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AIM OF THE COURSE.
This course aims to enable participants to express themselves in a business context. There will be some elements focused on structure and vocabulary for general English to promote communication and comprehension of the language. Active participation in the course is essential to reach the goals.
Click on the button below to watch the video to identify some of the general goals of the course:
PURPOSE OF THIS PLATFORM.
This platform promotes autonomous learning, so that you can practice beyond the lesson. This is not considered as homework, it will be optional for you to use it or not. However, there is a great difference between those students who practice in between their lessons by themselves.
SOME ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR BETTER RESULTS.
- Listen to music in English and enjoy it. Have in mind that sometimes pronunciation, intonation or even grammar structures are not correct because sometimes lyrics need to fit in the tune. However, this is still a useful resource to make your brain feel comfortable with the language.
- Change your mobile display to English. You already know where to find each one of the options you normally use.
- If you watch movies or series you already know, make sure you set them with audio and subtitles in English. This will be quite helpful for you. Enjoy listening to the real actors’ voices. Try to imitate phrases you like.
- Read aloud. If you read an article in a daily basis your brain will:
*SEE the language (visual learning).
*LISTEN to your voice in English. This is extremely important so it gets used to your voice in another language and little by little it starts to feel more natural (auditory learning). We highly recommend you to imitate American or British accent. Only you will be there and you won’t feel judged. This is the best chance you have to practice intonation and it is not important if you pronounce it correctly or not, but do it with feeling, with this foreign accent. Little by little your pronunciation and intonation will improve.
*MOVE. If you try to write a brief summary or opinion about it you will move your hand stimulating other connections to your brain. It is not important if it is correct or not. Do it handwritten, it works better. (kinesthetic learning).
By doing this, your grammar structures and vocabulary will improve drastically. Some reliable sources for this activity are:
https://www.bbc.com/news/business
https://mexicobusiness.news
5. Last but not least, do your best!
*Arrive on time to your lessons.
*Have an active participation.
*Ask whenever you have doubts.
*If you need extra support let us know.
*Enjoy it! You are doing this for yourself. The result of this will be a personal and professional development.
*From know on use the language whenever you can. Practice, practice, practice.
*Believe YOU CAN DO IT!
HOW TO USE THIS PLATFORM.
You will find at the bottom some lessons that might be useful for you. Some resources will be handouts provided by your teacher to reinforce information you saw during the lesson. There are some other lessons which are for you to practice your skills.
Every time you open a new lesson you will need to click on VER LOS CUESTIONARIOS DE LA LECCIÓN first
After you finish your task click on GUARDAR
Click on COMPLETAR to send the task for revision.
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Esta sección se escribe en español para que quede totalmente claro lo que se solicita en el curso.
En las clases online es muy importante tener tu cámara encendida. Esto nos ayudará a ver elementos que afectan la pronunciación del idioma (roundness of the mouth, position of the tongue and teeth, etc). Aunado a esto, nos permite evitar distracciones innecesarias al saber que la cámara está encendida y hace un ambiente más agradable pues es visible que estás trabajando con seres humanos y no sólo con la computadora. Por tu seguridad, te invitamos a evitar tomar la clase manejando para evitar accidentes.
El respeto en clase es el factor más importante para promover un espacio agradable que permita que el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje sea adecuado. Por tal motivo:
-Solicitamos evitar por completo toda opinión política, religiosa y de género. Conoce nuestra política de Equal Opportunity.
-Ser tolerantes con los compañeros. Si en algún momento tienes alguna queja referente a la participación de alguno de los participantes es importante reportarlo directamente al área de Calidad para tomar cartas en el asunto y evitar un conflicto innecesario.
-Si alguien comete un error o hace algo que te parece gracioso, EVITA a toda costa reírte ya que al hacerlo puedes perjudicar a esa persona y fomentar que haya bloqueos en el idioma. Piensa que si fueras tú de quien se están riendo sería incómodo o incluso doloroso.
-El uso de malas palabras puede causar malestar y por ello te invitamos a evitar usarlas.
-Sabemos que en ocasiones la convivencia con nuestros profesores y la empatía pueden llevar a una relación de cordialidad, pero queda estrictamente prohibido hacer invitaciones a reuniones o eventos a cualquiera de nuestros profesores ya que es parte de nuestras políticas.
-En caso de tener algún comentario o sugerencia te pedimos por favor reportarlo con el Área de Calidad para que pueda canalizarlo al área correspondiente y dar seguimiento.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dirección de Calidad
Lic. Jorge Elizalde
Tel + 52 461 6100 743
direccion.calidad@aprendeid.com
Dirección Administrativa
Dr. Miguel Ángel Díaz
Tel. +52 442 295 25 56
direccion.administrativa@aprendeid.com
Dirección Académica
Dra. María Jossé Fernández
Tel. +33 7 79 1149 05
direccion.academica@aprendeid.com
WELCOME!
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