In this course, you will develop your English conversational skills that you can use to build your personal and professional relationships. Learning activities in this course will take place on Voxy, an engaging language learning platform that automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills so that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement.



Intermediate English: Talking About Yourself
This course is part of English Language Skills B1-B2 CEFR: Intermediate Specialization


Instructors: Anna Murray
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What you'll learn
Talk about your background – where you grew up, where you live, what your family and friends are like, and more.
Talk about your favorites and preferences – food and drinks, hobbies and sports, and more.
Talk about your work and strengthen your job application by building a strong CV and describing your professional skills in detail.
Make conversation and reach out to connect with current and former colleagues in a way that will help your career moving forward.
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24 assignments
February 2025
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There are 6 modules in this course
This week, you will learn about this course and understand how to use Voxy's innovative platform.
What's included
4 videos4 readings2 assignments1 app item
This week, you will learn how to talk about your background – where you grow up, where you live, what your family and friends are like, and more.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
This week, you will learn how to talk about your favorites and preferences – food and drinks, hobbies and sports, and more. You'll also learn how to express preferring one thing over another, and talk about the things you don't like as well!
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
This week, we're switching to a professional context. You will learn how to talk about your work and strengthen your job application by building a strong CV and describing your professional skills in detail.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
This week, you will learn how to make conversation and reach out to connect with current and former colleagues in a way that will help your career moving forward.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
This week, you will use everything you learned to describe yourself both in written and spoken form.
What's included
5 readings6 assignments3 discussion prompts
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