Standard General + Business English Course
From 2012.
This course offers 20 lessons per week of General English with 10 classes each week of Business English.
This course is for students who are seeking to communicate effectively in everyday situations and gain a sound understanding of the principles of the English language, and who also wish to develop the language of business transactions.
The course structure is designed around a course book and provides the opportunity for students to improve the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as enhancing and increasing their active / working vocabulary and grammar knowledge.
By the end of their stay the students can expect to have improved not only their communicative competence, through their study of ‘survival’ English and ‘everyday’ English but will have also achieved a new level of learner autonomy and confidence.
2012
Lessons per week: | 20 lessons (15 hours General English) + 10 lessons (7.5 hours) Business English |
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| Lesson times: | 45 minutes |
| Lesson schedule: | Mornings |
| Class size max: | 12 students in General, 6 students in Business |
| Course length: | 1-7 weeks |
| Start dates: | Every Monday |
| Levels: | All levels (Beginners only on first Monday of the month) |
| Entry requirements: | No student visa required |
Sample Timetable
| 2012 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives | Listening: Plans for the future | Authentic Texts: Newspapers and magazines | Reading and Listening: Festivals and events | Grammar: Present perfect, past experiences |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 | Writing: Describing places | Speaking: Interviews and expressing intentions | Listening: Radio news and discussion | Speaking/ Presentations: Festivals and eventsfrom home country | Writing: Past experiences |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Cross-cultural Communication on the Telephone | Conducting a Good Meeting and Establishing a Purpose | Business and Finance | Marketing and International Business | Presentation Technique |
Important note: All classes start one hour later on Monday. New students must come in at 08:00 on Monday for placement testing and induction.
