SUMMARY

The Diploma in English Language Program at IITM is well-conceived and structured to provide English Language Skills development support for professionals and senior students of various universities.  Generally speaking, students and professionals, even bright individuals of public and private universities, do not receive the necessary academic training in English due to problems in supervision, will of the individual concerned, inefficiently planned and not effective methodological teaching material availability and, most importantly, not having the dedicated guide to work on improving language skills.

At IITM, we have designed the course by reviewing the backgrounds of Bangladeshi professionals and university students. We do not focus on grammatical approach; our program runs with a concept of learning through conversational practice, writings, presentations, extempore speeches, vocabulary development and, of course, a smattering of very essential concepts of grammar also gets incorporated.

So if you are interested to join or would like to send your staff or your relative or someone you know, please contact us soon for further details and registration.

Program Structure:

 Foundation Level

( 27 classes/ 90 minute session/ twice a week/ 31/2-month program)

 Learning areas

• Basic Structural practices

• Vocabulary (500) & Pronunciation

• Comprehension

• Idioms and phrases (50)

• Synonyms and antonyms (150)

• Rudimentary forms of extempore and set speeches

 Achievement

• The individual will learn correct form of English

• Learn alternative uses of words

• Learn how to write sentences in different ways

• Gain reasonable confidence level to carry on conversation in English beyond fundamental level

• Learn to participate in rudimentary interactive conversations in English

• Gain some comprehension and listening skills

• Learn pronunciation of common words and sentences  

 Intermediate Level

( 27 classes/ 90 minute session/ twice a week/ 4-month program)

After gaining sufficient knowledge and experience at the foundation level, a person may join the Intermediate level of the diploma.

Learning areas

§          Advanced Vocabulary ( 600) & Pronunciation

§          Extempore and set speech

§          Complex sentences/ conjugations and transitions

§          Idioms and phrases ( 100)

§          Synonyms and antonyms (100)

§          Reading practice

§          Paragraph scrambling exercises

§          Paragraph / Letter/ Essay writing

§          Review CDs/Videos etc.

Achievement

• Become a more fluent conversationalist using more advanced vocabulary and sentence structures

• Be able to comprehend and summarize more difficult writings in English

• Carryout more intelligent discussions or facilitate meetings in English having gained a fair of knowledge in different ways of communicating

• Be able to read & write effectively

• Learn pronunciation of difficult words and sentences

• Start developing English language skills to write using different styles

• Learn to use the Thesaurus

 Advanced Level

( 24 classes/ 90 minute session/ twice a week/ 3-month program)

 After gaining sufficient knowledge and experience at the foundation & Intermediate level, a person may join the Advanced level of Diploma in English.

 Learning areas

• Advanced Vocabulary ( 400)

• Synonyms and antonyms (150)

• Translations from Bengali to English and Vice Versa

• Extensive practice in Paragraph / Letter/ Essay writings

• Review CDs/Videos and other media etc.

• Report writing/ Book reports / minutes preparation

• Summarizing and paraphrasing

• Advanced level paragraph scrambling exercises

• Phonetics & Linguistics

• Presentation skills/ extempore speeches/ debate on topics

• Practice advanced Listening Skills

• Conduct meeting proceedings in English / Facilitate

Achievement

• Become proficient in both oral & written communication

• Gain adequate knowledge for smooth conducting of a meeting in English

• Be able to express difficult concepts and ideas in English in an easily understandable manner

• Get a basic primer on Phonetics & Linguistics applications in English

• Become proficient in changing the mood and tempo of writing

• Gain adequate language skills to interact beyond the level of an average native speaker in English