Course description
This diploma course introduces the basics of English grammar and proven techniques to improve your speaking and writing. You'll explore punctuation, sentence structure, tenses, and parts of speech. You'll also learn how to write for different audiences across genres, including comedy, poetry, mystery, opinion, and media writing. The course explains how genre, tone, and structure affect communication, helping you combine and adapt styles to suit any purpose.
The literature sections of the course focus on renowned works like Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Frost at Midnight, and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. You’ll delve into Macbeth by William Shakespeare and study the bard’s use of language in his other works. By examining the lives and language of celebrated authors, you’ll gain deeper insight into literary devices and themes.
Whether you aim to enhance creative expression or professional writing, this course boosts your confidence, enriches your skills, and helps you showcase your English mastery.
Upcoming start dates
Training content
English Writing Skills
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to what writing is, writing styles and triggers for writing. You will also have a detailed explanation of various writing styles such as; story, comedy, descriptive, science fiction, instructional, opinionative, reflective, poetry writing, explore the various types of poetry and how to write poems.
- Learning Outcomes
- English - Writing
- Story and Comedic Writing
- Descriptive Writing
- Science Fiction, Instructional, Opinionative and Poetry Writing
- Reflective Writing
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in English Language and Literature - First Assessment
Description: This assessment will enable you to reflect on and reinforce the knowledge you have gained from the first module of the course, English Writing Skills.
- Assessment: Diploma in English Language and Literature - First Assessment
Punctuation and Speech
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to a detailed explanation of punctuation in the English language, how to recognize its use in writing and speech, and how to develop your speech for clearer communication.
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction to English Grammar
- Punctuation
- Parts of Speech
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in English Language and Literature - Second Assessment
Description: This assessment will help to refresh your memory about the information you have learnt in the module, Punctuation and Speech in this English Diploma course.
- Assessment: Diploma in Basic English Grammar - Second Assessment
Past, Present, and Passive Tenses
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to past, present, and passive tenses in the English language, the structure and the components of each tense.Specifically, the tenses you will learn about are the past perfect, past simple, present perfect simple, past perfect continuous, present continuous, present perfect continuous, and passive tenses. You will also learn how to form questions in the present simple tense.
- Learning Outcomes
- The Past Tense
- Present Tense and Passive Tenses
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in English Language and Literature - Third Assessment
Description: You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
- Assessment: Diploma in Basic English Grammar - Third Assessment
Tenses and Structure
Description: This module will help you to recognize the differences between tenses, and how to create different tenses.This module will also walk you through sentence structure in English. In particular, you will look t the position of adverbs, creating negatives, and creating questions.
- Learning Outcomes
- Comparing Tenses
- Sentence Structure
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in English Language and Literature - Fourth Assessment
Description: You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
- Assessment: Diploma in Basic English Grammar - Fourth Assessment
Speaking And Writing English Effectively
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to reading, writing and communication in English language, fairness and honesty in reporting, analysis of the language of the media, how to study a text, various approaches to English language and literary devices, making presentations, personal and imaginative writing, researching issues, and how to use language effectively.
- Learning Outcomes
- Writing: Styles and Purposes
- Language Analysis and Oral Presentations
- Approaches To Studying A Text
- Journalism and Contention in Letter Writing
- What Is An Issue?
- Case Study: The Issue of Supervised Injection Facilities
- Hints, Tips and Glossary For Exams
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in English Language and Literature - Fifth Assessment
Description: You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
- Assessment: Diploma in English Language and Literature - Fifth Assessment
English Literature Analysis
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to a detailed analysis of English literature, a detailed analysis of the works of Samuel Coleridge; Coleridge Kubla Khan, Coleridge The Eolian Harp, Coleridge This Lime-Tree Bower, My Prison and Coleridge Frost At Midnight, and the works of Shakespeare.
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge and The Romantics
- Coleridge - Kubla Khan
- Coleridge - The Eolian Harp
- Coleridge - This Lime-Tree Bower, My Prison
- Coleridge - Frost At Midnight
- Introduction To Macbeth By Shakespeare
- Macbeth - Act Two and Act Three
- Macbeth - Act Four and Act Five
- Macbeth Themes
- The Crucible - Act One
- The Crucible - Act Two, Act Three, Act Four and Themes
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in English Language and Literature - Sixth Assessment
Description: You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
- Assessment: Diploma in English Language and Literature - Sixth Assessment
Shakespeare - His Life And Work
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to William Shakespeare's life and early works, adaptations of Shakespeare, Shakespeare and the theatre, the audiences, the Globe theatre, literary device, scripts and lines, Shakespearian language.
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction To Shakespeare
- Shakespeare - The Theatre Scene
- Shakespeare - Shakespearian Language
- Shakespeare - Literary Devices
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in English Language and Literature - Seventh Assessment
Description: You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
- Assessment: Diploma in English Language and Literature - Seventh Assessment
Course assessment
- Assessment: Diploma in English Language and Literature - Course Final Assessment
Certification / Credits
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Compare writing styles and how to combine different writing styles
- Recall different types of poetry and how to write a poem
- Discuss the purpose of punctuation in the English language
- Explain the parts of speech in the English language
- Discuss how the past, present, passive and future tenses are structured in English
- Analyse sentence structure in the English language
- Recognise how to write for different purposes and audiences
- Outline how a journalist goes about reporting and discuss the language of the media
- Analyse Coleridge’s poems Kubla Khan, The Eolian Harp, This Lime-Tree Bower, My Prison, and Frost At Midnight
- Explain the themes of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- Paraphrase the themes in The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- Discuss Shakespeare's life, works, language and the literary devices he used
Quick stats about Alison?
Providing Free Online Learning since 2007
Over 45 Million Learners across 193 Countries have studied with us
Over 5 Million people use the Alison Learning App, where you can study anywhere and anytime
Contact this provider
Alison Free Learning
Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering thousands of CPD-accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone,...