INTRODUCTION
Program overview:
This back-to-basics workshop is designed to be very hands-on and highly participative; participants will be exposed back to the basics of English communication both oral and written. They will be guided on the generally acceptable pronunciation of English words relevant to their work, and the different ways of presenting their ideas across. They will also realize by the end of the program that English is FUN and is an easy language to master!
Case studies and exercises will be customized to the organizations and participants needs, and presented in a fun, casual, easy-to-adapt manner for effectiveness of learning. More importantly, participants get to immediately practise and implement what they acquired in class to their work place.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
After the program participants will be able to:
- 1. Recall what makes up parts of speech in English communication, whether oral or written such as
noun, pronoun, verb and adverb, with focus on work-related communication;
- 2. Pronounce commonly used English words properly and comfortably in the local context to present
a professional image – intonation, articulation, word stresses, sentence stresses;
- 3. Sharpen their listening skills to enable them to understand conversations in English, and respond
accordingly, including with the proper body language;
- 4. Improve their overall oral (speaking) skills to blend in any situation be it a social or professional
situation;
- 5. Write and string sentences with correctly placed subject-verb agreement in English to enable them
to initiate and respond to the different types of written materials, such as e-mails, letters and reports;
- 6. Enhanced the fundamentals of communicating in English and use them confidently on a daily
basis;
- 7. Enjoy communicating in English, find that it not overwhelming and be driven to continually
improve their communication skills in English.
:: ESSENTIAL ENGLISH COMMUNICATION AND WRITING SKILLS ::
17-5 & 19-5, The Boulevard Mid Valley City,
Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
TRAINING OUTLINE
Day Module Activities
Introduction
Hello, how are you?
What I want to walk away with
Let’s go back to basics (of grammar):
Parts of Speech & their day-to-day uses:
Noun
Pronoun
Verbs
Adverbs
Adjectives
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Articles
Conversations & General rules of grammar:
Correct tenses in subject-verb agreement:
Simple present tense
Simple past tense
Simple continuous tense
Simple future tense
Pronoun & personal pronoun st, 2nd & 3rd person rule
Proper prepositions placement
Singular & plural forms
All these will be shared via on-the-job as well as out-of-work environment examples)
Assessments/Grammar exercises:
objective types & fill in the blank types of questions;
Individual & pairs;
Facilitated discussion & group presentations;
Simulations;
Word games and quizzes.
Pronunciation exercises – tongue twisters, idioms, proverbs;
DAY 2 • Grammar & Listening skills
Writing down notes and taking messages
Asking & responding to questions
Expressing opinion to what you hear
Casual English pronunciation
Grammar & Writing skills
Read out loud exercises;
Role-plays & work-related simulations;
Individual as well as small groups case studies and presentation exercises;
Assessment/Grammar exercises – written forms (objective types & fill in the blank types of questions)
:: ESSENTIAL ENGLISH COMMUNICATION AND WRITING SKILLS ::
17-5 & 19-5, The Boulevard Mid Valley City,
Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Understand main points of simple messages
Grammar Rules of what you write
Official versus Non-official forms
Writing first versus replying to
Use of contraction and shortforms
English in e-mails, letters, reports, minutes, text messages, social media updates
Checking for grammar
Common errors in written English and how to avoid repeating them
Continuous Improvement
Your Personal Action Plan
METHODOLOGY
There will be individual as well as Small Group Activities.
Participants will be given comb-bound workbooks of what will be projected on screen, as well as handouts of exercises and case studies. There will be active facilitator-led discussions and group presentations, role-plays and work-related simulations. Participants get to evaluate and assess their own assignments as well as give constructive feedback to group members on their performance to encourage team-work and lively interaction in class.
Who is this program suitable for?
People who want to enhance their command of the English language whether for work or non-work conversations, whether their proficiency of the language is considered average or already good. What’s important is their desire to be open in learning and re-learning the language!
:: ESSENTIAL ENGLISH COMMUNICATION AND WRITING SKILLS ::
17-5 & 19-5, The Boulevard Mid Valley City,
Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.