Direct and Indirect Speech Course
Gain expertise in direct and indirect speech for crafting precise workshop notes, emails, and reports. Master tense shifts, reporting verbs, tone adjustments, and politeness strategies to ensure your professional communication is accurate, concise, and accessible to all audiences. This course equips you with practical skills through exercises and real-world examples for immediate application in daily work.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This practical course teaches you to master direct and indirect speech for accurate reporting of conversations. Learn tense backshifting, pronoun and time changes, reporting questions, commands, suggestions, modal verbs, and conditionals. Use clear templates, micro-exercises, and examples from notes, emails, and feedback to apply rules confidently in professional tasks.
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Develop skills
- Master reported speech by converting real dialogues quickly and accurately.
- Transform questions and commands using proper tense, pronoun, and time shifts effortlessly.
- Adapt tone and register to report speech politely in professional settings.
- Explain grammar choices clearly with brief and convincing justifications.
- Convert meetings into clear notes by blending direct and indirect speech effectively.
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