Our General English Courses are for students who wish to improve their English language abilities in the four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. The School's General English courses represent an excellent choice for long-term students wanting to achieve significant English language progress in the shortest period.
The School offers four types of General English based on the number of hours you wish to study and the combination of classes you choose: Semi-Intensive (GE15), Intensive (GE20), Intensive Plus (GE25) and Super Intensive (GE30).
All General English courses are offered all year round for students aged 16+.
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Option 1
GE15 - Semi-Intensive
15 lessons per week
(15 lessons of General English only)
Levels: all
This is the School’s main General English course and all four language skills are covered: reading, writing, speaking and listening, with a balance of language structure (grammar) and practical usage. It aims to increase learners’ confidence in communicating effectively in English, while ensuring that classes are fun and interesting as well as educationally stimulating.
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Option 2
GE20 - Intensive
20 lessons per week
(15 lessons of General English plus 5 lessons of Language Workshop)
Levels: all
This course combines GE15 with 5 Language Workshops of your choice. The Language Workshops focus on developing your language skills further, such as speaking, listening, writing and grammar. There are three Language Workshops to choose from: Fluency Workshop, Grammar Workshop and Writing Workshop. The Language Workshops can also be taken separately as a course GE5.
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Option 3
GE25 - Intensive Plus
25 lessons per week
(15 lessons of General English plus 10 lessons of Language Workshop)
Levels: all
This course combines GE15 with 10 Language Workshops of your choice. The Language Workshops focus on developing your language skills further, such as speaking, listening, writing and grammar. There are three Language Workshops to choose from and Option 3 allows you to attend two of them: Fluency Workshop, Grammar Workshop or Writing Workshop. The Language Workshops can also be taken separately as a course GE5. This is a challenging schedule and provides an opportunity for the very serious student to obtain five Lessons per day of the highest quality English language instruction at a very reasonable price. This course aims to improve learners' fluency, along with increasing their awareness of the mechanics of the English language.
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Option 4
GE30 - Super Intensive
30 lessons per week
(15 lessons of General English plus 15 Language Workshops)
Levels: all
This course combines GE15 with 15 Language Workshops of your choice. The Language Workshops focus on developing your language skills further, such as speaking, listening, writing and grammar. There are three Language Workshops to choose from, and Option 4 allows you to attend all three of them: Fluency Workshop, Grammar Workshop and Writing Workshop. The Language Workshops can also be taken separately as a course GE5.
All of our classes -
no matter what level you are at or whether you are studying General English or an Exams Course –
have the following features in common:
1. Useful Materials:
All our courses follow a set course book which the teachers base the lessons on. Teachers also make good use of other course books, real texts and other supplementary material to help you learn.
2. Communicative:
The classes are very interactive, giving you an opportunity to practice your speaking with other students, to receive correction from the teacher and your classmates and to become more confident in using the language.
3. Student focused:
In the classes you will find yourself doing most of the work. Students are encouraged to participate in the class as much as they possibly can in order to make the most of their time in the School.
Just one rule – always use English!
4. Needs based:
Your teacher will ask you why you want to learn English, what you are hoping to get out of the course and will try to help you achieve your goals.
5. Developmental:
Your course will focus on helping you to develop your grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Please note that 1 lesson equals 45 minutes of tuition.