Academic Requirements

• Students are required to take an in-house English placement test. After the placement test, students will be placed into one of the four appropriate levels based on their English needs.
  • Elementary Level: Starter 
  • Lower Intermediate: Elementary 
  • Intermediate: Lower Intermediate
  • Upper Intermediate: Intermediate

Modules Covered

• Listening
  • Listen to and follow short conversations, messages, announcements, and information services
  • Related to areas of immediate relevance in daily life
  • Identify the context of the spoken discourse and the purpose of the speaker/s
  • Identufy the gist of the spoken discourse
  • Identify general information in the spoken discourse
  • Identify specific information and details in the spoken discourse
  • Identify and extract the relevant information from the spoken discourse
• Reading
  • Read and follow short written signs, notices and posters, directions, instructions and messages
  • Read personal correspondence and other short, simple documents on everyday matters
  • Read and follow the written verison of spoken discourse on everyday matters
  • Identify the context of the written discourse and the purpose of the speaker/s and riter/s
  • Identify the gist of the written discourse
  • Identify and understand general information in the discourse
  • Identify and understand specific information in the discourse
  • Identify and extract relevant information from the discourse
  • Follow the order and sequence of information in the discourse
• Writing
  • Convey information related to their own background, locality and areas of immediate relevance in response to simple visual or written instructions
  • Reply to an invitation or suggested meeting in the form of simple application forms, notes, messages, e-mails, postcards and short letters
  • Describe and narrate on topics related to the scenario of the examination paper in the form of a description of a scene and narrative account.
• Speaking
  • Respond to and express greetings, introductions and farewells
  • Respond to and express thanks
  • Ask for and give information and directions
  • Describe people including themselves, places and things
  • Describe events and activities
  • Describe daily routines and habits
  • Express likes and dislikes
  • Express time
  • Express ability
  • Make and accept offers, aplogies and requests
  • Make future plans
  • Instruct and direct people
  • Express numbers, costs and quantities

Delivery Mode

• Full-time

Delivery Methods

• The course is mainly conducted in the classroom via face-to-face learning which encourages student-teacher interaction. 
• Students are encouraged to attend field trips organised by the school to encourage experiential learning.

Duration

• 3 Months

Timetable

• Total Course Hours : 180
• 12 weeks x 15 hours per week

Commencement Dates

• January
• February
• April
• May
• July
• August
• October
• November

Assessment Methods

• The Certificate in English as A Second Language (ESL) will be characterized by both lectures and task-based activities. A student-centered approach will be employed to produce positive results. Emphasis will be placed on short presentations, focused exercises, role-play, student-interaction, pair-work, student tasks, continuous assessment, projects and final exams.

Awards

• Certificate in English As A Second Language (ESL) - Lower Intermediate awarded by Beacon International College.

Local Students

International Students