What are Coach Calls?

An expert English Trainer will be assigned to you as your very own English Coach! You will be able to schedule Coach Calls at your convenience, and during each call, an aspect of English would be covered. The topics covered would be personalised to your background, requirements, and level of expertise. You would be expected to complete an assignment after each call, and the Coach will be giving you relevant feedback on the next call. 

Note: The duration of each Coach Call would be approximately 30 minutes. Call slots can be booked on Mondays to Saturdays, between 10 am and 9 pm, and each 30-minute slot is filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The calls will be audio calls over the internet and you will be able to join a call at the scheduled time from your course dashboard. 

How would the Online Courses be structured?

You would get access to three Online Courses, a 40-hour course called STEP Coach, and two special courses - a 20-hour course called STEP for Working Professionals and a 25-hour course called STEP for Competitive Exams. These three courses will be accessible on Web and Android App, for 1 year from the date of purchase. You'll be able to access all modules any number of times without any restrictions. 

Salient features of the 40-hour General English Online Course, STEP Coach:

• 300+ on-demand Video Lessons, 18 Practice Sets, 1 Certification Test
• Speak Better - General Conversations, Pronunciation, Presentation Skills, Appropriate Phrases, etc.
• Write Better - Tone and Audience, Purpose, Sketching/Structuring Arguments, Editing, Proofing, etc.
• Read and Listen Better - Skimming, Scanning, Main/Supporting Ideas, Understanding Infographics, Listening Strategies
• Grammar - Parts of Speech, Subject-Verb Agreement, Tenses, Modals, Conjunctions, Conditionals, etc.
• Vocabulary - Emotions, Colloquialisms, Interests, Idioms, Slang, Social Situations, etc.
• Practice - Practice Sets after each Lesson

Salient features of the 25-hour Online Course, STEP for Competitive Exams:

STEP for Competitive Exams is a unique course which would help you ace your exams by building a good foundation in English. It is designed to help you prepare for UPSC (Prelims and Mains), IBPS/Bank (PO and Clerical), SSC (CGL and CHSL), and other government exams (Insurance, CDS, etc.).

• Focus on Objective, Written, and Interview components of all exams
• Reading Comprehension - How to quickly read and answer? 
• Parajumbles and Word Reordering - Tips to ace these
• Idioms, Phrases, Antonyms/Synonyms with lots of practice
• Precis and Essay Writing - For Written Exams
• Grammar and continuous practice sets
• Vocabulary Sets for Objective Exams
• Standard Interview questions and how to answer those

Salient features of the 20-hour Online Course, STEP for Working Professionals:

• Speak Better - Presentations, Meetings and Discussions, Appropriate Phrases for the Workplace
• Write Better - Professional Emails, Informal Workplace Communication
• Read and Listen Better - Reports, Emails, Understanding Context and Information in Meetings/Discussions
• Grammar and Vocabulary - Intermediate-level Grammar and Vocabulary, with a focus on Workplace Communication
• Practice - Practice Sets after each Lesson

What are LIVE Classes?

With STEP's LIVE Class, you would be able to see the trainer LIVE, ask questions LIVE, and participate in polls and chat LIVE, all from the comfort of your home! All you would need to do is ensure a stable internet connection, and login at the scheduled time on STEP, and we'll make sure you learn something new in the next one hour. If you miss a LIVE session, or if you just want to revisit a lesson, you can always see the recorded session, any number of times!

With Coach Unlimited, you get access to 2 series of LIVE Classes; our regular series, STEP LIVE (Grammar and Vocabulary) and a special series, STEP LIVE (Professional Emails).

STEP LIVE (Grammar and Vocabulary) will cover the following topics:

• Phrasal Verbs
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Modals
• Reported Speech
• Learning through context  
• Collocations

STEP LIVE (Professional Emails) will cover the following topics :

• Introduction and Best Practices
• Email Organisation and Structure
• Understanding Language and Tone
• Email Phrases for Workplace
• Emails for Different Purposes I
• Emails for Different Purposes II