Course description
Gain advanced English language skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
This will enable you to deal effectively and confidently with most situations in an English-speaking country. These English skills will also provide a basis for you to be able to progress into mainstream academic programmes from the National Qualifications Framework (Level 6 and above).
It is expected that you will study for 35 hours per week, including a minimum of 17.5 hours per week in structured directed learning, and at least 17.5 hours per week in self-directed study.
This qualification is made up of four courses in reading, writing, speaking and listening. All courses are compulsory and will be studied at the same time. Within each of these skills, complex grammatical structures, tenses and vocabulary for specific purposes will be utilised.
Reading (15 credits)
Gain and understanding of the organisation of academic/specialised texts in order to locate specific information, take notes, summarise and differentiate between fact and opinion.
Writing (15 credits)
Learn how to produce crafted texts for specified audiences in academic or professional contexts, including discursive essays, research reports and business cases.
Speaking (15 credits)
Discover how to speak on a range of academic/professional topics within academic and/or professional contexts and to be capable of sustaining discourse on a particular topic.
Listening (15 credits)
Demonstrate an understanding of spoken texts and learn how to process information for academic and/or professional purposes.
Duration
17 weeks full-time (plus two weeks study break)
By successfully completing this programme, you will have the English language skills to:
understand the main ideas of complex spoken texts
speak with fluency and spontaneity to communicate information, ideas and thoughts in extended discussions on a range of familiar and unfamiliar topics
use appropriate skills and language to manage interactions in a wide range of formal and informal settings
read and understand complex texts independently on familiar and unfamiliar topics
summarise and synthesise information across a range of complex texts for a specific purpose
write extended, crafted, logically-structured, coherent texts appropriate to audience and purpose
be able to synthesise, evaluate and apply information and arguments from a range of sources.
Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.
