30 hours tuition per week plus lunch with a teacher and evening activities
The main objective of this intensive course is to improve your understanding of English and to help you
communicate more effectively and with greater confidence whatever your business or profession.
This is a 2, 3 or 4 week course with a maximum
of 4 participants per class. Levels vary from preintermediate
to advanced. You will be sent a
PLACEMENT TEST in advance and the results
of this test help us to identify your strengths and
weaknesses and your level of English. There may
be a short interview on your first morning to enable
us to place you in the right class. You will also be
asked to complete a NEEDS ANALYSIS before
you arrive. The analysis gives us useful background
information and helps us determine your specific
needs in relation to your work and your interests.
Wherever possible, students with similar English
language needs and business backgrounds are
placed together.
Course Content
The following typically
form an integral part of the course:
Grammar - revision of basic structures and introduction
to new structures.
Business and Professional Language - to help
you use English in a working environment according
to your particular needs.
Meetings and Negotiations - simulated business
meetings or meetings on a topic of interest to all.
Discussions - to expand your grammar and vocabulary
in communicative situations.
Presentations - both giving and listening to. You
will be asked to make a presentation which is
frequently work-related to enable you to use vocabulary
applicable to your work. These presentations
are followed by a question and answer
session with the rest of the class.
Telephoning - practice in telephone language
techniques and role play.
Social Language - the development of social
skills in English e.g. language of introductions,
eating out, polite phrases - i.e. how to say the
right thing.
Grammar and business language are normally studied
in the mornings and the afternoons follow a four
week programme concentrating on the skills and
language needed for meetings, presentations, telephoning
etc i.e. Communicative Language.
With all communicative work, the feedback afterwards
is of vital importance to identify strengths
and weaknesses. In addition to the constant monitoring,
the teachers use a variety of technical equipment
to help you see and hear yourself communicating
in English.
The Timetable
Monday to Friday inclusive
08.40 - 10.00 Classroom Work
10.00 - 10.20 Coffee Break
10.20 - 12.00 Classroom Work
12.00 - 13.10 Lunch with a teacher
13.20 - 15.10 Classroom Work
15.10 - 15.30 Tea Break
15.30 - 16.40 Classroom Work
Homework is given daily
Two evening social activities per week
Our Teachers
have considerable experience
in their field. As well as their teaching qualifications
many of them have solid business experience
in a variety of areas. They are, therefore, extremely
well equipped to provide for the specific needs of
each member of their class as well as having a deep
understanding of the concerns experienced by mature
students of English.
Resources
you will be given an appropriate
resource book. Other sources of material include
numerous specialised business and general text
materials and textbooks. In addition, we use daily
newspapers, magazines, business games, videos,
computer programmes, PowerPoint and the internet.
Our library and self-access computer centre
with free high speed ADSL internet access are
available for free-time use. Wireless internet is
available for lap-top users.
is designed to help you
enjoy a variety of activities and local excursions on
two evenings per week. By joining these activities
you gain more chances to communicate in English
and at the same time see more of our beautiful
region.
Weekends are entirely your own to work, explore
or even relax. However, our administration staff
are ready to help you organise a programme or you
can join one of our Dartmoor Walks or excursions.
