Level: All levels from beginner to advanced Course duration: 1, 2, 3, 4 weeks or longer
No. of Lessons: 25, 30, 35 or 40 lessons per week (45 minute lessons)
The main aim of this course is to help you to understand and to communicate in English within the shortest
time possible. Particular attention is paid to listening, speaking and pronunciation. Clients needing
preparation for special projects, tasks or presentations find this course particularly useful and you will be
able to work on a project or prepare an English Language presentation with your teacher.
You will be asked to complete a Placement Test before you arrive so that we can assess where your areas
of difficulty lie. You will also be asked to complete a Needs Analysis and the results of this analysis help
us to plan your course and select the teacher/s most appropriate to your needs.
Planning the course to meet objectives:
On your first morning you and your teacher will work together to
plan your course. To help you to adjust to a variety of voices, accents etc. you will have one or two different
teachers in the afternoons who will liase with your morning teacher. Here are some of the topics that
you might wish to cover:
Grammar: Revision of grammatical structures and introduction to new structures
Social Language: Introductions, social functions, apologies, polite phrases etc.
Discussion: Topics of specific and general interest are introduced to enable you to improve your discussion
and general conversation skills
Professional Language: Vocabulary relating to work, the company, products, costs/prices etc. Video
and PowerPoint may be used to help you to make presentations on a topic of your choice
Telephoning: Practice in telephone techniques
Resources: You will be given a textbook appropriate to your needs. Other sources of material include
authentic business publications such as the Financial Times, numerous specialised textbooks and the
Internet as well as technical equipment such as DVD/video camera and PowerPoint.
Social Programme
The twice weekly evening activities are designed to give you social contact, some
leisure-time and some fun! Weekends are always free but we have a lot of useful suggestions for you to fill
your time or you may wish to join one of our sightseeing trips or the famous Dartmoor walk!
