Description
Improve your English, boost your tech career, and move toward a higher-paying job by leveling up your communication skills in English Communication for Tech Professionals brought to you by Arizona State University and English4IT.
This course is for all business roles, both technical and non-technical, from developers to CEOs.
The course targets 6 main skill areas:
– vocabulary
– grammar
– pronunciation
– soft skills
– speaking & writing
After completing this course, you will:
– improve your English for professional communication;
– build your vocabulary with at least 30 new useful words and phrases from each module;
– master key grammar topics;
– have templates for emails and meetings which you can start using in your work right away;
– create a professional and attention-grabbing resume (or CV) in English and upgrade your LinkedIn profile;
– prepare for a job interview by learning useful strategies and skills that will help you preform better in interviews.
What you will learn
Module 1. New Jobs in Tech
In this module, you will learn the duties and responsibilities of popular tech jobs. You will revise present simple and present continuous and create a personal pitch that you can use for networking.
Module 2. The Startup World
In this module, you will learn about startups and the process of creating and scaling a tech company. You will learn how to talk about past events and present results using past simple and present perfect. Finally, you will create a company pitch.
Module 3. Trending Technology
In this module, you will learn new vocabulary related to cutting-edge technologies. You will learn how to describe plans and future events using future tenses. Finally, you will create your own LinkedIn profile.
Module 4. Programming Languages
In this module, you will learn how to talk about programming languages. You will be able to compare different technologies using comparative and superlative adjectives. Finally, you will learn to write polite responses to client requests and issue reports.
