Living in the digital age means not only having a lot of technology, but talking about it a lot too. In this course, we’re going to focus on the technology and devices that we use in our daily lives. 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.
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Each week is made up of engaging, short, task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from real conversations and emails between friends and colleagues exchanging information and assistance. By the end of the course, you should feel pretty comfortable discussing technology with friends and colleagues alike!
What You Will Learn
- Talk about devices, apps, and other technology that you use in your everyday life.
- Describe new features and innovations in technology.
- Give advice for healthy and productive ways to use technology for work.
- Ask for help with tech problems at work.
Course 6 of 7 in the English Language Skills A2-B1 CEFR: Low-Intermediate Specialization.
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Course Introduction & Voxy Orientation
This week, you will learn about this course and understand how to use Voxy's innovative platform.
WEEK 2
Tech Preferences & Habits
This week, you will learn how to talk about the devices, social media, and apps that you use in your daily life, as well as their pros and cons.
WEEK 3
Features & Innovation
This week, you will learn how to talk about how technology is changing, and the impact it has on the world we live in.
WEEK 4
Tech Tips at Work
This week, you will listen to people giving advice on how to use technology to keep your data safe at work, to work from home, and to stay healthy.
WEEK 5
IT Issues at Work
This week, you will learn language to use when asking coworkers and IT professionals for help with tech issues.
WEEK 6
Course Project: Independent Study
