Reading

Business Reading is followed by sixteen interactive assessments to enrich participants’ business grammar and expression. These include match the questions with the answers to enhance participants’ grasp of tenses and number agreement in sentences. Easily confused words can sometimes stymie even the most literate person, so these are covered as well. Conditional tenses can be challenging – negative conditional tense even more so. These assessments cover a range of grammatical concepts and business expressions to improve participants’ understanding of business communication.

BOHE developed Communication in different contexts with the expanded definition of literacy in mind.
In order to succeed, it is necessary for people to build cross cultural connections using a variety of communication media to ensure understanding of meaning and intent. This has the potential for people to solve problems collectively but also strengthen individual independent thinking.

All communication has a purpose and a medium. The use of genres within specific contexts conveys intent, for example, a formal letter or email suggests a business or elevated interaction instead of a casual, relaxed context. People are continuously surrounded by stimuli, both visual and auditory. Consider the various advertisements both in print and digital media. Skills are needed to decipher messages from the media but also to respond effectively and fluently, and with insight.

Content

When designing the programme, various topics were considered in terms of their relevance and contribution to advanced literacy. People need to make sense of news stories, editorials and investigative journalism to understand the dynamics of their societies, and indeed, the world. Within these genres, the writing could be objective or subjective, designed to manipulate people’s thoughts, thus it is essential for citizens of the 21 st century to be able to identify truth and emotive persuasion.

Understanding humour in the media is also a vital skill. Satire is often used by both writers and cartoonists to provoke thought in readers. This skill is presented in lessons on visual media and blog writing.

Are you an avid reader? Do you struggle to find books that you are able to immerse yourself in? Do you lose yourself in books and find yourself transported to other worlds and times? If this describes you – then you have found the forum to connect with other like-minded readers. Finding genres and writers that you enjoy can be challenging. Maybe you have read the famous dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and are searching for similar novels. Who better to ask than other ardent readers who can recommend similar themes or writers. The Reading Community offers you the opportunity to share recommendations and discuss the merits of books that you have read with people who, like you, love reading.

Boston Language School is proud to be the forum for avid readers who would like to share the wonder, awe and loss they experienced when they completed an amazing book. Paul Sweeney said: “You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend”. If you immerse yourself in reading novels, then this feeling will be familiar to you. Look out for our reading competitions where you will get the opportunity to write a review on one of your favourite books and inspire others to read it.