Idioms
Synthesis of Sentences
7. What is Good Speech?