🛑Course Description:
This advanced-level course is designed for learners who already possess a strong foundation in English and wish to elevate their spoken fluency, confidence, and conversational competence to a near-native level. Through dynamic, real-world dialogues, debates, role-plays, and interactive tasks, participants will refine their pronunciation, intonation, and conversational strategies while expanding their vocabulary and cultural awareness.
The course emphasizes spontaneity in speech, active listening, and nuanced language use, enabling learners to participate effectively in complex discussions, express abstract ideas, and adapt language to different social and professional contexts.
This course is ideal for professionals, university students, or anyone preparing for international communication, presentations, or public speaking in English.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Speak fluently and coherently in extended conversations on abstract, technical, or unfamiliar topics.
2. Apply advanced vocabulary and idiomatic expressions naturally in discussions and presentations.
3. Adjust tone, register, and formality depending on the audience, setting, and purpose.
4. Listen and respond actively, demonstrating comprehension of implicit meanings, cultural references, and emotional subtleties.
5. Use accurate pronunciation, stress, and intonation to convey meaning clearly and effectively.
6. Engage in persuasive discussions, express and defend opinions, and participate in formal debates.
7. Give impromptu and structured presentations with clarity, cohesion, and rhetorical impact.
8. Critically evaluate conversational norms and adapt communication styles across different English-speaking cultures.
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 48 hours
- Skill level Intermediate
- Language English
- Students 1500
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 12 Sections
- 0 Lessons
- 12 Weeks
- 📝Week 1: Orientation & Fluency Foundations• Focus: Setting fluency goals, diagnostic speaking tasks, fluency strategies • Skills: Self-correction, hesitation reduction, paraphrasing • Activities: Icebreakers, speed networking, fluency drills0
- 📝Week 2: Natural Conversation & Small Talk• Focus: Everyday interaction, building rapport • Skills: Conversation openers/closers, topic shifts, intonation for engagement • Activities: Role-plays, improv games, cultural discussion on small talk0
- 📝Week 3: Expressing Opinions & Persuasion• Focus: Opinion expression, agreeing/disagreeing diplomatically • Skills: Persuasive language, discourse markers, hedging • Activities: Debates, “Hot Topics” discussions, ethical dilemma role-plays0
- 📝Week 4: Storytelling & Narrative Fluency• Focus: Telling personal or fictional stories with coherence and emotion • Skills: Past tenses, sequencing words, expressive intonation • Activities: Personal story sharing, group storytelling challenge, podcast-style recording0
- 📝Week 5: Communication in the Workplace• Focus: Formal/informal register, workplace idioms, polite expressions • Skills: Professional interaction, email-to-speech conversions • Activities: Mock meetings, giving feedback, conflict resolution dialogues0
- 📝Week 6: Cultural Communication Styles• Focus: Cross-cultural fluency, taboos, gestures, direct vs. indirect language • Skills: Adapting tone, managing miscommunication • Activities: Cultural role-plays, international etiquette quiz, video analysis0
- 📝Week 7: Presentation Skills• Focus: Public speaking, structure, clarity, and delivery • Skills: Emphasis, pausing, rhetorical questions, audience awareness • Activities: Mini-presentations, peer critiques, TED-style talk preparation0
- 📝Week 8: Impromptu Speaking• Focus: Spontaneity, organizing ideas under pressure • Skills: Thinking aloud, bridging gaps, filler phrases • Activities: “Table Topics,” timed response games, elevator pitches0
- 📝Week 9: Advanced Listening & Response• Focus: Listening for nuance, inference, and implied meaning • Skills: Active listening, interrupting politely, summarizing speech • Activities: Podcast analysis, reaction discussions, “What Would You Do?” tasks0
- 📝Week 10: Idioms, Slang, and Figurative Language• Focus: Informal and colloquial expressions • Skills: Contextual guessing, informal register awareness • Activities: Idiom charades, slang skits, “English in the Wild” video challenges0
- 📝Week 11: Role-plays and Real-life Scenarios• Focus: Fluency in real-world situations (travel, emergencies, networking) • Skills: Functional language, improvisation, natural flow • Activities: Rotating stations with timed tasks, “survival English” simulations0
- 📝Week 12: Final Project & Reflection• Focus: Integration of all skills in a final presentation or group task • Skills: Rehearsal, self-assessment, peer feedback • Activities: Final fluency showcase (e.g., mock conference, panel discussion), personal fluency growth plan0
Requirements
- 🖇️1. Language Proficiency Level • Learners must have at least a high intermediate (B2) level of English (CEFR) or equivalent.
- 🖇️2. Attendance and Participation • Minimum 80% attendance
- 🖇️3. Assignments and Practice • Weekly speaking tasks
- 🖇️4. Presentations and Speaking Assessments
- 🖇️5. Technology (for online or blended courses)
- 🖇️6. Final Project or Showcase (Optional but Encouraged)
