General English Course

This General English course aims to enhance the learners’ four language skills with further focus on spoken communication. Learners practice the language through simulations and role plays. There are 5 stages that cover the whole English language spectrum from Beginner to High Intermediate.

Duration: 72 hours / stage.
Frequency: Twice a week, 2 hours per session.

Anyone who seeks to improve their language skills for everyday life situations or for work.

This General English courses seek to improve students’ English skills in a great variety of discourse settings. Students develop communicative competence for social and work-related environments through interactive activities simulating real-life situations. Language skills addressed include: listening, fluency development, oral intelligibility, reading, grammar, writing, and vocabulary development.
Some of the learning outcomes throughout the course include:

• ability to understand spoken English and to communicate in common situations by using appropriate language functions and the appropriate vocabulary with standard pronunciation.
• ability to read and understand high frequency vocabulary and sentences, to write at the sentence and paragraph level with accurate spelling and punctuation and to understand and use accurately verb tenses and grammar.
• ability to understand spoken utterances and vocabulary and to communicate in common situations by using language functions and the appropriate vocabulary with standard pronunciation.
• ability to understand the meaning of common spoken utterances and vocabulary and to communicate in common situations with English speakers by using appropriate language functions and vocabulary with standard pronunciation.