USConversation.com



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Facts:


  • There is a substantial difference between standard/academic English and the language native speakers use in casual conversations.


  • One of the top reasons students enter ESL/EFL programs is their desire to communicate with native speakers.



Do we do enough to prepare them?

Would you ...

  • ... like to give your students the invaluable experience and skills necessary to communicate with native speakers?


  • ... like them to understand American culture and the way of thinking in the U.S.?


  • ... like them to know what features distinguish natural, spontaneous conversation from scripted and edited speech?

Would you ...

  • ... like your ESL/EFL program to have a competitive edge in the form of a conversational component?


  • ... like to utilize the instructional technology of the 21st century?


  • ... like to offer a variety of instructional formats including distance learning and hybrid classes?

If you answered “yes”

to any of these questions, please consider


usconversation.com


Your students will thank you for it!


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USConversation.com is:

  • A comprehensive online conversation and culture course

  • Based on authentic spontaneous interaction between average Americans

  • Equipped with its own Learning Management System that allows the instructor to keep track of his/her students’ progress

  • Appropriate for Intermediate - Advanced students at colleges, universities, and intensive programs worldwide


Standard and academic English is YOUR priority;


Spontaneous conversational English is OURS.


Let’s work together!


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Your students will gain skills in ...


  • Listening comprehension on the surface and deep levels

  • Making inferences and informed guesses

  • Reading “between the lines”

  • Using contextual and psychological clues

  • Identifying the intentions of the speaker

Your students will learn to identify and interpret correctly ...

  • The cultural and psychological aspects of everyday communication


  • The nuances and subtleties of casual interaction


  • Features and characteristics of spontaneous, natural speech as compared to Standard English taught in the classroom


We DO mean authentic.
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Program Components:

  • Guided Listening Comprehension

  • Features of Spontaneous Speech
  • Vocabulary
  • Grammar
  • Culture
  • Spelling
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Speaking (with hybrid pack)

Visit us at CATESOL 2012 Conference
at the Oakland Marriott City Center


Presentation:

Exhibitor Booth:

WEST HALL B
Saturday, April 14th
at 10:15 A.M.
# 608



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  3. Enjoy the Sample Lesson

 

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