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Conversation classes aim to help you achieve fluency and good pronunciation in spoken
English. Classes focus on discussions on stories in the media and topical issues and
presentations. There is no examination for this course; it is intended to help students
enhance their conversational English in an interesting and fun environment.
The class size is small so the teacher can give each student individual attention.
Elementary (CEFR Level A2)
The aim of the Elementary course is to teach you to:
Understand and use simple vocabulary, sentences, expressions, and basic phrases
useful for everyday life in the UK.
Introduce yourself, ask and answer questions about personal details and daily
needs such as where you live, family information, shopping, eating, the local
area, entertainment, and working.
Be able to complete forms and write short texts related to personal information
Understand topical matters, and explain your opinions and advantages and
disadvantages of a situation
Read and understand routine information and articles and the meaning of
information in a familiar area
Produce written work on a range of subjects
Express your opinion and hold discussions with native speakers on a fairly wide
variety of topics with a level of fluency and spontaneity that makes
communication possible without strain.
Understand people speaking English on radio and television, and understand the
main points of complex pieces of writing.
Understand and write, clear and detailed text on a wide range of subjects, both
concrete and abstract, including technical discussions in your field of
specialisation, and express advantages and disadvantages of different points of
view.
make inferences
articulated. They can understand the listening texts with the highest frequency
vocabulary related to areas of
most immediate personal relevance.
Objectives
: Students can;
follow the gist in conversations and monologues on current topics and/or topics
of personal interest
identify specific information in conversations and monologues on current topics
and/or topics of personal interest
make inferences
places
peoples lives
plans/arrangements
events
scan texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from
different parts of text, or from different texts
make inferences
make inferences
opinion
result
reasons
comparison/contrast
: By the end of this level, students can enter into conversation on topics
scan quickly through long and complex texts, locating relevant details
: Students can;
quickly identify the content and relevance of news items, articles and reports on
make inferences
: Students can;
: Students can;
ask for and provide complex information and advice on a range of matters
related to their field of interest / familiar topics
express their ideas and opinions with precision and follow complex interactions
between third parties in group discussion