* The course has been included in the list of reimbursable courses for CEF purposes (One of these courses can be taken in conjunction with a Focus on Listening & Speaking course at the same level in order to qualify for funding)

About This Course

Activates and extends your knowledge of English grammar while developing your speaking, writing, listening and reading skills.

Course Objectives

You will work towards the following learning outcomes:

• ask and answer questions
• describe people and pictures
• tell a short story
• talk about future plans and intentions
• describe experience and recent actions
• make comparisons
• revise and extend your knowledge of various verb tenses, modal verbs and sentence patterns
• develop your ability to use them communicatively in both spoken and written contexts

Covering the following grammar points:

• Question formation
• Present Simple and Continuous
• Past Simple and Continuous
• Going to and Will
• Present Perfect
• Past Simple and Present Perfect
• Comparatives and superlatives
• Verbs plus infinitive or -ing
• Modals of Obligation
• 1st and 2nd conditionals
• Modals of possibility (may, might)
• Should
• Used to
• The Passive Voice
• Past Perfect

Course Content

The course book is New English File Pre-Intermediate. Your teacher will select the most relevant material from the book and supplement it to make lessons relevant and stimulating.

Demonstrating Progress

Your teacher will give you a number of assessed tasks based on the core objectives of the course. They will grade you for each task and from this, your homework and course tests, your teacher will be able to advise you about your progress and suggest a suitable course for the next semester. For semester B courses your performance and teacher’s recommendation will determine whether you move to the next level.

You receive an attendance certificate when you have completed your first term, and a report when you have completed both Term A and Term B as well as a course completion certificate if you attend at least 75% of lessons and complete assessments successfully.