Speak English Professionally

🏷️ MOOCS

Week 1

Small talk

• Be the first to say hello and Introduce
• Ask questions
• Be a good listener
• Show interest
• Find common
• Extend the conversation

Sentence stress

• Stress in content words: actions verbs, nouns, adjs, adverbs, wh question words, negatives

Elevator speech

• Tell a story about you
• Give facts about you
• Show why you are important to them
• End with an opportunity to meet again
• Speak slowly
• Use pauses
• Change your volume

Week 4

Body language

• Be aware of posture, facial expressions, hand gestures, tone of voice

-ed endings

• Voiced sounds: /d/
• Voiceless sounds: /t/
• Ending with t or d: /id/

-s endings

• Voiceless sounds: /s/
• Voiced sounds: /z/
• Ending with /s/, /z/, /sh/, /j/, /ch/: /iz/

https://www.coursera.org/learn/speak-english-professionally/home/week/1