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Language Courses

English For Today (EFT) in 2015
   

This course is designed for students wishing to improve their English for both personal and professional application. EFT allows students to develop their speaking and listening skills, with an emphasis on contemporary and idiomatic English.

The course is practical, with the use of video and audio material, particularly for improvement of pronunciation. Fluency is aimed for, but a sound grammar base and the correcting of mistakes are not forgotten.

Importantly, every student is invited at the start of each EFT course to tell their teacher which area of English he or she wishes to improve.

 EFT courses

   
Maximum class size: 14
Minimum age: 18
Levels: Lower Intermediate and above
Length of course: 1 to 10 weeks
Start dates: June 29, July 13, 27
August 10, 24
Other start dates are also possible
The EFT course finishes on September 4
Timetable: Mon - Fri  09.15 - 12.45
Number of classes: 20 lessons x 45 minutes (15 hours a week)
   




Sample timetable

Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
09.15 - 10.45
09.15 - 10.45 09.15 - 10.45 09.15 - 10.45 09.15 - 10.45
Language input and practice
Language input and practice Language input and practice Language input and practice Language input and practice
Coffee break
11.15 - 12.45
11.15 - 12.45 11.15 - 12.45 11.15 - 12.45 11.15 - 12.45
Skills: Listening and Speaking activities.
Topic: Scottish issues
Skills: Listening and Speaking activities.
Topic: Crime
Skills: Listening and Speaking activities.
Topic: Scottish inventors and inventions
Skills: Listening and Speaking activities.
Topic: Customs
Skills: Listening and Speaking activities.
Topic: the Media


A Language Classroom...

Students come to Edinburgh and want to learn more about our culture and history. We therefore make it an important part of their course to integrate both aspects through talks, texts and visiting speakers, giving courses a strong Scottish flavour.

Evening Classes
   

Evening classes run throughout the year. The courses are designed for those students either wishing to improve their General English or those wishing to take a Cambridge Examination such as First Certificate or Cambridge Advanced. The students in those classes will follow the syllabus which will prepare students for the appropriate examination.

   
Maximum class size: 15
Levels: Elementary through to Advanced
Length of course: 10 week course throughout the year and during the summer 5 week course
Attendance: Tuesday and Thursday evenings
18.30 to 20.40 (4 hours per week)
Start dates in 2014 January 13 - March 5 (8 weeks )
March 17  - May 21 (10 weeks)
May 26 - June 25 (5 weeks)
June 30 - July 30 (5 weeks)
August 4 - September 3 (5 weeks)
September 29 - December 3 (10 weeks)

Typical Students...

1:1 Tutorials
   

Tutorials can be taken in the afternoons as a complete course or to supplement morning classes. Each tutorial is two lessons (120 minutes) and participants can specialise in a subject of their choice or continue with a general English programme more intensively.

   
Minimum age: 18
Levels: Lower Intermediate and above
Timetable: Mon - Fri, 14.00 - 16.00


Other Courses: Group Bookings
   

We can provide tailor made courses throughout the year to suit the requirements of any closed group with particular needs, i.e. groups preparing for an examination, groups wanting a specific intensive grammar programme, or teachers wishing to refresh their methodology and classroom practice.

   
Maximum class size: 15
Minimum age: 18
Levels: Elementary and above
Start dates: Throughout the year

 
 


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