YoVDO

Low Intermediate English: Personal Growth & Well-Being

Offered By: Voxy via Coursera

Tags

ESL Courses Health & Medicine Courses Stress Management Courses Goal Setting Courses Nutrition Courses Personal Growth Courses

Course Description

Overview

In this course, you will learn important language for talking about nutrition, health, sleep, stress, goal-setting, and more. Learning activities in this course will take place on Voxy, an engaging language learning platform that automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills so that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement. Each week is made up of engaging, short, task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from real conversations and emails between friends and colleagues exchanging advice and tips about wellness. By the end of the course, you will be able to describe how you grow and stay well, both at work and in your own time.

Syllabus

  • Course Introduction & Voxy Orientation
    • This week, you will learn about this course and understand how to use Voxy's innovative platform.
  • Healthy Habits
    • This week, you will consider the connections between fitness, nutrition, and healthy sleep.
  • Personal Growth
    • This week, you will describe your skills, goals, and life experiences and understand life advice given by others.
  • Workplace Well-Being
    • This week, you will examine healthy work environments, learn ways to deal with stress, and discuss balancing work with life.
  • Professional Development
    • This week, you will consider different ways to set professional goals, network, and develop your professional skills.
  • Course Project: Independent Study
    • This week, you will have the chance to choose the topic you study for your End of Course project.

Taught by

Rebecca Payne-Passmore and Dr. Katharine Nielson

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