Speak English With Confidence: English Speaking Course

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• your course instructor
• how the course is organised
• how to get the most from this course

Start to think about the topic. What kinds of questions do people answer when they are introducing themselves?

Improve your listening skills. Listen to my talk and answer the question.

Improve your listening skills. Download the gap fill worksheet, listen again to my talk again, and fill in the blanks on the worksheet.

Learn some "filler language" that was used in the talk. Filler language gives you time to think about what to say, and it makes you sound like a native speaker.

Learn some useful questions to ask other people, and practise saying them with a natural English accent.

Learn the questions from the previous lecture.

Now it's your turn! Write a mini script.

Start to think about the topic of describing people. Try to answer some of my questions.

Listen to my short talk about someone I know and answer the questions. I will tell you the answers at the end.

Listen to my talk again and do the activities. You can either do the activity online, or download the worksheets. Good luck!

Learn the language from my talk.

Learn more language for describing people.

Learn the vocabulary for this topic by doing these 2 activities.

Learn 24 idioms for describing people's personalities

Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.

Start to think about the topic of holidays. Try to answer some of my questions.

Listen to my short talk about holidays and answer the questions. I will tell you the answers at the end.

Listen to my talk again and do the activities. You can either do the activity online, or download the worksheets. Good luck!

Learn the language from my talk.

Do the activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for describing holidays.

Check your answers to the vocabulary activity. I will explain the answers.

Learn some advanced idioms and expressions for talking about your holiday

Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.

Learn how to respond appropriately to people's feelings, questions, successes and problems with natural English.

Start to think about the topic of jobs. Try to answer some of my questions.

Listen to my short talk about jobs and answer the questions. I will tell you the answers at the end.

Listen to my talk again and do the activities. You can either do the activity online, or download the worksheets. Good luck!

Learn the language from my talk.

Do the activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for talking about jobs.

Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.

Start to think about the topic of likes and dislikes. Try to answer some of my questions.

Listen to my short talk about likes and dislikes and answer the questions. I will tell you the answers at the end.

Listen to my talk again and do the activities. You can either do the activity online, or download the worksheets. Good luck!

Learn the language from my talk.

Do the activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for talking about likes and dislikes.

Learn some more vocabulary for describing likes and dislikes.

Learn some some grammar for describing likes and dislikes.

Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.

Here's an extra task for you - make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group

Let's talk about your neighbourhood! Watch the introduction and think about the questions.

Listen to my short talk about my neighbourhood and think about the questions as you listen.

Listen to my talk again and do the activities. Good luck!

Learn the language from my talk.

Do the vocabulary activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for describing your neighbourhood.

Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.

Here's an extra task for you - make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group

Start to think about the topic of hobbies and interests. 

Listen to my short talk about my hobbies and interests and think about the questions as you listen.

Listen to my talk again and do the activities. Good luck!

Learn the language from my talk.

Learn more language for talking about hobbies and interests

Do the vocabulary activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for describing your hobbies and interests.

Check your answers to the vocabulary activities. I will explain the answers.

Learn how to ask questions about someone's hobbies and interests

Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.

Here's an extra task for you - make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group

Start to think about the topic of ambitions. What are your ambitions?

Listen to my short talk about my ambitions. What ambitions do I have?

Listen to my talk again and do the activities. Good luck!

Look at and learn the language I used in my talk.

Learn some more vocabulary for talking about your ambitions. You can also download the Vocabulary Record for this topic.

Do the vocabulary activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for describing your ambitions.

Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.

Make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group

Think about your life so far. 

Listen to my talk about my life story. What topics do I talk about?

Practise your listening: listen to my talk again and do the activity. 

Learn phrases for talking about time, and some past simple verbs for talking about your life.

Practise forming the past tense verbs, and use them in some sentences.

Now it is your turn! Download the PDF, and create a mini script by filling in the blanks in the worksheet.

Make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group