Communication Strategies is a course designed to improve your global communication in English at work. It will cover a range of different skills and strategies to help you to be more productive in your professional life.
- You will be able to strengthen your ability to present an argument and improve your fluency in order to deliver a presentation with impact.
- You will learn how to give strong, logical responses with fluency and clarity. The techniques you learn in this course will show you how to make a positive impression in any professional context.
Some of the aspects of communication covered in this course include:
- How to express yourself with clarity and articulation.
- How to use the language both authentically and appropriately.
- How to structure your ideas persuasively.
- How to express your opinion clearly through learning the language and culture of logic and argumentation.
- The importance of body language, intonation and pronunciation.
Each lesson can be completed in 25 minutes. There is also a homework task. This course is entirely online. The materials are free. There is no textbook.
Time to complete
Communication Strategies is an adaption of Speaking Test Strategies. While Speaking Test Strategies is test oriented, Communication Strategies offers students a broader perspective.
It caters to the needs of a professional who wants to become better at expressing their opinion clearly and persuasively in a global setting.
Lessons 1–5 : What to say (basics of making an argument)
1. Argumentation basics – the beginning
2. Argumentation basics – using evidence
3. Argumentation basics – using reasoning
4. Argumentation basics – finishing strongly
5. Argumentation basics – review
Lessons 6–10: How to say it (basics of fluency)
6. Fluency basics – quick wins
7. Fluency basics – eliminating non words
8. Fluency basics – rhythm and intonation
9. Fluency basics – confidence and enthusiasm
10. Fluency basics – review
Lessons 11–15: Argumentation strategies, & a closer look at each type of evidence
11. Advanced argumentation – balanced answers
12. Advanced argumentation – vivid examples
13. Advanced argumentation – layering reasoning
14. Advanced argumentation – using facts and research
15. Advanced argumentation – review
Lessons 16–20: Re-thinking an answer, from start to finish
16. Rethinking your answer – many ways to begin
17. Rethinking your answer – alternative answers
18. Rethinking your answer – adding roll on effects
19. Rethinking your answer – high impact finishes
20. Rethinking your answer – review
Lessons 21–25: Delivery; quick wins; & review
21. Specific skills – gestures and body language
22. Specific skills – idioms and natural expressions
23. Specific skills – intonation patterns
24. Specific skills – advanced grammar structures
25. Specific skills – review