Learn English in London Beckenham - English Language Course in London

In the afternoons:

• Free time for private studies, leisure activities, recreation or work!!

Standard Course: Important details at one glance:

• Tuition: 20 lessons per week, covering all areas of general English
  
• Time schedule: 9.00 AM – 12.30 PM
  
• Year around
• Minimum 2 weeks
• Elementary - Advanced (Beginners can not attend this course)
• Maximum class size - 14
• Average age 21-28
• Private studies / home work approx. 3-5 hours per week
• Orientation and welcome pack (including map)
• Testing usually takes place on Monday
• Weekly progress test and optional exit test
• Course certificate for students who successfully complete 90% of the course.
  

• Course starts: Every Monday (except for holidays, on Tuedays)
• Beginners - advanced; Absolute beginners have to start on the first Monday of a month
• Tuition: 28 lessons per week
• Time schedule: General English from 9.00am – 12.30 pm from Monday - Friday (30 minutes break) + Special Interest Groups from 13.30pm – 15.00pm from Monday – Thursday
• Self-Study Option on Tuesday afternoon from 15.15pm – 16.45pm
• Maximum class size (morning classes) - 14, Afternoon module class sizes are generally smaller than morning classes, with an average of 6-8 students. During the summer season class sizes are similar to morning classes.
• Private studies / home work approx. 5 hours per week
  
• Orientation and welcome pack (including map)
• Testing usually takes place on MondayWeekly progress test and optional exit test
• Course certificate for students who successfully complete 90% of the course.
• Free consultation for all students of the trimester intensive course and the academic year intensive course

AFTERNOON MODULES:

Options from beginner – to pre-intermediate level (all year round):

1. Fluency and Discussion:
   This special interest group focuses on speaking, speaking and more speaking! It will improve your fluency, pronunciation and vocabulary and help you gain in confidence.
   
   • Contributing to discussions
   • Using role play to communicate
   • Developing mini-presentations
   • Taking part in drama activities
   
   
2. Listening and Pronunciation:
   This special interest group will improve your spoken performance in English
   
   • Concentrating on sounds, stress, rhythm and intonation
   • Working with sound units
   • Using primary and secondary stress
   • Understanding sentence rhythm – intonation, emotion and meaning

Options from intermediate – to advanced level:

1. Business English/English for Work:
   These lessons cover the essential areas of business English and develop the language you need to conduct business in English. Topics include: communication, meetings, entertaining the client, brand power, cash flow and public relations.
   
   • Enhancing vocabulary for business and commerce
   • Conducting negotiations and meetings
   • Improving presentations and written reports
   • Gaining skills in business correspondence
   • Being effective in business socializing
   
   
2. IELTS Preparation:
   These specialist IELTS preparation lessons cover the essential grammar, vocabulary and language skills required for success in the IELTS examination. These lessons also cover exam techniques, self-correction techniques and include regular practice exams.
   
   • Studying exam techniques and strategies
   • Developing skills to read more quickly and effectively
   • Picking out important information as you listen
   • Answering different types of questions
   • Organising your writing
   
   
3. Academic Reading and Writing:
   If you are preparing for academic study at university, these special interest classes will improve your reading and writing and presentation skills to the standard required for effective degree-level study.
   
   • Developing presentation skills
   • Learning how to plan and write an essay
   • Learning how to research a subject effectively
   • Improving your reading strategies

Additional Special Interest Groups:

Summer season - Modules during the summer season can include:

• Travel & Tourism
• Cultural Studies
• Media
• Studies and Grammar Workshops if there is sufficient demand.

International Diploma of English: Semester Dates and Duration

Assessment
Regular, formal assessment forms an important part of this course. You will be carefully monitored and guided to ensure you are achieving your full potential. Your work will be collated in your Learning Development File, which you can keep after your course. You will also be presented with the school´s International Diploma of English during a special awards ceremony for your Diploma year. Assessment on the International Diploma of English includes:

• regular tests throughout the course
• regular essays and written presentations throughout the course
• oral presentations
• special work project
• oral exam
• written exam

Sample Curriculum overview

1. General English lessons (all students)
   20 lessons per week will focus on the key areas of language development so that you improve your English quickly and effectively. As you develop in skill and confidence, so you will start to concentrate on more specialist language areas. Overall, you will develop your skills in each of the following areas:
   
