English Skills Enhancement

Description:

    This course aims to enhance the students’ language skills to adapt to the changing communication environment. Intensive lessons in listening, speaking, reading, and writing will be conducted throughout the course to upgrade the students’ communication skills for a better and more effective way of communicating with others. It is designed to be an enhancement of the student's language proficiency for the widest application in the future in any endeavor.

Overview:

    Being able to communicate effectively is perhaps the most important of all life skills. It is what enables us to pass information to other people and to understand what is said to us. You only have to watch a baby listening intently to its mother and trying to repeat the sounds that she makes to understand how fundamental is the urge to communicate.

    Communication, at its simplest, is the act of transferring information from one place to another. It may be vocally (using voice), written (using printed or digital media such as books, magazines, websites, or emails), visually (using logos, maps, charts, or graphs), or non-verbally (using body language, gestures, and the tone and pitch of voice). In practice, it is often a combination of several of these (SkillsYouNeed, n.d.).

Read More:
(1) Listening Skills | SkillsYouNeed

(2) Effective Speaking | SkillsYouNeed

(3) Top Tips for Effective Presentations | SkillsYouNeed

(4) Reading Strategies - Learning Skills From MindTools.com

(5) Job Interview Tips - CareerOneStop

Watch:
(1) Effective Listening Skills

     by Communication Coach Alex Lyon [5:26] | YouTube

(2) Top Interview Tips: Common Questions, Body Language & More

      by Indeed [4:57] | YouTube

(3) HOW TO Give a Great Presentation - 7 Presentation Skills and Tips to Leave an Impression

     by Practical  Psychology [7:04] | YouTube

(4) How to Improve Reading Skills? | 7 Speed Reading Techniques | Exam Tips | LetsTute

      by Letstute [7:10] | YouTube 

(5) How to Write Your Resume - Get Hired

      by Team Lyqa [45:22] | YouTube

Topics:

1. Developing One’s Listening Skills
        a. Developing One’s Listening Skills
        b. Listening and Its Importance
        c. Why Listening is Difficult?
        d. Types of Listening
        e. Essential Skills of Listening
        f. Listening Comprehension Practice

2. Effective Communication
        a. What is effective communication?
        b. What’s stopping you from communicating?
        c. Effective communication skill
        d. Developing Assertive Communication Skills
        e. Guide to Successful Interviews
        f. Presentation Skills and Techniques

3. Improving Reading Comprehension
        a. Reading Comprehension
        b. Effective Reading
                i. Reading Techniques
                ii. Active Reading
                iii. Reading Comprehension
        c. Readings and Practice Tests for Reading Comprehension 

            (Civil Service Reading Comprehension Practice Test, TOEIC, IELTS)

4. Writing Effectively
        a. Academic Writing Guide
        b. Business Correspondence
        c. Writing a Resume and an Application letter
        d. How to write an E-mail

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