Courses Available
What courses are available?
There are 6 courses available for beginners,
intermediate and advanced students. Students can study with others in a
shared classroom or with only 1 other student and the teacher in a
private classroom.
How long are the courses?
The class courses last 12 sessions (3
months) with a session a week. Each session lasts an hour and a half (90
minutes).
The private classroom courses last 4
sessions (1 month) with a session a week. Each session lasts 1 hour (60
minutes)
What is the content of each of the
courses?
1. Beginners will learn and practise
listening, speaking, reading and writing.
At the end of 3 months
students will be able to ask, answer questions and make statements about
themselves, work, hobbies, daily routines, greetings, introductions, and
feelings (likes and dislikes).
They will learn about rooms and
furniture, objects in homes and schools, directions, requests for
personal details (name, age, address, phone number), give advice,
apologize, and express gratitude.
They will be able to describe
an illness to a doctor, make a hotel/flight/restaurant reservation,
appointments, discuss favorite food, the alphabet and numbers (1-100),
dates and appointments using the present, past, and future.
2. Intermediate students will learn
and practise listening, speaking, reading and writing.
At the end of 3 months students will be able
to conduct simple conversations about themselves and their work and
express their opinions about familiar and unfamiliar topics.
They will give information, make
comparisons, express possibilities, necessities, preferences, sympathy,
worry, and concern, movies, sports, romance, travel, families, holidays,
lifestyles, beauty, fashion, health, wealth, money, shopping, adventure
travel, and life in the future.
Upon completion of this course, the student
will be able to understand short texts on a variety of topics, write
emails, short notes, and fill in forms.
3. Advanced students will learn and
practise listening, speaking, reading and writing.
At the end of 3 months students will be able
to understand long conversations on familiar and unfamiliar topics,
discuss friendship, dating, romance, art, music.
They will use expressions of encouragement
and interest, express complaints and disagreements, agreements, discuss
and find solutions to problems, express wishes, purposes, goals, ask for
permission, offer help, return telephone calls and leave messages, give
and respond to unpleasant information.
Upon completion of this
course, the student will be able to understand long, authentic texts on
a variety of topics, and write lengthy letters.
4.
Beginners - personal one-to-one English tuition for 1 month
Beginners will benefit from the personal
attention of a professional teacher to begin the English basics
correctly.
Students will learn the sounds of the English alphabet
and practice reading and writing basic words so they can catch up to the
beginner's class.
5. Intermediate - personal one-to-one
English tuition for 1 month
Intermediate students may wish to speed up
the program and save time so they can go on to the advanced level.
They will work on both conversational English as well as on spelling and
writing. Personal one-to-one tuition will speed results.
6.
Advanced - personal one-to-one English tuition for 1 month
Advanced students will find the personal
tutoring excellent for business and special purposes. Students may wish
to get additional help in reading and writing essays, research papers
and other specialized material.
They may also learn how to
present their work to a large audience and receive personal coaching to
enhance their performance.
7. Teacher Training - Integrating technology
into the curriculum
Motivating students for life-long learning
is important to the future of education. Teachers will learn how to
integrate technology into their classes by creating online learning
environments. Teachers will learn to create and use WebQuests to promote
student collaboration and team work.
