English for Freelancers: Communication Skills I
Course author
British Council
The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.
Course overview
Are you starting out as a freelancer and looking to work in the international market? Maybe you're already a freelancer and want to increase your network of clients? Either way, this is the course for you! As well as teaching you useful language for scenarios you will meet as a freelancer, you will also learn ways to collaborate effectively in meetings, how to negotiate, as well as language and strategies for dealing with problems and issues. This course covers modules 5 to 7 of our longer English for Freelancers course. Want to continue your learning? Try one of our other mini-courses: English for Freelancers: Getting Started English for Freelancers: Communication Skills II English for Freelancers: Upskilling This course was created in partnership with Gaza Sky Geeks.
What you will learn
- Language for participating in meetings, interrupting and making suggestions
- How to negotiate deadlines and pay
- How negotiation differs in written and oral communication
- Language to navigate and solve issues, including accepting criticism, scope/task changes mid project, responding to feedback
- When to use formal and informal language
- Problem solving skills
The full course includes
- 1.1 What makes a good meeting?
- 1.2 Interrupting
- 1.3 Language for meetings
- Module 1 Practice
- 2.1 Negotiating availability
- 2.2 Negotiating deadlines
- 2.3 Negotiating pay
- Module 2 Practice
- 3.1 Problems getting paid
- 3.2 Language for problems and solutions
- 3.3 Solving problems
- Module 3 Practice