Carlos Slim Foundation Offers Free Online English Courses for Mastery of the Language

Currently, learning a language other than the mother tongue is a necessary skill in academic and professional fields, mainly for the English language. For this reason, the majority of Spanish speakers look for various alternatives to learn and master the English language in its four linguistic skills, that is,listening, speaking, reading y writing.

For this there are multiple options, and one of them can be found at the Carlos Slim Foundation, which, with the objective of providing FREE online education with a good academic level in various areas of knowledge, offers a series of training to learn and master English. So that you can verify if any of these courses are for you, today we will share the characteristics of each one, so we invite you to continue reading to know all the details.

English A1

As its name indicates, this course is aimed at people with a basic level of English who want to strengthen their knowledge of the four linguistic skills of this language in order to reach a more advanced level. This training addresses the following topics:

• Introductions, greetings, countries and nationalities. Jobs, daily routines.
• Go shopping, ask for prices, descriptions. Invitations, accepting and making excuses.
• The family, giving and asking for information.
• Sports, routine activities. Introduction to past tense.

English A1.2

In the case of this course, it also corresponds to a beginner-level training, which meets the objective of teaching students the necessary basic knowledge about the language. In this case, what is expected is that, at the end of the course, participants will be able to maintain a conversation about people’s daily routine, tastes and preferences.

The topics addressed in it are:

• Verbo “to be”
• What do I do every day?
• Daily routine
• Tastes and preferences

English A2

As a sequence of the two previous courses, there is the English A2 course, which is still maintained at a basic level, but is more advanced than the previous two. In this case, the training is aimed at developing and sharpening the necessary skills to better understand the language and express yourself appropriately when speaking experiences in the past.

The topics addressed in it are:

• Likes and dislikes: foods and hobbies
• Likes and dislikes: music and movies
• Previous experiences

English B1

In this case, this course is already at an intermediate level, in which participants will be trained to continue improving the four linguistic skills and be able to communicate in English in various environments, both socially, professionally and academically, all of this. through practice and new knowledge about vocabulary and grammar. Thus, the topics addressed in it are:

• Develop reading skills in various contexts.
• Improve writing skills with confidence on a daily basis.
• Understand, follow and pay attention to a variety of spoken materials.
• Identify when to engage in different types of spoken interaction.

English grammar

Finally, the Carlos Slim Foundation also offers a specialized grammar course in English, the objective of which is to learn and reinforce the necessary grammatical rules in English to communicate appropriately. For this purpose, various activities are planned to develop this skill.

If you are interested in any of these courses and would like to sign up for it (or several), all you need to do is enter the course link, create an account in the ‘Academic’ platform and then start your training.

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