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Beginning English as a Second Language

Course ID: 196007
Alison
Course Location
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

Master the basic grammatical principles and applications of the English language with this free online course. As a beginner second-language speaker, this course will give you an understanding of the different parts of speech and break down complex concepts in English grammar. You will learn how to read actively and thus build your vocabulary. This course also provides lessons on proofreading and making edits to your writing. It will build your foundational knowledge of the English language, so enroll today!

Course Details

Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Describe the use of prepositions, conjunctions and interjections
• Apply active reading skills using context clues, pre-reading and prediction
• Explain the use of nouns and pronouns
• Recognize sentence order and write a cohesive series of sentences on a personal narrative topic
• Identify appropriate methods for vocabulary development
• Recognize past and present tenses
• Discuss the role of description in writing
• Describe the use and forms of adverbs in writing
• Discuss the different editing tips for effective writing
• Apply active reading skills by skimming and questioning a text
• Distinguish between proofreading and editing
• Identify common errors in writing and ways to spot them
Course Code3527

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