English Language Course Introduction
Do you need to improve your English skills for business purposes, or you have just relocated to UK?
We offer structured and targeted English tuition, tailoring every class to the trainee’s needs and requirements.
The level of each trainee is carefully assessed before the start of the course. The outline of the course is not limited to the content provided here.
Levels
This course is meant for people who do not have any knowledge of the chosen language.
The course will focus on vocabulary, basic grammar notions which will be blended in the class, audios will be used to develop listening skills and conversation on basic situations such as ordering at the bar, or in a coffee shop/restaurant, to shop in a supermarket or in a store, give physical descriptions, and talk about family, describe a room, give directions, book a hotel and much more!
The student will gain confidence in understanding the language and will be able to speak and join a basic conversation.
BEGINNER/UPPER BEGINNER COURSE
The alphabet
Greetings
Introductions
Telling your name and personal Information (phone number and address)
Spelling your name or someone else’s name
Time Expressions
Talking About your daily routine
Nationalities/countries
Ordering food and drinks at a bar and paying
Reading a simple menu
Talking about preferences
Asking and telling the time
Giving basic directions
Referring events in a chronological order
Expressing frequency
Expressing likes and dislikes
Numbers 1-100
Days of the week, months, years
Grammar:
Articles: The, a, an
Definite and indefinite articles
Auxiliaries: to be and to have
Contractions: Can/Can’t/Do/Don’t/doesn’t/are aren’t
Regular and most common irregular verbs
How to ask questions
Present tense and present perfect of regular verbs
Demonstratives
Possessives
Comparatives and superlatives
Negative form
Some, any
Question tags
Culture:
Where is English spoken in the world?
English countryside
Geography of UK
Going for shopping
Skills acquisition:
Ability to deal with real-life situations
Role plays
Reading small stories
Writing small dialogues
Listening and understanding audios
This course is meant for people who have a basic knowledge of the language, therefore they need to improve their skills and gain confidence in speaking, reading, writing and listening. It is based on grammar tools, vocabulary, reading short stories, listening, writing, and speaking.
At the end of the course the student will be able to deal with most situations while travelling to the country where the language is spoken; describe experiences, events and give opinions or explanations; understand the main points of a conversation encountered at school, work or leisure.
INTERMEDIATE/UPPER INTERMEDIATE
Daily life questions and answers
Describe events, situations,
Give instructions and explanations
Give opinions on various topics
How to write a formal letter, emails
Express past events
Grammar:
Present continuous
Phrasal verbs
If clauses
Present perfect continuous
Past perfect
Culture:
Education in UK
Relationships
Socialising
Future trends
Change
Environmental issues
Job prospects
Good and bad experiences
The news
Audio listening
Skills acquisition:
Speaking – Real life situations
Writing practice – e.g. short articles
Listening TV and radio
Reading small articles, extracts from books, e-books
This advanced course is for people who are confident about their language skills but are looking to master the language and become proficient.
The course looks at grammar rules but at a more advanced level, idiomatic expressions, and with the help of newspapers articles, magazine extracts, you will build up a strong vocabulary. Audios will help you master your listening and speaking skills. You will be able to understand most written and spoken words, being an article, a book or a TV programme.
ADVANCED
Email writing
At the doctors
Booking a flight
Writing a CV
Cover letter
Job application
Giving reviews of products, events, dinners, courses
Telephone calls in real life
Grammar:
Relative clauses
Future forms
Conditional
Gerunds or infinitives
Future continuous
Although, though, in spite of
Native speaker ‘mistakes’ – past participles, and use of me
Future in the past
Formal and informal English
Inversion 1 – negative and limiting adverbs
Inversion 2 – reduced conditionals, adverbs of place or movement, consequences of an adjective
Discourse markers – ‘to tell you the truth’, ‘I mean’, ‘you see’, ‘in other words’, ‘at the end of the day’, ‘I know’, ‘so to speak’
Culture:
TV news
Magazine articles
Regions and cities
Immigration
Sport and society
Royal family
Family
Literature
Young people
British Food, traditional dishes, recipes
Religion and multiculturalism
UK economy and business trends
Women in UK society
Celebrities
Art and history
Skills acquisition:
Speaking
Writing stories, reviews and comments
Listening activities – Radio, TV, films and documentaries
Writing a complaint or a detailed review about a restaurant, book, holiday place
Writing a short story
Summarising an interview, a biography
Interviewing others
Active involvement in a discussion or protest about any topic
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