   • Reading
     
   • Writing
   • Listening
   • Speaking
   • Comprehension
   • Grammar
   • Vocabulary
   • Expression
   Total: 20 lessons per week
2. Guided independent study lessons (all students)
   In addition, 6 guided independent study lessons will help you develop the skills you’ve acquired in the classroom, as you apply them in a range of contexts. You can use online resources in the multimedia self-access study facility, or you might work on projects using magazines, books and video resources relevant to your learning topics.
   Total: 6 lessons per week
   
3. Special Interest Group lessons (Intensive only)
   The Intensive Year and Semester includes 8 lessons per week of more specialist subjects which you choose according to your own personal learning needs. You will first focus on extra language development subjects and then move on to more specialist subject areas. We will ensure you study the right subjects for your needs.
   Sample Special Interest Group subjects for language development
   
   • Communication skills (up to Intermediate level)
   • Idioms and Further Vocabulary
   • Conversation Practice
   • Listening and Pronunciation
   • British Life and Culture
   Sample Special Interest Group subjects for specialist study
   
   • IELTS Preparation
   • FCE and CAE Preparation
   • Academic Reading and Writing
   • Academic Study Skills
   • Communication Skills (Upper- Intermediate and above)
   • Business English
   • English for Work
   • Art & Design
   • Reading Club
   Total: 8 lessons per week
4. Evening lecture progamme
   The school also runs a programme of optional evening lectures which will greatly enhance your learning experience. There are 2 one-hour lecture per week, one on a language-based topic and the other on a subject of cultural interest relevant to the UK.
   Sample language lectures
   
   • Grammar Seminar: Conditionals
   • Language Seminar: Adjectives and Verbs
   • Dialects: Different Types of English
   • Grammar Workshop: Passives
   • Phrasal Verbs
   Sample cultural lectures
   
   • British Comedy: Laughter in English
   • Charles Dickens - His Life and Times
   • Animation - Moving Images
   • Poetry Workshop
   • King Henry VIII

Details:

• Tuition: 20 or 28 lessons per week
  
• Duration: 10 or 12 weeks
• Minimum Levels: FCE – Intermediate; CAE – Upper-Intermediate
• Maximum class size - 12
• Average age 18-30

Price includes

• 20 or 28 lessons per week
• Placement test on arrival, weekly progress tests and regular homework
  
• Study File, teaching amterials and course book
  
• Use of self-access study facilities
  
• Free email and internet
  
• Regular social activities
  
• End-of course certificate
  

The exam fee is not included in the course price.

Prices: FCE: GBP 90.00; CAE: GBP 93.00 (Fees are subject to change and have to be reconfirmed at the moment of registration).

Note: As the exam takes place the week following the end of the course, students should book an extra week of accommodation.

Cambridge Exams must be booked at least 8 weeks in advance.

• 28 lessons per week
• Placement test on arrival, weekly progress tests and regular homework
  
• Study File, teaching materials and course book
  
• Use of self-access study facilities
  
• Free email and internet
  
• Regular social activities
  
• End-of course certificate

Price includes

• 20 lessons (15 hours) per week in international classes in the morning or afternoon as dictated by timetable. Well-structured classroom lessons are combined with speaking and listening exercises to give students an opportunity to use English in a wide variety of everyday situations including travelling, shopping, living in an English home, going to a restaurant, talking to friends, using public transport, going out in the evening, etc.
• Optional sports and activity programme with at least 3-4 activities per week. There is also a selection of paid activities.
• Weekly excursion - destinations may include Bath, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Winchester, Winsdsor, Oxford, Brighton , London, etc. All excursions include a sightseeing tour on foot or by bus. Transportation included - entry fees to attractions are not included.
• Placement test, weekly progress tests and us of course book
• End-of-course certificate
• Free email and internet
• 24 hour emergency number
• End of course party
  
• Accommodation: Twin or single room in a host family with half board (breakfast / dinner) incl.

Excursions schedule*:

• Saturday 20 June. Windsor.
• Saturday 27 June. Cambridge.
• Saturday 04 July. Canterbury & Rochester.
• Saturday 11 July. Oxford.
• Saturday 18 July. Brighton
• Saturday 25 July. Windsor
• Saturday 01 August. Cambridge.
• Saturday 08 August. Canterbury & Rochester
• Saturday 15 August. Oxford.
• Saturday 22 August. Brighton
• Saturday 29 August. Windsor.
  

