Spoken English Course

Syllabus for English language

Course overview:

This course is designed for foreigners learning English at an ABC and Elementary levels to acquire and develop the English language knowledge and skills. The course is defined within the common reference European Framework and corresponds to the classic division into Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate.

The Basic User course incorporates 3 basic components:

1.     General English

2.     Business English

3.     Professional (English for Specific Purposes) English

The course aims at developing a wide range of skills:

•  Language Development, which involves grammar and extensive vocabulary learning.
• Writing skills, which have a specific focus on literacy and short essays, memoranda, notes.
• Reading, which involves study of instructional business-related texts of topical relevance.
• Listening, which includes comprehension of gist and detailed information.
• Communication skills, which cover communication situations (within the framework of Breakthrough level).