ESL: Idioms Usage, Pronunciation, and Intonation

Learning meanings and pronunciation of Idioms and collocations is key to unlocking fluency in English Language.

What you'll learn

Understand and Use Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, and Collocations
Mimic Native Pronunciation and Intonation
Better Understand Sentence Structure

Requirements

Essential Idioms in English: Phrasal Verbs and Collocations (ISBN-13: 978-0131411760 ISBN-10: 0131411764) 5th Edition, by Robert J. Dixson is recommended
A free comprehensive course pack including exercises, tests, and answer keys is included with the course.

Description

This course, Idioms Usage, Pronunciation and Intonation, will teach you to hear, understand, and use English phrasal verbs, idioms, and collocations. It will also help improve your intonation and pronunciation through a practice called "shadowing".

This is a complete course, approximately the equivalent of what you would learn in a college-level speaking and listening class over the course of a semester (10-15 weeks). We will complete 13 lessons, each covering about a dozen expressions taken from the textbook Essential Idioms in English: Phrasal Verbs and Collocations (fifth edition) by Robert J. Dixson (ISBN 0-13-141176-4). While the textbook is not required, it is highly recommended. Each lesson includes:

* A video lesson

*Text exercises and answers (also on video)

*A sentence scramble exercise and answers (also on video)

*A dictation exercise and answers (also on video)

*A shadowing exercise on video

*A lesson test and answers

If you want to understand the English around you, the English that is spoken every day, in every interaction, and you want to USE the English that will allow you to sound more natural and connected to the language, this is the course for you!

This course includes about 10 hours of video which are broken down into sections so that you can study at your own pace.

Included in this course is a very complete course pack that will allow you to practice what you learn in the lessons. And, it's free!

Don't let idioms "hold you back"! "Jump in" and "get to it" "right away"!

Who this course is for:

This course is designed for high-beginner to intermediate ESL students; it is not intended for native speakers of English.