*Subject to change without notice  

• 20 lessons (15 hours) per week in international classes in the morning or afternoon as dictated by timetable + 1 weekly full day excursion (always on Saturday), 1 weekly half-day trip, full programme of sports and activities (one free activity per day)
• Duration: Minimum 2 weeks (2-11 weeks)
• Available from mid-June to the end of August (every Monday from 15th June - 17th August / the course ends on 28th August 2009)
• Minimum age: 14 Minimum age - 14 (average 14-18)
• Maximum class size 16 students
• Level: Beginner - Advanced
• Lessons operate on a shift system with a combination of morning and afternoon sessions.
• 24 hour emergency number
• End of course party
• Weekly laundry
• Accommodation: Twin or single room in a host family with daily half board + lunch during the week from Monday to Friday in the school cafeteria

Excursions schedule*:

• Saturday 20 June. Windsor.
• Saturday 27 June. Cambridge.
• Saturday 04 July. Canterbury & Rochester.
• Saturday 11 July. Oxford.
• Saturday 18 July. Brighton
• Saturday 25 July. Windsor
• Saturday 01 August. Cambridge.
• Saturday 08 August. Canterbury & Rochester
• Saturday 15 August. Oxford.
• Saturday 22 August. Brighton
• Saturday 29 August. Windsor.
  

*Subject to change without notice  

Accommodation in the school´s residence (Code FR)
The accommodation at our London summer camp is excellent. Rooms are large, modern and clean. There is a full laundry service and rooms are cleaned daily. There is a mixture of smaller study bedrooms and larger dormitories (with a maximum of 6 students per room). The communal bathrooms are also of a good standard with plenty of showers. There are a number of common rooms which the students can use to watch films, chat to friends and generally relax. There will be 24 hours supervision by qualified members of our staff.

Accommodation in selected host families (Code FH)
Alternatively you can also choose to stay with one of our carefully selected host families. Accommodation in a host families gives students the opportunity to get to know the country´s culture whilst practising the language at the same time. Students get a free transfer service from their host families to the school in the morning and back in the afternoon.

Plenty of healthy food
There will be 3 meals served each day in the school dining hall. This will include breakfast, lunch and dinner. There will also be ‘orange and biscuits’ at supper time before bed. Packed lunches will be provided when students go on trips. The school has a reputation for good food and there will be plenty of choice and lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.
There will also be a school tuck-shop when students can buy snacks and drinks.

A stimulating Learning Programme
There will be 20 lessons (45 minutes each) per week. Lessons will take place in the morning Monday to Friday. Students will study in small groups (maximum 16 in a class) at appropriate levels. There is a balanced syllabus which includes reading, writing, speaking and listening. Emphasis will be given to speaking and listening and students will be expected to use their English in class to complete group tasks, role-play activities and project work. The aim of our learning programme is to encourage students to use their English as much as possible in and out of the classroom. Our classroom activities are intended to promote rapid learning – we hope the students will also have fun along the way

Care and Supervision
Our summer camp will be managed by a team of suitably qualified and experienced staff. There will be 24-hour care and supervision on site to ensure all the students are safe, secure and happy.

An excellent sports and activities programme
There will be a wide range of different activities including: Tennis, swimming, water-polo, table tennis, football, badminton, baseball, cricket, team games, mini-olympics, archery, dance and many others. All sports will be on site and properly supervised. Activities will include treasure hunts, quiz nights, karaoke, bingo, art and crafts, talent shows, blind-date, casino night, international evenings, movie nights, drama workshops, parties and discos. Again all our activities will be supervised by qualified staff.

Examples of Free Activities

• London City Tour
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Film showing
• Drama Workshop

Examples of Paid Activities

• British Museum (Travelcard fee)
• Camden Market (Travelcard fee)
• Imperial War Museum (Travelcard fee)
• Tower of London (Travelcard fee)
• Westminster Walk (Travelcard fee)
• Madam Tussaud's (Travelcard fee and entry)
• Natural History Museum (Travelcard fee and entry)
• Greenwich Royal Observatory (Travelcard fee and entry)