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General English

The six General English courses cover Low Beginner to High Advanced levels. The Low Beginner level is suitable for beginner learners and includes extra support for everything from handwriting to pronunciation. The next two levels are task-based and interactive, giving students opportunities to learn and use new language in real-life situations. The higher three levels follow a skills-based approach. Language learning moves from vocabulary and task-based approaches that focus on fluency development to one more clearly focused on accuracy and complexity. The overall General English package contains over 150 hours of online and face to face language learning materials.

Modules:

  • Low Beginner
  • High Beginner
  • Low Intermediate
  • High Intermediate
  • Low Advanced
  • High Advanced

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IELTS Test Preparation

IELTS Test Preparation is aimed at learners with an Intermediate to Upper Intermediate level of English. It provides over 800 hours of online learning and comes with a complete set of Classroom Resources (18 reusable lesson plans + student worksheets) and a Teacher Handbook. The course will be of most benefit to students wanting to improve their general English proficiency and IELTS test-taking skills.

Modules:

  • Academic Reading
  • Academic Writing
  • General Reading
  • General Writing
  • Listening
  • Speaking

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BULATS Test Preparation

BULATS (Business Language Testing Service) Test Preparation is aimed at learners with an Upper Intermediate and above level of English. BULATS Test Preparation provides over 170 hours of online learning and comes with a complete set of Classroom Resources (18 reusable lesson plans + student worksheets) and a Teacher Handbook. The package is recommended for government agencies, companies and organizations throughout the world who want to improve the English language skills of their staff, trainees or new recruits, or for individual students wanting to pass the official BULATS test.

Modules:

  • Reading & Language
  • Listening
  • Speaking
  • Writing

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English for Business

English for Business is one of the most comprehensive online resources for people who would like to improve their English language skills in a business context. It is aimed at learners with an Upper Intermediate and above level of English. The course consists of more than 80 online lessons with hundreds of interactive practice exercises based on input from written and spoken texts (audio and video) that are commonly used in a work or business situation.

Modules:

  • Reading & Language
  • Listening
  • Speaking
  • Writing

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English for IT

English for IT enables students to develop general and subject-specific English language skills within an IT context through the use of graded IT texts, audios, videos and interactive exercises. English for IT is aimed at learners with an Intermediate and above level of English and provides over 150 hours of online learning and comes with a complete set of Classroom Resources (20 reusable lesson plans + student worksheets) and a Teacher Handbook.

Modules:

  • Level 1 very basic or no computer knowledge, and with rather limited English language skills
  • Level 2 basic computer knowledge/competence and limited English language skills
  • Level 3 a reasonable level of computer skills, and Intermediate English language skills
  • Level 4 a good level of computer competence/knowledge and advanced English language skills

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English for Hospitality

English for Hospitality is designed specifically for people working or hoping to work in the hospitality industry. This 60-hour mixed-mode course provides interactive learning material for students to practise their language skills at an Elementary level. English for Hospitality comes with a complete set of Classroom Resources (20 reusable lesson plans + student worksheets) and a Teacher Handbook.

Modules:

  • Module 1 taking messages, taking reservations, giving information and answering questions
  • Module 2 asking for information, explaining services and facilities
  • Module 3 giving directions, responding to room service requests and taking orders
  • Module 4 dealing with complaints, processing bills and dealing with payment problems

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Teaching ESOL

TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is an engaging, interactive online resource specifically designed to help those who would like to teach English to speakers of other languages to become more effective and efficient in the classroom. The course is aimed at learners with an Advanced level of English and provides classroom worksheets, links to useful online classroom resources, as well as a rich reference library for additional reading. An estimated time of 50 hours in total is required to complete the TESOL online course.

Modules:

25 Lessons

The first 8 lessons focus on theory. The next 12 lessons deal with teaching language skills and language knowledge and have more of a practical focus. In the last 5 lessons you are provided with some additional teaching information for discussion.

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English for Health

English for Health is designed for people working or hoping to work in the Healthcare Sector. It provides interactive learning material for students to practise their language skills at Intermediate to Advanced proficiency levels.

This tutorial provides you with a wide range of authentic health-related speaking and listening situations. You will be able to learn and practise the target language through stimulating communicative tasks and activities. You will also focus on developing the vocabulary and the language you need to function successfully in common everyday health contexts.

At the end of each level, students are expected to be able to use a range of functional language, using appropriate vocabulary and grammar structures, to perform the following tasks

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English For Hospitality - Food & Beverage

Academic Vocabulary

Academic Vocabulary is an interactive, online resource which was developed specifically for the vocabularyneeds of international students preparing to take exams or begin postsecondary study in English speaking countries. The course contains a variety of exercises aimed at helping you recognize and reproduce 570 of the most frequently-used academic words in English. Altogether, there are 10 sub-lists of academic vocabulary with exercises, separated to make learning easy. By completing one unit every day, within one month, up to 240 words can become part of your vocabulary range.

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