General English + Exam Preparation
Age: any Level: all
Suitability
Our General English + Exam Preparation courses combine exam-specific orientation and practice with communicative course content. We offer this course for a full range of exams including national school examinations such as the Bildungsstandards and UCLES or Trinity English exams.
Sample ‘can do’ statements
- I can use the language I know with confidence and fluency
- I can plan and use examination time effectively
- I can employ productive exam strategies
- I can use appropriate skills for each section of the exam
Why choose this course?
- Intensive 1 week course
- Confidence building activities to boost speaking skills and fluency
- Targeted exam orientation and practice
- Native English speaking tutors
- Low cost and easy to organise
Activities can include:
- Exam orientation sessions
- Role-plays
- Mini-presentations
- Discussions or debates
- Vocabulary building
- Language awareness
- Exam practice
- Activities to develop time-managements skills
- Exam practice sessions
These activities will vary depending on the ages and levels of the participants and the exam to be taken.
SAMPLE LESSONS
- Confidence-building activities from our general English course syllabus
- Exam orientation, including exam structure and marking criteria
- Time allocation and management skllls
- Dos and don’ts on the day
- Coping strategies
- Task practice activities based on the relevant exam board syllabus
- Targeted work on key grammar
- Key topic-based vocabulary
- Partial or full mock examinations
- Remedial work
- Speaking, listening, reading and writing skills development appropriate to the examination
EXAMPLE PROGRAMME OF STUDY
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Lesson 1 | Workbook Lesson | Final day clinic and remedial work on areas of difficulty | |||
| Lesson 2 | Workbook Lesson | ||||
| Lesson 3 | Workbook Lesson | ||||
| Lesson 4 | Tailored Lessons – key language revision | ||||
| Lesson 5 | Exam orientation and skills development | Presentation | |||
| Lesson 6 | Exam practice or presentation preparation | ||||
EXAM PREPARATION COURSES
| Examinations | Level |
| Cambridge Young Learners | Starters |
| Movers | |
| Flyers | |
| Cambridge Main Suite Examinations | Key English Test (KET) |
| Preliminary English Test (PET) | |
| First Certificate (FCE) | |
| Advanced (CAE) | |
| Trinity graded examinations in spoken English | Initial: grades 1-3 |
| Elementary: grades 4-6 | |
| Intermediate: grades 7-9 | |
| Advanced: grades 10-12 | |
| National School Exams | Matura, Maturita, Abitur, Abschluss, Eurokom, Bildungsstandards etc. |
If you want a course for an examination that is not listed please contact us to discuss your requirements.
