General English For Adults

The course in 2012 runs this year from June 24 until September 15. People can enrol on any Sunday and stay for between 1 and 12 weeks.

The price is £490 a week all inclusive in a shared room and £590 in a single room.

Each week is made up of 18 taught hours and 15 hours of learning activities.

Large Group/Whole Community Sessions

These sessions are fundamental in establishing a safe and secure environment in which all our students feel encouraged to express themselves.

Many adults can feel vulnerable speaking a language which isn't their mother-tongue. These sessions are designed to overcome this and to replace fear of speaking with excitement about speaking English.

Small Group Classes

You will work for much of the time in a small class with a group at your level. The class size is 4 to 9. You will meet a variety of teachers each with their own teaching style. There will be a lot of discussion, a lot of new vocabulary, and a lot of grammar. The emphasis is always on communication. We use a wide range of techniques and materials. Classes are motivating, student-centred, and fun.

One-To-One Sessions

There are weekly one-to-one tutorials with a teacher. This is a time to design a personal study plan, to set learning targets and for individual coaching. There are also times throughout the week, for example during meals or out on a walk, when students will have individual attention from a teacher.

Guided Study Sessions

During guided study we will introduce students to fundamental ideas in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), giving them exciting and practical ways of learning language. This session is also used for allocating resources for independent study and for monitoring individual progress. Resources available include dictionaries, grammar books, readers with CDs, intensive/extensive listening, pronunciation and vocabulary material, on-line material, newspapers and magazines, business English and exam material.

Small Group Activity Sessions

These include:

• Task-based learning activities to enable student to student interaction and interaction within the local community
• Creative work stimulating imagination and promoting self-expression
• Guided relaxation, visualisation and image work, encouraging total learning - harmonising left and right sides of the brain.

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