Advanced English Grammar B1 To C1 For It Professionals

Tech Talk Perfected: Elevating Your Grammar from B1 to C1 The IT Professional's Guide to Effective English Communication

What you'll learn

Tense Proficiency: Acquire the ability to accurately use different tenses in both passive and active forms, vital for explaining processes and timelines in IT

Conditional Usage: Develop skills to use various conditionals for hypothetical reasoning and problem-solving scenarios in IT environments.

Reporting Verb Application: Master the use of reporting verbs for effectively communicating updates, instructions, and feedback within IT teams.

Subjunctive and Inversion Techniques: Understand and apply subjunctive moods and inversion in English for nuanced expression in IT discussions.

Gerunds and Infinitives Flexibility: Learn to use gerunds, infinitives, and participles in diverse complex forms for more sophisticated IT language usage.

Articles and Quantifiers Fluency: Achieve and correct usage of articles and quantifiers, essential for detailed and accurate IT specifications and reports.

Adjective and Adverb Integration: Understand and correctly apply adjectives with adverbs, improving descriptive accuracy in IT contexts.

Mistake Minimization: Learn to identify and avoid common mistakes in English, enhancing clarity and precision in IT-specific contexts.

Complex Sentence Mastery: Gain an in-depth understanding of complex English sentence structures, crucial for technical documentation and communication.

Preposition Precision: Master the use of prepositions in various contexts, essential for accurately describing technical processes and relationships in IT.

Modal Verbs Mastery: Develop an advanced understanding of modal verbs to express probability, permission, and obligation, crucial for clear IT communication.

Passive Voice Proficiency: Gain expertise in using the passive voice effectively, a key component for writing technical reports and documentation in IT.

Phrasal Verb Fluency: Understand and apply phrasal verbs, which are often challenging yet vital for informal communication.

Requirements

Understanding of English Grammar: A fundamental grasp of English grammar is necessary to comprehend the course materials and instructions effectively. This includes knowledge of sentence structure, verb tenses, and basic punctuation. 2. **Intermediate Level of Vocabulary:** You should have an intermediate level of vocabulary, especially in specific IT and technical terminology if the course is related to IT or a technical field. This will ensure you can understand and communicate concepts effectively within the course. 3. **Desire to Learn:** Most importantly, you should have a genuine desire to learn and engage with the course materials. A positive attitude and motivation to succeed can greatly enhance your learning experience.

I believe in making education as accessible as possible, so I aim to keep the prerequisites to a minimum. However, having a strong grasp of English grammar and intermediate-level vocabulary, especially in specific IT vocabulary, is essential to ensure you can make the most of the course content and engage effectively in the learning process. If you are unsure about your readiness for the course, you can always reach out to the course instructor or provider for clarification or guidance on how to prepare.

Description

Welcome to the IT English Course from Intermediate to Advanced, a program uniquely designed for those working in the IT sector. This course aims to improve English language abilities to meet the specific demands of the IT industry. Throughout this course, you will explore detailed sentence structures, vital for producing clear and concise technical documents and effective communication. You will learn to identify and correct frequent English errors, which will make conversations related to IT more efficient and understandable. The course thoroughly covers the use of different tenses in active and passive forms. This is key for accurately describing IT project processes, timelines, and methods. It also includes the versatile use of conditionals for theoretical thinking and modal verbs for expressing likelihood and duty, crucial in IT troubleshooting and project management.I will guide you through the complexities of gerunds, infinitives, and participles for refined language use. You'll also become skilled in using relative clauses for comprehensive communication. A significant focus is on understanding the use of adjectives, both gradable and ungradable, along with adverbs to enrich your technical descriptions.A crucial component of our course is the mastery of prepositions, the passive voice, and phrasal verbs. These are fundamental for a complete and practical application of English in the IT field. This course is not just about improving your English; it's about integrating your language skills within your IT career, setting you up for successful international collaboration and communication. Join us to connect your technical know-how with your English language skills in the IT sphere.

Overview

Section 1: English Tenses

Lecture 1 Present Simple (I do) for IT Professionals

Lecture 2 Present Continuous (I am doing) for IT Professionals

Lecture 3 Past Simple (I did) for IT Professionals

Lecture 4 Past Continuous (I was doing) for IT Professionals

Lecture 5 Present Perfect (I have done) for IT Professionals

Lecture 6 Present Perfect Continuous (I have been doing) for IT Professionals

Lecture 7 Present Perfect vs. Past Simple (I have done and I did) for IT Professionals

Lecture 8 Past Perfect (I had done) for IT Professionals

Lecture 9 Past Perfect Continuous (I had been doing) for IT Professionals

Lecture 10 Understanding For and Since, When … and How Long … , Have Got and Used To

Lecture 11 Present Tenses for the Future for IT Professionals

Lecture 12 Future Simple - I'm going to, will, and shall

Lecture 13 Future Continuous (will be doing) and Future Perfect (will have done)

Lecture 14 Understanding When I Do and When I’ve Done; If and When for IT Professionals

Section 2: Modal Verbs for IT Professionals

Lecture 15 Modal Verbs Can, Could, and Able to

Lecture 16 Modal Verbs Could Do and Could Have Done

Lecture 17 Modal Verbs Must and Can't, May and Might

Lecture 18 Modal Verbs Have To, Must, Mustn’t, and Needn’t

Lecture 19 Modal Verbs Should, I’d Better, It’s Time

Lecture 20 Modal Verbs Would and Can, Could, Would You

Section 3: Conditionals for IT Professionals

Lecture 21 Conditionals If I Do and If I Did

Lecture 22 If I Knew and I Wish I Knew for IT Professionals

Lecture 23 If I Had Known and I Wish I Had Known for IT Professionals

Section 4: Passive Voice for IT Professionals

Lecture 24 Passive Voice is done, was done for IT Professionals

Lecture 25 Passive Voice (Be Done, Been Done, Being Done)

Lecture 26 Impersonal Constructions for IT Professionals

Section 5: Reported Speech for IT Professionals

Lecture 27 Reported Speech (He Said That…) for IT Professionals

Section 6: Verb + '-ing' or 'to' in IT Context

Lecture 28 Using Verb + -ing in IT Context

Lecture 29 Verb + to and Verb (Object) + to in IT Context

Lecture 30 Verb + -ing or to (Remember, Regret, Try, Need, Help, Like and Would Like)

Lecture 31 Verb + Preposition + -ing (Succeed in -ing, Insist on -ing) in IT Context

Lecture 32 Verb + Preposition + -ing (There's No Point in -ing, It's Worth -ing)

Lecture 33 Adjective + to (Afraid to Do) and Preposition + -ing (Afraid of -ing)

Section 7: Countable and Uncountable Nouns for IT Professionals

Lecture 34 Countable and Uncountable Nouns in IT Context

Section 8: Articles in IT Context: Definite and Indefinite

Lecture 35 Articles 'A, An' and 'The' for IT Professionals

Section 9: Pronouns and Determiners in IT Context

Lecture 36 Pronouns and Determiners for IT Professionals

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