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Our skills library is full of useful information. You can search for keywords in the boxes below, and even filter what kind of medium you like while learning. Are you interested in one topic in particular? Visit our guided learnings about teamwork, presenting and writing. You can always check out the upcoming workshops to see if the skill you want to improve is available this quarter.

Blog Mylene Frankfort: Review Alison Online Grammar Course
On Alison you can take free online grammar courses: AngloLink offers a clear introduction to English Grammar, tenses and sentence structures. You will learn examples of Past, Present and Future tenses, the common mistakes made when using these tenses, and their correct usage. You will also learn the word order of a sentence structure and how to turn a sentence into a negative or a question.
Capitalization
Unsure of when to use capital letters? The simple explanation of our capitalization rule is that we capitalize proper nouns and the first word of a sentence.
English language toolbox

This site provides links to information about speaking a pronunciation as well as exercises.

Exercises for your voice

Look at these videos on using your voice and try the exercises that are given.

Guided Learning: Speaking

Do you have difficulties communicating your ideas to others because of how you speak? Are you wondering how to improve your own speech and maybe learn some English along the way? Start with this topic guide and see how you can improve.

Guided Learning: Use of English - Pronunciation

This guide is meant to be used by non-native English speakers to further improve their spoken English. It contains several tips and tricks and also some exercises. After going through this guide, your English should be improved both in the choice of words and in pronunciation and fluency.

How to use your voice
This video demonstrates what the impact a voice has on a presentation.
Misused Modifiers

Modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that add information about other parts of a sentence.

Pronunciation
An introductionary on how English should sound.
Pronunciation - The sound of English
Here you can hear how the English language sounds, so you know how to pronounce words correctly.