Teaching Methods

If you choose to study with us, you will have a teacher who is friendly, patient and will explain everything clearly. Your teacher will help you with your writing, your reading, your listening and your speaking, which will include how you pronounce words in English. He will also correct your English in a supportive and understanding way so that you learn what to say or write the next time you use a particular word, phrase or sentence.

Classes are all two and a half hours long, with a break of 10–15 minutes to give you time for a coffee or to talk to other students.

In each class you will normally do two or three of these important activities:-

Grammar. Your teacher will explain, (and give you a copy of), the rules of a point of grammar in simple, clear English, and will then give you a written exercise based on the grammar you have just learned. Once you have finished the exercise, you will go through the answers with your teacher, to practise and correct your grammar, both written and spoken.
Vocabulary. Your teacher will spend time on a different subject or topic in each class, (for example, work, home, travel, towns, and many others) so you can learn the meaning of the words and expressions that you need to know in the UK, or any other country where English is the main language. You will study some information, and then do an exercise based on the subject. When you have finished, your teacher will go through the answers with you, helping you with the spelling and pronunciation of the words you are learning.
Communication. You will usually do a communication activity which gives you time to speak and practise English with your teacher and other students. This is normally done in pairs, (you and one other student), or groups of 3 or 4, and is often a competition with other pairs or groups. Your goal may be to finish a task or find the solution to a problem before everyone else. Some activities need you to analyse and discuss information, in others you talk to other students and make decisions. Some of the activities are games and others are musical; all of them should be fun!