Fulfill your High School English Communication requirement at home with training from Penn Foster High School. We’ll guide you through the course with class notes, textbooks and unlimited instructor support. Each lesson has been specifically designed for independent study – you’ll learn English Communication in no time.

Course Description
 
English Communication is a review course designed to refresh grammar and writing skills and to help students communicate more effectively. It explains how to avoid grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and other errors when writing sentences and paragraphs; how to write precisely and effectively; and how to improve one’s image by using the right word in the right place, whether writing or speaking.

The course includes three study units:

• English Communication, Part 1
• English Communication, Part 2
• English Communication, Part 3

Course Objectives
 
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Improve their communication skills by expanding their vocabulary and word usage
• Converse more easily and effectively, and with greater self-confidence
• Understand others better, at work and in social situations
• Learn more readily, both formally and informally, and with greater comprehension
• Improve their spelling by such methods as analyzing their common spelling errors,
  applying spelling rules, and mentally picturing how a word is spelled
• Define and effectively use homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms
• Define and correctly use words formed from familiar root words
• Recognize prefixes and use them to change the meanings of words
• Recognize suffixes and use them according to the role a word plays in a sentence
• Spot, correct, and avoid making errors in grammar
• Use correct punctuation to help make their writing clear and effective
• Learn and practice skills that professional writers and editors use every day
• Focus their attention on the mechanics of correctly placing words on a page
• Construct paragraphs with strong topic sentences, related explanatory details, and
  smooth transitions 

Course Outline

English Communication, Part 1

Language: A Key to Success; Language and Self-Image; Your Best Way of Learning;
The Three Vocabularies: Oral, Written, and Recognition; Phonetic Analysis; Sound-Letter Correspondence; Syllables; Accent Marks; Structural Analysis; Context Clues; Using a Dictionary; Vocabulary Notebook; Importance of Spelling; Improving Your Spelling; Commonly Misspelled Words; Spelling Rules; Homonyms; Near Homonyms; Synonyms; Antonyms; How to Practice Vocabulary-Building; Language Leap Reviews

English Communication, Part 2

Root Words: The Origins of Word Families; Sensory and Action Root Words; Other Common Roots; Prefixes: Clues to Meaning; Negative and P Prefixes; Prefix Relationships; Context Clues; Suffixes: Inflectional, Verb, Comparative, Superlative, and Derivational; Words Used as Suffixes; Words with Two Suffixes; Spelling Changes; Language Leap Reviews

English Communication, Part 3

Importance of Grammar; Matching the Verb with the Subject; Matching the Pronoun and Its Antecedent; Generic Nouns; Using Pronouns: Personal, Subject, Object, Possessive, Relative, Intensive, Reflexive, and Demonstrative; Using Modifiers; Using Prepositions; Commonly Confused Words; Importance of Punctuation; External Marks of Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points; Internal Marks of Punctuation: Commas, Dashes, Semicolons, Colons, Parentheses, Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Slashes, Underlining, Italics, Ellipses, and Brackets; Mechanics of Writing: Abbreviations, Hyphenation, Word Division, and Capitalization; Paragraph Construction: Topic Sentences, Explanatory Sentences, and Logical Relationships of Sentences; Linking Paragraphs: Transitional Words and Phrases; Paragraph Length; Language Leap Reviews

After registering for the English Communication course, all of your learning materials will be shipped directly to you. If you like, you can also go to our website and download some of your study materials to get a head start. Your learning materials will guide you through the course content, explaining concepts and operations through a series of lessons. After each lesson, you’ll take an exam which you can submit by phone or our website. As you pass each lesson, you’ll proceed to the next topic until you complete the course.

There are three exams that need to be passed to complete your course in English Communication and you’ll have up to 15 weeks to complete the course.
 
Support
If you should ever need help with your studies, you can e-mail or call our instructors who will gladly help you with any questions that you might have.

Study Time
Since there is no set class schedule, you study when and where it’s convenient for you. You can complete your course as quickly as you’d like.

Completion
When you have successfully completed your course, you will receive a letter of completion along with an official transcript listing your completed course(s) and grades. You can apply your course towards our Diploma Program or a diploma from your local High School (be sure to check with your school authorities regarding mandatory attendance policies and whether they agree that the Penn Foster High School Program is acceptable toward the completion of your high school education). 
 
Accreditation
Penn Foster High School is accredited by The Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools; has met the high standards of integrity and performance set by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), Washington D.C., and is licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Private Licensed Schools.

Whether you’re looking for accelerated studies or credit recovery, regionally and nationally accredited Penn Foster High School provides the courses you need to complete your High School Diploma.