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English in Coimbra
Courses for adults
Courses for young learners
Courses for children
Exam preparation classes
Summer courses - Coimbra
English courses for young learners

When and Where
Courses for children run for the academic year from the end of September to the middle of June.

We also have summer courses from the end of June.

Course Content
Our classes will give you the chance to develop competence and confidence in all aspects of English. You will learn to communicate in English by practising your listening and speaking skills as well as developing your grammar and vocabulary.

Classes are taught in English so that you can have maximum contact with the spoken language.

Classes include a range of activities: pair work, group work, project work, presentations. These activities are planned around subjects that you find interesting, and that you can engage with. We allow you to develop your English skills through different mediums such as the internet, music, using the Interactive whiteboard (IWB) and a wealth of other things.

Assessment is continuous, based on your work throughout the year and the report which your parents receive at the end of each term.

Approach and methodology
These courses, which cover beginners to more advanced levels, provide you with a knowledge of English that will enable you to function in any area which you may come into contact with. English, not just at school but also when travelling, using the Internet or in your future academic and/or professional lives.

At some of the levels you will receive a portfolio of materials to focus your learning.

Our qualified and experienced teachers understand the strategies needed to motivate you and provide you with an interesting, varied and full learning experience. They are your first point of contact and you can always ask them if you have any questions or doubts.

Our methodology is student-centred and helps you develop your own learning strategies to become more independent and confident as a learner.

International qualifications
Our courses include preparation for Cambridge ESOL Examinations. The diplomas obtained from these exams are internationally recognised and give added value for your future academic and professional life.

As from this academic year our young learner level system is mapped to the Council of Europe Framework.

Information for parents
Each level has a teacher specifically responsible for that level to supervise pedagogical aspects and guarantee the consistency and coherence of the student’s progress. In addition there is a Senior Teacher  who is responsible for pedagogical and discipline matters at these levels, as well as co-ordinating resources and materials. In this way we make sure that the learning process is clearly structured and consistent.

A system of continuous assessment is used, based on class work, home work, behaviour and test results. At the end of each term parents will receive a report detailing the progress of the students in these areas.

Contact with parents is not restricted to Parents’ Days but is available whenever you request it or whenever the teacher feels it is necessary, for example if there are worries about the progress that the student is making, their attitude in class and absences, and so on.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2009/10

90 hour courses, from September 2009 to June 2010, classes once or twice a week.

Term 1 – 29 September to 15 de December 2009
Term 2 – 05 January to 22 March 2010
Term 3 – 23 March to 19 June 2010

Young learners - 90 hour courses
One payment on registration EUR 1020.00*
Three payments per year, payable at:
time of registration,
and in December
and in March

EUR 400.00*
EUR 340.00
EUR 340.00
One discounted payments per year where
a close relative is already enrolled on courses
with us (applicable only until the end of the first
week of terms 2 and 3).
EUR 990.00*
Three discounted payments per year where
a close relative is already enrolled on courses
with us (applicable only until the end of the first
week of terms 2 and 3; payable as above).

EUR 390.00*
EUR 330.00
EUR 330.00

* Includes Books and Matriculation Fee

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