English For Tech.
Speaking & Listening

Vocabulary: Modern idioms, collocations, and other words relevant to the module
Grammar:  Gerunds vs infinitives
Soft skills focus: People skills: more important than you may think
Pronunciation: Technology-related words
Speaking:  Describe the tech stack you used in a project

Outcomes:
• Know how to describe the peculiarities, the pros and cons of a particular tech stack;
• Know how to justify your choice of stack;
• Be able to use common phrases to give feedback, ask questions, check-in, etc.
• Avoid the most common mistakes when using gerunds and infinitives.

Vocabulary: Modern idioms, collocations, and other words relevant to the module
Grammar: Articles: the, a/an
Soft skills focus: Marketing yourself
Pronunciation: Change the stress - change the meaning
Speaking: Pitching yourself

Outcomes:
• Know how to sell your skills to get the attention of an employer or client;
• Know some helpful expressions to describe your qualifications;
• Debug your usage of articles.

Vocabulary: Modern idioms, collocations, and other words relevant to the module
Grammar: Modals, with present tense
Soft skills focus: How to be a good team player
Pronunciation: Commonly mispronounced adjectives
Speaking: Making offers, suggestions, and requests

Outcomes:
• Have general knowledge of soft skills and how to use them;
• Know how to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings;
• Be able to negotiate and make requests, suggestions, etc.

Vocabulary: Embedded questions
Grammar: Embedded questions
Soft skills focus: Productivity hacks and the Pomodoro technique
Pronunciation: Internet terms
Speaking: Comment on a Jira ticket

Outcomes:
• Know how to write correct and concise comments on GitHub and Jira;
• Be able to point out mistakes and make requests.

Vocabulary: Modern idioms, collocations, and other words relevant to the module
Grammar: First and second conditionals
Soft skills focus: How to lead meetings and negotiations
Pronunciation: Problematic and difficult sounds in English (“th")
Writing: Two emails: 1. Invitation to a kick-off meeting; 2. Follow-up after a kick-off meeting

Outcomes:
• Know useful common phrases for calls and meetings;
• Improved pronunciation;
• Have useful templates and phrases for business emails.