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English Language Training
for Private Clients
Note:
Our English courses are very flexible and designed to give
you exactly what you need. If you don't feel that any of the
following sections describes what you want to do, please contact
us and we will put together a programme to suit you, combining
whichever elements you would like.
- General
English
- Business English
- English for Specific Purposes
- IELTS Exam Preparation
General English
We provide expert training in
general English at all levels, from beginner to advanced.
The best way is one-to-one, just you and the teacher. We don't
run open group courses but if you would like to share your
lessons with a friend or partner, this can be successful.
For one-to-one courses, we tailor the course to suit the requirements
and interests of each client. This means it moves at your
speed, uses examples and materials of interest and relevance
to you, and can focus more on speaking/listening or on writing/reading,
depending what you want.
We will teach you the grammar
you need to make English work for you and the functional language
of everyday life - for example: shopping, travelling, socialising,
dealing with problems, telephoning. We can also include any
aspects of business English that would be useful to you.
While we believe that grammar
is important, the emphasis is always on communication and
confidence-building.
Your course may be intensive
or longer-term, or a mixture. The timetable is flexible and
we design the course to give you the maximum benefit in the
most efficient way. If you have just moved to England and
speak little English, it would probably be useful for you
to begin with an intensive or semi-intensive programme, to
get you started. After that, you can cut back to two lessons
a week for a while and then just one, to keep you on track.
An intensive programme is 6
hours of lessons per day for a week. A semi-intensive programme
is 3 hours of lessons in either the morning or the afternoon,
for a week or two. If you are in a position to choose, we
recommend the semi-intensive programme because it gives you
more time to assimilate what you are learning.
The most important thing is:
please enrol as soon as you can!
If you learn English properly from the beginning, you will
speak much more accurately and your life in England will be
much easier. Don't make the mistake of wanting to settle in
first. If you pick up bad habits, they are difficult to break
and if you are struggling to live and work in English, some
lessons will help you a great deal.
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Business English
We provide expert training in
business English, usually on a one-to-one basis.
The course is tailor-made to
meet your specific requirements. Whether you are looking for
a job or already working, we concentrate on the areas that
are of interest and use to you.
For example, you may want to work towards being able to do
the following in English without fear of linguistic or cultural
misunderstandings:
- make clear and successful presentations
- speak and understand on the telephone
- attend - or chair - meetings
- negotiate with colleagues, suppliers or clients
- interview a candidate or be interviewed yourself
- write business letters, e-mails and reports
- socialise with colleagues or clients.
Before you start learning business
language, we assume you will already have at least an intermediate
knowledge of general English but we can include in a business
English course any elements of grammar that you particularly
need or that are causing you problems.
The timetable is flexible.
Usually, it is more useful for you to take two or three lessons
a week for a few months than to try to learn business English
intensively. However if you have a big event, such as a conference,
coming up and need a lot of help with it in a short time,
we will be very happy to work intensively with you and make
sure you are well prepared.
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English for Specific Purposes
If you have some specific reason for wanting
to learn English, we can offer you either a few sessions in
which we concentrate completely on your area of interest,
or a more general course, with your interest as the primary
focus.
Please contact
us to discuss your objectives and how we can help you.
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IELTS Exam Preparation
If you are applying to a British
university and need to have a good IELTS score, we can help
you with the whole process.
We are familiar with the content
of IELTS and have a variety of materials for you to use for
preparation and practice. In the week before your exam, we
will give you a complete mock test - including the speaking
interview - so that there will be no surprises when you get
to the real thing.
Depending on your level of English,
it can take up to six months to prepare sufficiently to be
sure of scoring 6.5 or above, so please don't delay getting
started!
During your lessons, we
will of course teach you grammar and vocabulary but we can
also advise you on essay structure, time management, building
your confidence and any other areas of concern to you.
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