Brief description:
Our English for work courses are suitable for learners where English is not their first language.
This course is focused on people wanting to improve their English language skills for work. The level of this English for work course is intermediate.
We will look at how to organise and look at a letter of application, use vocabulary for jobs and industries and make suggestions and give advice to someone.
Learners will have an opportunity to give a presentation and learn to describe charts, graphs and talk about changes. We will look at how to send a business email and write a formal letter. We will also look at how to use polite telephone English and exchange opinions (how to be comfortable in agreeing, disagreeing and giving opinions). Learners will learn have to and don’t have to and common business expressions and vocabulary. We will also look at Prepositions of time, making appointments over the telephone and how to change appointments. Learners will also look at language used to report speech and questions, for example, ‘did anyone call?’. Finally, explaining and giving reasons for things, expressing feelings, likes and dislikes as well as giving and responding to advice. No textbook is needed, and course materials will be provided.
The course is funded per term; you may find, as most learners do, that you will need more than one term to be prepared for any higher level courses or future exams (if you choose to enter for them). If this is the case you will be offered the opportunity to re-enrol and pay for another term (or if still available we may be able to fund you again).
This course is funded through Cambridgeshire Skills: See funding eligibility below:
This course may be fully funded if:
You are over 19 years old
You live within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough combined authority.
You are ordinarily resident in the UK on the first day of learning.
Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?
To confirm this course is the correct level for you an assessment test will be needed for placement purposes. To book an appointment, call the office on 01223 712340 or email office@adultlearning.education
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course you will be able to:
Make predictions and discuss technology: Use future tenses for making predictions, time markers, and talk about technological changes now, in the past, and in the future.
Handle misunderstandings and communicate effectively: Practice reformulating ideas and using functional language for resolving communication issues, including discussing virtual technologies.
Talk about work and personal qualities: Use modal verbs like “must have” and “should” to describe job requirements and personal qualities and talk about past habits using “used to” and “would.”
Manage business conversations: Learn functional language for reaching agreements in business settings, and practice polite conversation techniques such as confirming information and using question tags.
Talk about emotions and hypothetical situations: Use conditionals (zero, first, and second) to discuss real and hypothetical situations, and practice describing emotions with -ing and -ed adjectives.
Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:
An assessment will cost £5. The tutor will advise in the first lesson.
For the first session you will need to bring:
A notebook and pen and pencil.
On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?
The college has many English for work levels, talk with your tutor who will advise you.
The Adult Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.