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[Please note that Fundamentals is not yet available on DVD.]


Fundamentals: Improving your English
A series of mini-lectures on DVD or for download


Fundamentals is a series of eight mini-lectures desinged for in-house training of staff whose development may benefit from better use of English. The videos have been recorded to available for download. It provides an easy and interesting introduction to the basic skills which everyone needs who wants to write well, and to avoid glaring mistakes in written English.


The videos have been recorded to the highest professional standards.


Fundamentals is a series of eight mini-lectures available for download. It provides an easy and interesting introduction to the basic skills which everyone needs who wants to write well, and to avoid glaring mistakes in written English.

Each of the eight mini-lectures included in Fundamentals lasts approximately ten minutes.

The topics are,
1.Language rules!
2.Is it legal?
3.Making it clear
4.Verbs and nouns
5.Spelling, and dictionaries
6.Tricky Words
7.Punctuation
8.Setting tone, and business emails

The level suitable for students of all ages who are working on technical aspects of written English for the first time, and is designed to be accessible to students who did little or no grammar at school. For students who studied English in more traditional way, who have studied a lot of grammar through foreign languages, a more advanced course is being planned.

Fundamentals includes a Quick Guide to Punctuation for Word Processing, and a written summary of the lectures.