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Speak with Confidence - Lesson 1: Welcome, Goals, Contractions, Pronunciation & Introducing Yourself

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Welcome to Lesson 1This is where your journey begins. Lesson 1 sets the foundation for everything that follows - your goals, your starting point, and your first practice in speaking about yourself with clarity and confidence.How this course is designedYou develop English in a practical, connected way - by using it, not just studying it. Every lesson combines speaking, listening, reading and writing, so confidence and clarity build across all skills at the same time.In this lesson you will:- Set three personal goals for the course- Rate your current confidence across all five skill areas- Benchmark your level with a short Cambridge English test- Understand the course structure and learning expectations- Practise contraction pronunciation for natural, fluent speech- Build your personal descriptive vocabulary for introducing yourself- Complete a listening comprehension task using the 5W framework- Write a professional introduction email (120–180 words)- Begin your daily reflection writing practiceWhat you will need:- A pen and paper — most tasks are completed by hand- A printer, if available, for the worksheets- Headphones for the listening task- A dictionary or translation tool- Around 60–90 minutes, plus daily practice between lessonsWho this is forProfessionals, international students and internationally minded adults with some English at a minimum who want to build professional fluency, precision and presence.Before you beginTake the Cambridge English placement test at: cambridgeenglish.org/test-your-english so you have a clear benchmark to measure your progress against. It is not an exam and your result does not affect your progress in this course.

Set your goals, benchmark your level, and learn to introduce yourself with clarity and confidence. Lesson 1 covers contraction pronunciation, descriptive self-introduction, listening comprehension and professional email writing.

Speak with Confidence Lesson 1: Goals, Confidence & Introducing Yourself

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