Course Content

  • 01. READING MODULE
    • 1.1. Steps to Effective Reading
      • 1.1.1. Explanation
      • 1.1.2. Importance of slow reading
      • 1.1.3. Underlining main points
      • 1.1.4. Contextualise it (what the write up is about)
    • 1.2. Identifying types of sources like newspapers, magazines, journals, etc. Types of reading comprehension (video + assessment)
      • 1.2.1. Narrative
      • 1.2.2. Descriptive
      • 1.2.3. Factual/Expository/Informative
      • 1.2.4. Argumentative/Persuasive
      • 1.2.5. Analytical
    • 1.3. Understanding the passage
      • 1.3.1. Difference between words, phrases, sentences
      • 1.3.2. Finding linkages between sentences and paragraphs
      • 1.3.3. Introducing linking words
      • 1.3.4. Make them identify how every paragraph has a particular theme and a connection with the passage as a whole
    • 1.4. Finding Words
      • 1.4.1. Try to increase your vocabulary
      • 1.4.2. Try to evaluate the sentence whose some words are not understandable based on its meaning, word usage, meaning it intends to offer
      • 1.4.3. If you are confused between two meanings of the same word, try to substitute the word with its synonyms. In most cases, you can choose the correct option between the two
    • 1.5. Formulating opinions
      • 1.5.1. Skimming, scanning, main idea, supporting ideas, understanding infographics, listening strategies
      • 1.5.2. How to respond to questions following a reading passage?
      • 1.5.3. Understanding of tone, setting and context
      • 1.5.4. Evaluating the question
      • 1.5.5. Objective vs subjective answer writing
  • 02. WRITING MODULE
    • 2.1. Descriptive writing: Self Introduction (video + assessment
    • 2.2. Describing Past Events
    • 2.3. Descriptive writing: Favourite food, holiday destination
    • 2.4. Informal letters: Thanking a friend
    • 2.5. Messages for Various Purposes
    • 2.6. Writing a letter of Application
    • 2.7. Writing Emails
    • 2.8. Informative writing- Factual essays: India's performance in Tokyo Olympics
  • 03. SPEAKING MODULE
    • 3.1. Everyday conversations, e.g. workplace interactions, travelling, communicating with friends, etc.
    • 3.2. Accuracy, Tone and Pitch
    • 3.3. Pronunciation Matters: Commonly mispronounced words
    • 3.4. Learning to introduce oneself effectively in formal and informal events.
    • 3.5. Conveying Opinions and Making Plans
    • 3.6. Initiating Discussions
  • 04. LISTENING MODULE

    Listening Skills - For Lectures, Presentations, Examinations and Interviews, etc.

    • 4.1. How to become an effective listener?
    • 4.2. What is communication?
    • 4.3. Active and Passive Listening
    • 4.4. Listening to complex words followed by medium-length sentences
    • 4.5. Importance of Paralanguage (Learning techniques to show involvement, interest in conversation vs boredom, disinterestedness)
  • 05. GRAMMAR MODULE
    • 5.1. Adjectives: Types, Degree, Order
    • 5.2. Questions Words and Question Tags
    • 5.3. Present Simple /Continuous
    • 5.4. Past Simple and Past Continuous
    • 5.5. Predictions and future events
    • 5.6. Subject-Verb Agreement
    • 5.7. Regular and Irregular Verbs
    • 5.8. Adverbs of Frequency and Manner
    • 5.9. Modals
    • 5.10. Pronouns
    • 5.11. Prepositions
    • 5.12. Conjunctions
    • 5.13. Determiners
    • 5.14. Active-Passive
    • 5.15. Rules of Punctuation
  • 06. VOCABULARY MODULE
    • 6.1. Vocabulary for Regular Use -Travel, Shopping, Weather, etc.
    • 6.2. Phrasal verbs and Collocations in daily conversations
    • 6.3. Identify Root Words, Suffixes and Prefixes
    • 6.4. Synonyms and Antonyms
    • 6.5. Portmanteau words and Transitional words
    • 6.6. Idioms