Introduction to Course

Welcome to our course.

Speak professionally in English in person, online, and on the phone.

I’m Amalia Stephens of the Georgia Tech Language Institute.

I’ve developed this course as a part of our specialization.

Improve your English communication skills to help you speak better and more fluently in English.

I’ll be working with Leah Attruia, will be the presenter for the video lessons.

Leah, why don’t you introduce our course to everyone.

Sure, Amalia.

Hi, I’m Leah Attruia and I’m really excited to be working with you over the next several weeks.

Let me tell you a little bit more about our course.

In the first module we focus on speaking in person from making small talk to introducing yourselves professionally.

In Module 2, we’ll explore different online meeting tools and learn and practice group discussion language.

In the third module, we’ll review and practice the best language to use during important phone conversations.

And in Module 4, we’ll focus on language for job interviews.

And in our last module you will bring all of your English language skills together in a short, professional presentation.

Although you can choose the order in which to take the course, each module builds upon the one before it.

So completing the lessons and modules in order would be the most efficient way to take the course.

Throughout the course, you’ll have many opportunities to develop and practice speaking English.

Most importantly, through online discussion and feedback with your classmates, you will be part of an active and engaged learning community.

Your active participation in discussion forums and peer reviews will help make this course more fun, stimulating and valuable.

You may even develop relationships that will continue after this course is over.

We hope you enjoy the course as much as we enjoyed putting it together.