Study English for professional and academic purposes @ Aurora Computer Studies

1. English for Academic
& Professional
purposes
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2. Agenda
• The reasons
o Communication
o English
• The strategy
• The execution
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3. The reasons (Why?)
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4. Why? – General aspects
• Languages play great role in
thinking.
• Part of our intelligence is ability to
communicate effectively.
• A major aspect of your social life
• An important in interpersonal
relationships.
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5. Why? – Academic aspects
• Education is two way communication
process.
• Learning and understanding
depends on effective listening,
reading and comprehension skills.
• Passing exams and getting good
result for assignments need effective
writing and oral communication.
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6. Why? – Academic aspects (cont.)
“Mother tongue (language),
together with mathematics is made
compulsory for qualify for
advanced level education in most
of the countries.”
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7. Why? – For professionals
• Quality
o Effective communication influence the
quality of the product/service.
• Satisfaction
o The world see your professionalism not
only through your product/service but
how you communicate throughout.
• Marketing
o Important for business success.
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8. Importance of English
• Expand your thinking capacity
o Another language to think imagine and argue
• The great wealth of knowledge &
information is in English
• The business language of the world
• Travel & work anywhere in the world
• More opportunities for relationships,
entertainment and enjoy your life
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9. Not good reasons !!!
• Use as a sword to suppress others
• For mere boasting
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10. The strategy (How?)
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11. Things to remember
• You learn and use English as a
second/business language
• English is just another tool to use,
not an ornament to boast or
weapon for envy !
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12. Strategy
• Psychological & Sociological
aspects
• Expectation
• Available resources
• Plan
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13. Tactics*
• Grammar
o No/less room for error
o Learn like science/logic
• Words
o The tactical game
• Usage patterns
o Make you effective
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* Details to be discussed in the class

14. The execution (Course)
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15. Target Audience
• Students completing their A/L &
prepare for higher/professional
education
• Professionals who need to boost
confidence in English &
communication skills
• Those who are planning to travel
abroad for work/study and need fast
revision & confidence booster
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16. Structure
1. Introduction (Pre-game)
2. Grammar (Revision)
3. The word game
4. Top usages
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17. Introduction (Pre-game)
• Strategy
• Tactics
• Plan
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18. Grammar (Revision)
• Anatomy of Sentence
• Nouns & Verbs
• The Tenses
• The Voices
• Auxiliary verbs
• Adjectives & Adverbs
• Conjunctions
• Prepositions
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19. The word game
• Strategies and commonly used
words
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20. Top usages
• The day to day English usages
• Effective academic/business
report writing
• Effective academic/business
presentations & public speaking
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21. Course details
• Schedule
Fridays (9.00 am – 12.00 am)
• Starting date
02 nd October, 2015
• Course Fees
Rs 15,000/= (Can be paid in two installments of Rs 7,500/= X 2)
• Venue
Aurora Computer Studies,
Summerset College,
# 88/2, 2nd Floor,
BOC Building,
High Level Road,
Kirulapone, Colombo 06.
• Course page
http://auroracs.lk/english-for-academic-and-business-purposes
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22. "We are what we repeatedly
do. Excellence, then, is not
an act, but a habit."
~ Aristotle.
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23. Thank You !
Presented by
Nalaka Gamage
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