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Beginner English: Practical Foundational English Training (Udemy.com)

Simply English. A simple, elegant approach to English

Created by: Scott Paton

Last updated November 2018

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What you will learn

  • To speak English like an American and write like the British
  • Improve your pronunciation via a variety of visual and audio speech exercises
  • Build your vocabulary and English expressions
  • Bridge the gap between your reading ability and your comprehension of what you read
  • Improved grammar
  • Improved comprehension
  • Improved speaking and reading

How it compares

Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 13% of them
  • Reviews952#185 of 536 by number of reviews
  • Length1.5 hoursshorter than 89% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2018earlier than 89% of them

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Course Description

This course is a beginner level English course (A1-A2). The student understands basic phrases and instructions. He/she can interact in a very simple way and uses incomplete sentences, without real grammatical content. He/she may be able to participate in a dialogue giving personal information but in a limited way using minimal vocabulary. 

This course is designed to improve your English at its foundation. You will have a basic understanding of English and be able to speak it immediately. You will be able to introduce yourself in various social interactions. Use the verb 'to be' correctly in positive, negative and question sentences. Understanding when to use the verb 'to be'. Talk about yourself and give personal information. 

Using the WH-question words correctly and immediately employ them in your language. Express yourself and ask the proper questions to get the answers you need.

You will learn:

  • How to Meet and Greet

  • Greetings and Farewells

  • Subject Pronouns

  • How to Use the Verb 'To Be' Properly

  • How to Talk About Jobs, Countries

  • How to Use Wh Questions (What, Where, Who, When)

  • And much more!

This course is taught using the four pillars of learning; both active parts of speaking and writing  and both passive parts of reading and listening. You will acquire new vocabulary from real life scenarios and while reading excerpts of paragraphs and poems written by well-known authors. 

The course will be paired with a PDF leaflet that you can download and print which will follow the order of each section and lecture offering you an active part in your learning.

This course also includes:

  • Clear lessons that are built upon each other

  • Skits that subtly foreshadow upcoming lessons

  • Integrative approach to English expressions, idioms, similes and metaphors

  • Many PDF worksheets that mirror each part of the lessons

  • Original flashcards to develop vocabulary

  • Teacher that speaks American English

About your teacher

  • Native speaker from Canada

  • Taught ESL to adults and children for 5 years, privately and in a classroom

  • Fluent in English and French

  • Taught in a Montessori preschool 

  • Homeschooled her children for 14 years employing the Waldorf pedagogy

As the name intends, Simply English is a course designed for A1 students who desire a simple approach to English. Through the 4 language pillars of speaking, reading, writing and listening, each lesson provides a weave of active and passive activities. Simply English employs many images courtesy of Freepik to further the understanding of the lesson, as well as unique and engaging video skits. Which add a playful appeal to the overall learning experience.

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Instructor Details

Scott Paton

Scott Paton has been podcasting since the spring of 2005. He has executive produced and/or co-hosted over 45 podcasts. An internationally renowned speaker, Scott has presented to audiences from London, England to Sydney, Australia, from Vancouver, BC to New York, NY, from LA to Rwanda. Thousands of entrepreneurs and NGO's have changed their public engagement strategies based on Scott's sharing. We hope you will, too! 

Scott has over 640,500 students from 199 countries taking at least one of his 100+ courses.

Scott joined Udemy in 2013. In late 2014, one of his clients inspired him to make a video course on Podcasting. He revisited Udemy and got very excited at the potential. After his course went live, Scott told his clients and many decided to make courses but needed help, so he has become a co-instructor with them, while continuing to support and build his own courses. His co-topics all include areas of life-long learning by Scott, including Futures Trading, Alternative Health, EFT, and Relationships.

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Reviews

4.4

952 ratings on Udemy

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By Maria Alexiou on 9/27/2023

I just completed the course, Beginner English: Practical Foundational English Training. I followed it with ease, it had a good flow. Smartly, it fills you with confidence and prepares you to take part in and understand a conversation with your interlocutor. I liked it was good.

By Ekta Sanwal on 7/30/2021

This course is really really good and informative for those who guinuinely want to improve their english communication skills, for beginners especially so go for it....

By Shoon Lae Waddy Phyoe on 7/29/2021

It's easy to take this course. We can learn the use of articles, synonyms, what questions and something like that. So, I believe that it is convenient for the beginners.

By Waldo Ariel Genova on 7/4/2021

Beautiful course, condensed, interactive and full of hands-on activities. Although it is a course of a few minutes, it has many didactic exercises. The teacher is a professional in her field

By Khaled Muhammad Muhammad Abdulrhman on 6/30/2021

First name: Khaled Last name: Muhammad Address: Ahmed Oraby , zagazig, Egypt Postal code: 02151 Profession: Student Nationality: Egyptian phone: (20)01009843715 Birthdate: 1999/20/3 Signature: khaled

By SURABHI DUTTA on 8/3/2020

For beginners, it's a great course to have the most basic knowledge but for others, it's a good course to brush up your existing knowledge. Overall, it was a great experience to learn this course. NICE EFFORT :)

By Verensia . on 5/25/2020

Hello everyone! Lets join this course, you will get everthing foundation in english! I am very happy about it and hope you all can learn english in this easy way and very friendly in time. God bless you all

By Santanu Ray on 3/28/2020

Fall asleep in between the course.

By Valerie LOPEZ on 11/13/2018

Ce cours m' a remise dans la mélodie de la langue ; j'ai apprécié le côte didactique et pédagogique. J'attends la suite sur un anglais plus avancé. Apprendre de la sorte c'est cool et facile

By Adnan on 10/29/2018

Add more content that commonly used in conversation among different people. For example The conversation related to any topic like hobby, common discussion between friends, common discussion between students and teacher, common discussion between parents and child, common discussion on general knowledge etc.

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Overall Score : 88 / 100