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Speak English With Confidence: English Speaking Course
Speak English confidently in this unique English language course, which is ideal for students at a pre-intermediate to intermediate level of English (A2-B1). You will improve your English Speaking, English Listening, English Vocabulary, English Grammar and English Pronunciation skills.
Includes: Assignments and a Free Companion Website with Online Activities
This Course Also Includes:
✔ Step-by-step teaching method
✔ Online activities
✔ Downloadable PDF Worksheets
✔ Assignments
✔ Video lessons
✔ Subtitles
✔ AND a Course Facebook Group where you can upload videos of your talks
UNIQUE STEP-BY-STEP METHOD
Each topic is based around a short talk using real-life English – you will hear and see how a native speaker talks about this topic. Then I take you step-by-step through the language you need to create your own talk. At the end of each section, you can create and upload your own short talk.
- Watch the introduction to the topic
- Listen to my talk
- Do a listening activity
- Learn the language in my talk
- Learn more vocabulary
- Do a vocabulary activity
- Create a short talk about the topic
- Take an assignment (optional)
By working through the materials, you will master the English language needed to speak confidently about a variety of everyday topics. You will also learn English Grammar and English Vocabulary in a natural way.
ABOUT THE COURSE INSTRUCTOR, Charles Cornelius
- native English speaker from England
- experienced English language teacher with 20 years’ teaching experience, including at The British Council
- Masters degree in Education
- Udemy instructor since 2015: over 30,000 students in 160 countries
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Introducing Yourself
Describing People: What are they like?
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IntroductionStart to think about the topic. What kinds of questions do people answer when they are introducing themselves?
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Listening
Improve your listening skills. Listen to my talk and answer the question.
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Listening ActivityImprove your listening skills. Download the gap fill worksheet, listen again to my talk again, and fill in the blanks on the worksheet.
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Language
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.
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Vocabulary: Questions
Learn some useful questions to ask other people, and practise saying them with a natural English accent.
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Vocabulary Activity
Learn the questions from the previous lecture.
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Create a mini script
Now it's your turn! Write a mini script.
Describe your last holiday: how was your holiday?
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Introduction
Start to think about the topic of describing people. Try to answer some of my questions.
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Listening
Listen to my short talk about someone I know and answer the questions. I will tell you the answers at the end.
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Listening Activities
Listen to my talk again and do the activities. You can either do the activity online, or download the worksheets. Good luck!
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Language Analysis
Learn the language from my talk.
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Vocabulary
Learn more language for describing people.
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Vocabulary Activity
Learn the vocabulary for this topic by doing these 2 activities.
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Vocabular Booster: Idioms
Learn 24 idioms for describing people's personalities
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Create a mini script
Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.
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What are they like?
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Make A Video of Your Talk
Bonus Lecture: Conversational Responses
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Introduction
Start to think about the topic of holidays. Try to answer some of my questions.
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Listening
Listen to my short talk about holidays and answer the questions. I will tell you the answers at the end.
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Listening Activities
Listen to my talk again and do the activities. You can either do the activity online, or download the worksheets. Good luck!
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Language Analysis
Learn the language from my talk.
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Vocabulary Activity
Do the activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for describing holidays.
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Vocabulary Activity Answers
Check your answers to the vocabulary activity. I will explain the answers.
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Vocabulary Booster
Learn some advanced idioms and expressions for talking about your holiday
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Create a Mini Script
Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.
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How was your last holiday?
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Make a Video of Your Talk
Talk about your job
Talk about Likes and Dislikes
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Introduction
Start to think about the topic of jobs. Try to answer some of my questions.
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Listening
Listen to my short talk about jobs and answer the questions. I will tell you the answers at the end.
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Listening Activity
Listen to my talk again and do the activities. You can either do the activity online, or download the worksheets. Good luck!
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Language Analysis
Learn the language from my talk.
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Vocabulary Activity
Do the activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for talking about jobs.
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Create a Mini Script
Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.
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Talk about your job
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Make a Video of Your Talk
Describe Your Neighbourhood
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Introduction
Start to think about the topic of likes and dislikes. Try to answer some of my questions.
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Listening
Listen to my short talk about likes and dislikes and answer the questions. I will tell you the answers at the end.
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Listening Activity
Listen to my talk again and do the activities. You can either do the activity online, or download the worksheets. Good luck!
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Language Analysis
Learn the language from my talk.
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Vocabulary Activity
Do the activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for talking about likes and dislikes.
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Vocabulary: Using Intensifiers
Learn some more vocabulary for describing likes and dislikes.
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Grammar
Learn some some grammar for describing likes and dislikes.
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Create a Mini Script
Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.
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Talk about Likes and Dislikes
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Make a Video of Your Talk
Here's an extra task for you - make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group
Talk About Your Hobbies and Interests
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Introduction
Let's talk about your neighbourhood! Watch the introduction and think about the questions.
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Listening
Listen to my short talk about my neighbourhood and think about the questions as you listen.
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Listening Activity
Listen to my talk again and do the activities. Good luck!
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Language Analysis
Learn the language from my talk.
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Vocabulary Activity
Do the vocabulary activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for describing your neighbourhood.
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Create a Mini Script
Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.
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Describe Your Neighbourhood
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Make a video of your talk
Here's an extra task for you - make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group
Talk about your Ambitions
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Introduction
Start to think about the topic of hobbies and interests.
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Listening
Listen to my short talk about my hobbies and interests and think about the questions as you listen.
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Listening Activity
Listen to my talk again and do the activities. Good luck!
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Language Analysis
Learn the language from my talk.
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Vocabulary
Learn more language for talking about hobbies and interests
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Vocabulary Activity
Do the vocabulary activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for describing your hobbies and interests.
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Vocabulary Activity Answers
Check your answers to the vocabulary activities. I will explain the answers.
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Vocabulary: Asking Questions
Learn how to ask questions about someone's hobbies and interests
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Create a Mini Script
Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.
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My Hobbies and Interests
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Make a video of your talk
Here's an extra task for you - make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group
Talk about your life story
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Introduction
Start to think about the topic of ambitions. What are your ambitions?
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Listening
Listen to my short talk about my ambitions. What ambitions do I have?
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Listening Activity
Listen to my talk again and do the activities. Good luck!
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Language Analysis
Look at and learn the language I used in my talk.
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Vocabulary
Learn some more vocabulary for talking about your ambitions. You can also download the Vocabulary Record for this topic.
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Vocabulary Activity
Do the vocabulary activity - this will help you learn the vocabulary for describing your ambitions.
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Create a Mini Script
Now it is your turn! Create a mini script using the ideas in the worksheet.
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My Ambitions
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Make a video of your talk
Make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group
Talking about Clothes
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Introduction
Think about your life so far.
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Listening
Listen to my talk about my life story. What topics do I talk about?
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Listening Activity
Practise your listening: listen to my talk again and do the activity.
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Language Analysis
Learn phrases for talking about time, and some past simple verbs for talking about your life.
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Vocabulary Activity
Practise forming the past tense verbs, and use them in some sentences.
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Create a Mini Script
Now it is your turn! Download the PDF, and create a mini script by filling in the blanks in the worksheet.
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My Life Story
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Make a video of your talk
Make a video of your talk and upload it to our course Facebook group
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