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.



Beginner English: Personal Information
This course is part of English Language Skills A1-A2 CEFR: Beginner Specialization


Instructors: Anna Murray
Access provided by New York State Department of Labor
Recommended experience
What you'll learn
Greet people and introduce yourself to others.
Describe where you are from, where you live, what languages you speak, and how old you are.
Learn how to fill out forms and give your information online.
Give personal information in written and spoken form.
Details to know

Add to your LinkedIn profile
20 assignments
February 2025
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There are 5 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 is all about greeting people and introducing yourself to others. You also will learn how to ask how someone is doing and introduce other people.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
This week is all about you! Learn how to describe where you are from, where you live, what languages you speak, or how old you are.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
This week you will practice how to exchange personal information, such as your name or contact information. You will learn how to fill out forms and give your information online as well.
What's included
4 readings4 assignments4 app items
This week, you will use everything you learned to give personal information in written and spoken form.
What's included
5 readings6 assignments3 discussion prompts
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