Almanal Training Center LLC

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

This is a non-credit course to develop the students’ ability in the four basic language skills. The materials and activities included in the course are designed to improve the students’ use of English for academic and communicative purposes.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate comprehension of a range of spoken texts delivered clearly and naturally at normal or near-normal speed, to include both informal dialogues and short more formal monologues such as a mini-lecture on topics of some familiarity.
• Respond to spoken text through speech (conversations) or written notes.
• Demonstrate comprehension of a range of written texts on familiar and less familiar topics, and apply suitable strategies including guessing and use of a dictionary, to cope with any difficulties encountered.
• Respond to written text through speech (discussions and presentations) or written work (notes, summaries, etc.).
• Produce spoken English, including presentations and participate in discussions and group tasks, in a clear comprehensible and professional manner.
• Prepare simple, brief factual information in writing.
• Use a wide range of lexis correctly, including spelling and pronunciation, in an appropriate manner.

The topics covered in the course will include:

• Basic Language Structure: consideration of the use of words, basic grammar in sentence construction. Written and spoken modes and methods.
• Communication: What is communication? Human needs and communication skills, changing your communication behavior, communicative grammar, nonverbal communication, intercultural communication
• English Grammar: verb tenses; all parts of speech; modal verbs; parts of the sentence; gerunds; participles; infinitives; noun, adjective, and adverb clauses; prepositional phrases; parallel structures; word order and word choice; word forms; idioms.
• Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension: syllables, vowels and word stress, sentence focus and consonants.
• Language Functions: Describing people, objects, places; narrating events, experiences; explaining procedures, topics; giving opinions on topics; summarizing different kinds of texts; analyzing topics.
• Dialogues: interviews (formal, informal, in which situation…), conversations (small talk; to establish different kinds of relationships; analysis or deep conversations on topics, etc.), transactional dialogues connected to different areas of life, e.g. travelling, daily life, work, studying, health (dialogues to get goods and services: at a restaurant, at a hotel, at university or school, at the station or airport, in a shop, at a supermarket, in a mall or shopping center, at the doctor’s or dentist’s…)
• Basic Writing Skills: punctuation; grammar; spelling; apostrophes and abbreviations; correct English; filling in forms; writing letters; applying for a job.
• Presentation Skills: personal appearance, discussions, question and answer techniques.

Designation: Head of Training and Development in English & IELTS Master Coach

Summary:

A committed and experienced English Language Teaching (ELT) professional at leading national and international academic institutions, teaching students from various social and cultural backgrounds, possessing excellent administrative, verbal communication and written skills along with constructive and effective teaching methods that promote a stimulating learning environment.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in English Language Teaching
• Bachelor’s Degree in Communicative English

Certifications:

• Cambridge English Teacher, UK: Grammar for Teachers: Language Awareness
• IDP Australia: IELTS Teacher Training Program
• British Council, UK: Professional Practices for English Language Teaching
• FutureLearn: Introduction to Applied Linguistics and TESOL
• TEFL Certified: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Teaching & Training Experience: 10+ years

The trainer can be contacted on the following:

+971-508569694