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Hear from students who have taken this course

“In my view the course content was very well structured, very well designed. We have been given the concepts on creative writing, the construction of various types of sentences that make the writing effective. I liked the course very much.”

“Course was well-defined; it was an enjoyable and learning journey.”

“Course is very useful for me. I haven’t received this kind of quality spoken English course.”

	COURSES FOR STUDENTS

Soon-to-be graduates need to be prepared for the competitive nature of the business world they are about to enter. We understand the challenges new graduates face when entering the job market.

We have created a modular course designed to enhance students’ employability skills. Having a high level of linguistic and communicative competence, and well-developed soft skills gives young graduates an edge over their peers.

We can also work with you to incorporate the specific needs of your students into the training programme.

The course can be delivered as an intensive programme, such as a summer camp, or modules can be delivered as a series of individual workshops. Maximum group size is 20. All participants receive a set of course materials and British Council certificate on successful completion of the course.

In all of our courses we place great emphasis on learner centred training; students are encouraged to interact and participate fully in the training room. We also encourage participants to take greater responsibility for their own learning by promoting self-reflection and action planning for ongoing development.

We offer 30-hour or 60-hour programmes, delivered at your institution, selected from the following modules:

		INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH

•Introduction to International English

•Overview of tenses

•Problems with tenses 1: active and stative verbs

•Problems with tenses 2: perfect tenses

•Other common areas of difficulty for Indian speakers:

- prepositions, time expressions and pronouns;

- articles and nouns

		SPEAKING CLEARLY

•Introduction to the phonemic chart

•The sounds of English: monothongs, diphthongs and consonant sounds

•Syllables and word stress

•Sentence stress and intonation

•Chunking

		GROUP DISCUSSIONS

•Group discussion competencies

•Active listening

•Expanding arguments

•Functional language

		EXTEMPORE

•Structuring extempore speeches

•Speaking fluently

•Functional language

		INTERVIEW SKILLS

•Interview basics: The do’s and don’ts

•Video ‘How do I come across?’

•Preparing for the interview

•Frequently asked interview questions

•Sell yourself! USPs

•Interview role plays

		PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PRESENTATION SKILLS

•Structuring your presentation

•Linguistic techniques

- Introductions and effective openings + task

- Hooks: grabbing your audience’s attention

- Signposting language

•The visual and vocal components

- Visual aids

- Using your voice: chunking

•Other essential sub-skills

- Body language

- Dealing with questions

		POWER WRITING

•The writing process

- What kind of writer are you?

- The POWER writing process

•Focus on content

- Make your purpose clear

- Make the intended action explicit

•Focus on structure

- The BLADE formula

•Focus on language

- Complete and concise messages

- Passive and active voice

- Be positive

- Tone: The human touch

- Tone: useless words and phrases

- KISS – Keeping It Short and Sweet

		ACADEMIC WRITING

•The writing process

•Structuring an essay

•Writing ideal introductions:

- General statements

- Thesis statements

- ‘Hooks’

•Paragraph construction

- Organising main ideas and controlling ideas

- Topic sentences

- Supporting sentences

- Coherence and cohesion

- Transition words and phrases

•Critical thinking skills

•Paraphrasing and writing effective conclusions

		VOCABULARY

•Word building

•Dictionary skills