Course Content
Level 1 (Elementary)
Speaking and Listening
- Learn pronunciation
- Describe people, possessions, places, plans and celebrations
- Ask and answer simple questions
Reading
- Skim and scan for information
- Infer meanings of unfamiliar words
- Group ideas and identify topics and ideas
Writing
- Practise sentence-making skills
- Improve sentence structure
- Write personal letters, emails, notes, and cards understand concept of unity, support and coherence
Level 2 (Pre-Intermediate)
Speaking and Listening
- Practise pronunciation
- Offer suggestions, advice and opinions
- Develop and share detailed plans
Reading
- Skim and scan for key words and information
- Build vocabulary
- Understand paragraph development
Writing
- Understand the writing process
- Write and analyse strong paragraphs
- Understand the concepts of unity, support and concluding sentences
Level 3 (Intermediate)
Speaking and Listening
- Continue to practise pronunciation
- Speak conditionally, hypothetically or speculatively
- Learn how to describe and sell products and places
Reading
- Identify the main points and important supporting information
- Understand complex sentence structures
- Understand the different parts of a text and how they relate to one another
Writing
- Develop a strong essay: introduction, body and conclusion
- Use transitional and logic words in writing
- Describe places, things, and data
- Practise writing to achieve a sale or resolve an issue
Level 4 (Intermediate+)
Speaking and Listening
- Enhance pronunciation
- Present academic and business data
- Acquire effective presentation skills
Reading
- Revise skimming and scanning
- Distinguish fact from opinion
- Learn higher level vocabulary
- Read for speed and comprehension
Writing
- Learn academic essay writing skills
- Analyse and interpret complex graphs, charts and tables
- Present an argument clearly
Level 5 (Upper Intermediate)
Speaking and Listening
- Enhance pronunciation
- Enhance effective presentation skills
- Interview people and conduct a survey
- Debate a complex point in an open forum
Reading
- Summarise a text
- Revise skimming and scanning
- Learn to paraphrase
- Understand sourcing and inference
- Read for speed and comprehension
Writing
- Write strong academic essays
- Analyse and interpret complex graphs, charts and tables
- Build, refute and weigh an argument
