Cutting Edge English At Work Series

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These 20 groundbreaking programs combine psychology, linguistics and instructional design, and engage learners through:

• amusing situations
• entertaining characters
• interesting conversations
• authentic language
• strong storylines
• high quality production
• practical graded activities.
 
20 FUN ESL VIDEOS Shot on location in USA
For self-study or group ESL lessons at work, school, college or university.
Have fun learning English as it is REALLY spoken! Language and instructional design by linguistics expert Dr. Fran Byrnes and Psychologist Eve Ash
 
Each video has five sections
Language Functions
Explores how we do things with language such as apologizing, agreeing, comparing, giving reasons, explaining, asking etc.
 
Grammar
Looks at key elements of grammar and syntax, such as: tenses, comparatives, modals, questions, gerunds, conditionals and more.
 
Idioms
Explains common idiomatic expressions that non-English speakers often find confusing.
 
Vocabulary
Helps increase word knowledge by highlighting challenging vocabulary in everyday conversations.
 
Pronunciation
Provides help with English sounds and rhythms for those new to the language.
 
Categories
Communication Skills
English Language Learning
Release Date
Jan 1, 2013
Producer
Seven Dimensions
Course ID
CECEAW00

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Greeting and Introducing
English at Work 01 - Greeting and Introducing is an entertaining course to help people improve their English at work by learning greetings and basic introductions for yourself and others and use the correct possessive pronouns – my, his, her, our, your and their. The course covers grammar, idioms, v... read more
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Saying Where People are
English at Work 02 - Saying Where People Are is an entertaining course that explains the prepositions needed for saying where people are and use the present continuous tense for actions in progress. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners w... read more
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Describing People
English at Work 03 - Describing People is an entertaining course that explains how to describe people positively and negatively, and use regular and irregular comparatives and superlatives. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who alread... read more
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Asking Questions
English at Work 04 –Asking Questionsis an entertaining course that shows learners how to ask for information, recognize rhetorical questions and use closed, open and statement questions to get quality answers.The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace ... read more
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Saying What's Needed
English at Work 05 – Saying What's Needed is an entertaining course that shows learners how to talk about what’s needed and how to use modal verbs such as have to, should and must. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already have ba... read more
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Giving Reasons
English at Work 06 – Giving Reasons is an entertaining course that explains how to give reasons using because and talk about past actions using irregular forms of the simple past tense. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already ha... read more
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Describing Feelings
English at Work 07 – Describing Feelings is an entertaining course that explains how to express positive and negative feelings, and talk about habitual actions and events using the simple present tense. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learne... read more
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Making Suggestions
English at Work 08 – Making Suggestions is an entertaining course that explains the important skill of making suggestions and talk about future plans using going to. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already have basic skills in E... read more
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Talking About Rules
English at Work 09 – Talking About Rules is an entertaining course that explains how to understand and explain rules and how to use appropriate adverbs and quantifiers to talk about degree and frequency. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learn... read more
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Communicating Feedback
English at Work 10 – Communicating Feedback is an entertaining course that explains how to give and receive feedback and talk about what has happened using the present perfect tense. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already have ... read more
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Complaining and Criticizing
English at Work 11 – Complaining and Criticizing is an entertaining course that explains how to recognize and express criticism and complaints and use the present perfect tense with periods of time. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners w... read more
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Clarifying and Explaining
English at Work 12 – Clarifying and Explaining is an entertaining course that demonstrates how to explain and clarify situations and ideas and use gerunds as the subject of the sentence. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already h... read more
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Agreeing and Disagreeing
English at Work 13 – Agreeing and Disagreeing is an entertaining course that explains how to agree or disagree appropriately and use the first conditional to express possibilities. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already have ba... read more
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Discussing Responsibilities
English at Work 14 – Discussing Responsibilities is an entertaining course that demonstrates how to explain responsibilities and use the second conditional to express possibilities. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already have b... read more
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Giving Warnings
English at Work 15 – Giving Warnings is an entertaining course that explains how to understand and give warnings and use imperatives without sounding offensive. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already have basic skills in Englis... read more
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Expressing Ideas and Attitudes
English at Work 16 – Expressing Ideas and Attitudes is an entertaining course that explains how to discuss ideas and attitudes and improve your fluency using coordinating conjunctions - and, so and but. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learne... read more
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Apologizing
English at Work 17 – Apologizing is an entertaining course that explains how to apologize appropriately and identify verbs that take the infinitive – want, seem, attempt, demand, expect, like and love. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learner... read more
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Encouraging Others
English at Work 18 – Encouraging Others is an entertaining course that explains ways to encourage others and check understanding using the correct question tags. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already have basic skills in Engli... read more
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Comparing and Contrasting
English at Work 19 – Comparing and Contrasting is an entertaining course that explains how to compare and contrast people and situations and use what as the subject of the sentence rather than as a question. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace l... read more
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Considering Options
English at Work 20 – Considering Options is an entertaining course that explains how to discuss various options and improve your conversation skills using subordinating conjunctions. The course covers grammar, idioms, vocabulary and pronunciation and is ideal for workplace learners who already have ... read more
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