Symbolic Text Developers
General English Learning Workshop
8 Weeks – 24 Weeks
GENERAL ENGLISH LEARNING WORKSHOP COURSE DETAILS
Price: PKR4,000/month
Duration: Varies with candidate’s requirement
WHAT IS OUR GENERAL ENGLISH LEARNING WORKSHOP ABOUT?
This is an opportunity for people of all ages and form every professional background to take part in English learning. It is never too late to learn and improve your communication skills. English language has always been difficult to learn in Pakistan because access to international standards of learning have not been so easy to find. Symbolic Text Developers is here to offer the opportunity to everyone to join us and become better English language speakers and writers.
PREREQUISITES
To join our General English Learning workshop you need to have these qualities:
- Self-discipline – You must have the will and genuine concern of providing the client exactly what they need.
- Be humble – There will be criticism and rejection. You have to keep going until you achieve perfection in whatever your client needs in the content.
- The zeal to learn and improve
WHY TAKE THIS COURSE?
Anyone who wants to learn how to speak and write proper English should join this workshop.
OUTCOMES OF ATTENDING OUR CONTENT WRITING TRAINING WORKSHOP
- You get a certificate of endorsing your capacity to write and speak proper English.
BEGINNER LEVEL (24 WEEKS/ RS.24, 000)
LISTENING
- Answer easy questions e.g. informative, casual conversations, etc.
- Identify numbers (e.g. years and dates) while listening to texts read to them
- Listen to and learn proper pronunciation and intonation
- Listen to and understand complete sentences
- Listen to and understand specific personal information in conversations
- Understand information shared by the speaker and apply it
READING
- Answer easy comprehension questions
- Identify specific information in a text
- Match sentences with information
- Read and understand simple English
- Recognize the focal idea of the text
- Restructure texts by reordering sentences
SPEAKING
- Ask and answer easy questions
- Describe things in their own words verbally
- Discuss future and past events
- Handle pleasantries or introductions and greetings
- Start and maintain conversations in different situations (like meeting someone at a café, weekend, talk about family, etc.)
WRITING
- Complete sentences in proper grammar
- Learn the use of conjunctions
- Understand grammar (verbs, adjectives, nouns, clauses, phrases, past tenses, present tenses, future tense, etc.)
- Use punctuation and capitalization correctly in simple sentences
- Use simple conjunctions in the English language
- Write properly structured simple sentences
- Write simple texts about familiar topics
ELEMENTARY LEVEL (20 WEEKS/RS.20, 000)
LISTENING
- Answer questions in different situations
- Follow verbal directions in proper English
- Listen to and understand specific audio information, for example, names, numbers, countries, etc.
- Match pictures with information
- Understand and answer questions on in written texts
- Understand simple telephonic conversations
SPEAKING
- Ask and answer straightforward questions
- Greet and introduce themselves
- Identify pictures and outline the difference between various images
- Talk about different topics like familiar and scenarios
- Verbally make plans and arrangements
READING
- Answer multiple choice and short answer questions about a text
- Find and apply information in documents
- Scan for the specific information and central ideas
- Understand the texts about various topics
- Use simple texts as facsimiles for writing
WRITING
- Compose email messages and online texts
- Compose well-structured sentences
- Create questions to form a survey and also respond to the questions in writing
- Learn the use of conjunctions
- Pen down content with simple descriptions
- Understand grammar (verbs, adjectives, nouns, clauses, phrases, past tenses, present tenses, future tense, etc.)
PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (16 WEEKS/RS.16, 000)
LISTENING
- Complete given tables of info in any exercise
- Complete listening activities as part of training to improve speaking skills
- Identify the main facts and summarize any information when listening to texts
- Infer the relationships of the topic and the speakers
- Listen to gist and understand specific information in English
- Match any information with a specific subject (like jobs)
SPEAKING
- Describe the people he/she met or and places visited
- Discuss his/her personal goings-on and take part in social conversations
- Make choices in conversation and explain the different reasons for those choices
- Narrate a story in English
- Speak about his/her future and plans
READING
- Be capable of having a discussion
- Guess or understand the meaning of words written in the context
- Speed-read to fetch the main ideas and specific information
- Understand texts on unfamiliar and familiar topics
- Use texts models for a variety of writing tasks
WRITING
- Fill application forms
- Revise grammar (verbs, adjectives, nouns, clauses, phrases, past tenses, present tenses, future tense, etc.)
- Revise the use of conjunctions in the English language
- Write content with well-constructed paragraphs
- Write letters, emails, and invitations
- Write narratives or stories
- Write the text for descriptions of people, places, and things
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (12 WEEKS/RS.12, 000)
LISTENING
- Answer questions after listening to texts
- Improve listening for better discussion
- Listen to and match information
- Listen to conversations to understand the main idea or information
- Listen to stories and reconstruct the story
- Make sentences with the complete sense
SPEAKING
- Describe places and people in detail
- Make arrangements over phone calls
- Share advice and make suggestions
- Share suggestions, opinions, and solutions to different problems
- Talk about different unfamiliar and familiar topics
READING
- Answer questions in comprehension passages
- Identify the different types of text (informational text, news report, narrative, etc.)
- Make interpretations from content
- Read the text to identify and understand the main points and specific information
- Use the different types of text as a template for diverse types of content
WRITING
- Brush a bit of English grammar (verbs, adjectives, nouns, clauses, phrases, past tenses, present tenses, future tense, etc.)
- Learn to use synonyms
- Revisit the use of conjunctions
- Share his/her thoughts in writing
- Use different types of connecting words in writing
- Write narratives, emails, and descriptions
- Write paragraphs of content (emails, articles)
- Write various content for work purposes
UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (8 WEEKS/RS.8, 000)
LISTENING
- Listen and make notes
- Listen and summarize verbally
- Listen to and present information
- Listen to explanations and reasons and interpret the object
- Listen to the audio to fetch the main ideas and other details
SPEAKING
- Describe achievements and events
- Discuss a range of topics verbally
- Explain opinions and decisions
- Speak accurately in various contexts
- Understand and explain the information clearly to others
READING
- Identify and register the tone from reading texts
- Read and understand texts in different genres
- Read to find specific information and the main idea
- Understand the meaning of words in English and their context
WRITING
- Learn to write descriptions of achievements and events
- Learn to write narratives and biographies
- Share their opinions and reasons in written reviews and essays
- Write informal letters, formal letters, and other sorts of messages
- Write notes while listening to verbal information