Hart, Donald
Still struggling with English tenses? English tenses are one of the most important aspects of grammar, but they can also be one of the most confusing. This course will give you a solid understanding of English tenses and how to use them correctly. We will look at the following tenses: present simple/continuous, past simple/continuous, present perfect simple/continuous, past perfect, future tenses: future simple/ continuous, be going to, present continuous, present simple, future perfect simple/continuous.
This business English course covers the core areas of business Englisch at B-level with a strong focus on speaking and communicating in real-life business situations: - personal encounters (social situations of business English such as building relationships, dealing with customers, clients and colleagues), - day-to-day business (daily routines such as making appointments, writing agendas and minutes and planing your work, online meetings), - business results (how to make an impact with the results of your work, reporting on progress and achievements, keeping each other informed and dealing with facts and figures).
This course offers you an opportunity to talk about a wide range of topics related to business and current affairs.The choice of topic is open to the group. Prior to the lessons, students receive gap-fill exercises to practise related vocabulary and a road map of questions on the chosen topic.
Each lesson will be devoted to a topic agreed upon by the participants. A comprehensive list of questions will serve as a road map for the conversation. For homework, you will receive a short vocabulary exercise based on the topic.
We will focus on those aspects of grammar and vocabulary that are particularly difficult for German-speakers. Mistakes often occur because your native language interferes with your attempts to express yourself in English. For example, you might say "actually" instead of "currently", "I am born in Berlin" instead of "I was born...", etc. The aim of the course is to make such mistakes a thing of the past.
By the end of this course, you will be able to: Use conditional sentences to express hypothetical situations and their possible outcomes. Use modal verbs to express possibility, necessity, permission, and obligation. Use relative clauses to define things and people,and to provide additional information.
Learn how to use the right prepositions in English sentences Do you ever get confused about which preposition to use? Prepositions can be a problem for many learners of a foreign language because they often have different meanings depending on the context in which they are used. In this course, you will be given systematic practice in the correct use of prepositions and prepositional phrases. We will also look at some common preposition errors.
Do you struggle to make your ideas flow smoothly? If so, this course is designed to help you improve your understanding and use of linking words. We will cover a wide range of categories, including sequencing ideas (first, then, finally) ,contrasting viewpoints (however, although), and adding emphasis(indeed, undoubtedly).Whether you are writing an essay, giving a presentation, or engaging in everyday conversation, mastering these linguistic bridges will enhance your communication skills.
This business English course covers the core areas of business Englisch at B-level with a strong focus on speaking and communicating in real-life business situations: - personal encounters (social situations of business English such as building relationships, dealing with customers, clients and colleagues), - day-to-day business (daily routines such as making appointments, writing agendas and minutes and planing your work, online meetings), - business results (how to make an impact with the results of your work, reporting on progress and achievements, keeping each other informed and dealing with facts and figures).
This course offers you an opportunity to talk about a wide range of topics related to business and current affairs.The choice of topic is open to the group. Prior to the lessons, students receive gap-fill exercises to practise related vocabulary and a road map of questions on the chosen topic.
This is a course to help you write effective business emails in English. We will be looking at how to - differentiate between formal and informal language - address the addressee, open and close emails - give good and bad news, request and give information, attach files - make and reply to inquiries, make and respond to suggestions - change and confirm arrangements - make and deal with complaints, make apologies, ask for payment - be direct and brief, be indirect and polite, check understanding. By the end of this course, you will be able to apply key language to different types of emails.
Word formation plays a significant role in expanding vocabulary. The main objectives of the word formation process are to form new words with the same root by deploying different rules or processes. For example, by learning the affixes (prefixes and suffixes) that can be added to a root word, you can create many new words that are related in meaning. This can help you understand the meaning of new words that you encounter in your reading and listening acitvities.
In kompakter Form richtet sich der Kurs an alle Englischlernenden auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau, die kurz, knapp und intensiv, aber nachhaltig ihre Grammatikkenntnisse auffrischen und üben wollen, wie Adverbs, Tenses, Modals, Verb Forms, Connectives, Prepositions, Reported Speech, Passive oder Conditional Sentences. Darüber hinaus erhalten Sie hilfreiche Arbeitsblätter oder passende Links, um Ihr Wissen zu trainieren und zu festigen.