Futurelearn English Courses & Certifications

The course of Exploring English: Shakespeare by Future Learn enables candidates to improve their English language skills by having insights on the work of William Shakespeare and his prominent work on novels as well as plays. The course will offer the candidates the opportunity to master the basics of English and detailed knowledge of the work of Shakespeare and his theatre plays as well as his written art forms. 

The course provides training by using different formats of teaching that are through plays and novels. The course will impart the knowledge of English language skills by revolving around the life of William Shakespeare and the aspects of his prominent work of art. Through this course, the candidates will be able to explore worldwide themes that Shakespeare labels in the work of his lifetime. The course will take the candidates through five theatre plays of Shakespeare involving actors and experts from around the globe.

The candidates will be guided throughout the course which will also involve phrases and sentences popularly used by Shakespeare in his work which he introduced to the English language. 

Literature of the English Country House certification is an online program that is made for a duration of only 6 weeks. This is provided as an initiative jointly of the University of Sheffield, and FutureLearn together. With this course, the eager participants can track the history of the country house literature.

For almost 450 years the country houses have been an attraction for many honorable writers like Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and more. Along with the experts from the University of Sheffield, the learners will be able to utilise the Literature of the English Country House certification syllabus so that they can prepare their own research material.

For a period of 3 hours every week, the applicants will through this course make a representation of what the English country houses look like when explained in the context of literature. The students will also put their best foot forward to gain knowledge about how exactly the text’s interpretation can be done.

Though many people use dictionaries daily, only a few have in-depth knowledge about them. People aren’t usually aware of why a particular word has been included as an entry, where the word has come from, and how dictionary compilers assemble this information. If you’re curious about these questions, the Understanding English Dictionaries course is designed precisely for your inquisitive mind.

In the Understanding English Dictionaries programme, you will get into the nitty-gritty of English dictionaries. You will be trained by established dictionary researchers and editors. The syllabus will cover topics like possible dictionary entry components, trends in lexicographic research, and the content and wording of definitions.

You will explore the Understanding English Dictionaries syllabus through articles, readings, videos, multimedia resources, quizzes, and discussions with fellow learners, and active learning resources. Moreover, you can also map your progress regularly with Future Learn’s progress page. This course is brought to you by Macmillan Education in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute and Coventry University.

A Beginner's Guide to Writing in English for University Study training is a 5 weeks long online course that is offered by FutureLearn in collaboration with the University of Reading. This course will help students understand and get a grip on the fundamentals of academic writing. The learning will allow the students to grow their English skills. The most interesting part of this course is that candidates who enrol can stud, and learn at their own pace.

Academic writing is very different from other different forms of writing. So this course has been developed to address this need. A Beginner's Guide to Writing in English for University Study certification syllabus covers topics like features of academic writing, essay structure and organisation by using the academic style of language, steps of writing an essay, responding to feedback on the 1st draft of an essay, and more. All the candidates will become proficient in writing an essay of their own, by keeping in mind the tonality, and grammar of the essay.

The Exploring English: Language and Culture online certification has been developed to help candidates learn about British culture. This course also observes English in use to improve the knowledge and skills of the English language. It is a four-week course which requires only two hours of weekly study and is taught entirely through an online portal.

The Exploring English: Language and Culture programme uses short videos to teach the candidates about several popular culture-related subjects such as the lifestyle in the UK, the countryside, music, literature, as well as English as a global language. These videos are taped in Great Britain and aim at enhancing the candidates' listening skills by using authentic examples of speech and examine the same for practice.

Future learn uses the British Council’s expertise as a resource to help structure the Exploring English: Language and Culture online training. The course has been divided into four broad topics to provide in-depth information about this area of study. Candidates may join the course immediately for free and begin learning at their own pace and comfort.

The course of English pronunciation in a global world is offered by the platform of Future Learn in association with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. This course is a 100 percent online course. The duration of the course is 4 weeks. The enrolled candidate has to invest at least 3 hours weekly for pursuing this course. 

The candidate can upgrade their subscription plans by paying a fixed amount according to the guidelines of the platform and avail of certification for this course. Additionally, candidates can also upgrade their subscription plans and can increase the duration of the course.

Specific education background is not required for pursuing this course. This course is for those who want to learn the basics of the English language, improve their pronunciation, and upgrade their accents. The candidate can subscribe to the whole one-year membership where they can avail of benefits like accessibility to the other short courses with the certification of achievement, discussions, printable course completion certificate.

Learn how to make use of the English language in different situations with the 4 weeks online course. This Basic English 2: Pre-Intermediate certification will increase a candidate’s fundamental speaking and listening skills requiring a time investment of just 4 hours in a single week. The main audience of this course is the refugees of the MENA region who want to learn the basics of English required for their study or work.

Basic English 2: Pre-Intermediate certification syllabus will mainly teach the candidate’s to listen to other people’s English conversations by using their listening power so that they can make use of the same in other different situations, and give an introduction of themselves fluently. The developed knowledge of the students will also be tested by asking them to write small answers to easy questions on the discussion board.

When the Basic English 2: Pre-Intermediate training ends the applicants who were studying through this course will have more confidence in themselves because it will increase their ability in understanding English at the grass-root level. This course will help them in various stages of their life in becoming students or working professionals.

Basic English 1: Elementary certification is a free course for 4 weeks that is a joint online alliance of King's College London with FutureLearn, and its supporter is UK aid. If candidates have always wanted to learn the English Language, with its use in both work or study purposes. Not only communicative English but also basic listening skills can be learned with this basic Communication Course.

Basic English 1: Elementary certification syllabus will help basically to progress from basic to pre-intermediate English. Candidates will also be able to participate in activities like talking about hobbies, likes, music art with families, and friends with the use of basic grammar like subject pronouns, past, and present tenses, and focusing on their pronunciation.

Since candidates will be able to read, write, and speak proper English, they will be introducing themselves fluently and will be able to join conversations overcoming their fear. With the use of both computers, and smartphones candidates will hear people speak English on different occasions with quizzes to test their knowledge.

An online English for Healthcare certification course by King's College London is exclusively available on the FutureLearn platform. This 3 hours weekly course is thought of mainly for professionals who want to learn the healthcare language and vocabulary and is put under the category of Healthcare and Medicine. The healthcare language can be quite difficult, but with this course, candidates will explore the English language skills required for a healthcare study.

Having the terminologies, and communication related to the healthcare sector on different occasions, the English for Healthcare certification syllabus covers all these aspects. Not only this but listening to English through the healthcare personnel recordings also is a part of the course curriculum. Candidates can test their own knowledge by writing suitable answers for discussed questions by using the Language taught.

Anyone with an interest in the healthcare sector communication will be eligible for the English for Healthcare training. To feel more confident when speaking the healthcare language, candidates will explore English more, and develop a more caring attitude towards patients.

A 4 weeks short English for the Workplace certification course is ideal for students who wish for the betterment of their English skills that are required for surviving in the workplace. This online course has been prepared exclusively by FutureLearn and The British Council. If being confident in speaking, and reading the English language is the main aim then this course has to be the only choice of the candidates. 

English for the Workplace certification syllabus will actually focus on key aspects of workplace English. In this course, candidates will watch videos and then also listen to audio recordings of other people who are in work situations. This online course is a part of the Business, and Management courses of FutureLearn.

English for the Workplace training will help candidates practice English in workplace scenarios by learning English expressions, that can help in examining the situations for applying successfully to jobs, and also giving successful interviews. During this entire course, the candidates will get prepared to share their experiences with their peers.