Professional English Skills
Short Course through Multimedia Distance Learning (MDL)
Sharpening your command of English will contribute exponentially to your professional (and personal) development. The MDL short course on essential English skills is designed to enable the busy professional not to lose sight of the essentials of accurate and correct English. The course aims to equip people with essential knowledge and skills in formal English, and to cultivate an orientation of developing these in everyday practice. The benefits of English skills in the professional context are numerous and significant:
1) Effective and efficient communication (most importantly).
2) Preventing negative perceptions due to grammatical errors and/or inappropriate tone or usage.
3) Enhancing the overall quality of oral presentations and written reports/documents.
4) Depending on your professional context, professional credibility can be promoted through your command of language in your oral and written communications.
5) Finally, in the academic context, language and writing skills are also indispensable in producing quality assignments, dissertations and theses.
The course is available to any person in any country (provided that he or she is already basically proficient in English). As is the case with all MDL courses, anyone may register online at any time, and materials will be dispatched on the next available dispatch date after receipt of the full tuition fee. The general international fee is £265.00 (this includes all materials, online support, assessments and examination, and courier to the student’s door). In line with the vision and mission of Cranefield College, in order to support the development of Africa, persons based in Africa may pay the lower fee of R2250.00. This amount excludes the cost of courier in the case of countries other than South Africa. The course should take around two to three months to complete.
A certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the course. The certificate states that the student has successfully completed the MDL short course in "Professional English Skills", and, should he or she achieve a distinction, this will be so indicated.