Our Courses
Decide how long you want to study for, how many hours per week and we’ll help you find an English course that’s right for you.
Why choose a General English Course?
• Standard or Intensive lessons per week with focus on customer service and phoning conversation)
• Improve essential listening & speaking, reading & writing skills
• Broaden grammatical knowledge for more accurate communication
• Interact with learners from around the world using a world language
• Focus on improving weaker skills using our supervised self-study sessions
• Make noticeable progress with tests and tutorials from qualified teachers
• Enjoy our inclusive social activity programme to form new international friendships.
Why choose an English for Business Course?
- Standard lessons General English + English for Business
- Feel confident giving presentations and taking part in meetings with clients, colleagues and suppliers.
- Feel comfortable making small talk, entertaining, & socialising in a business context
- Broaden your business related vocabulary
- Improve cross-cultural understanding in a business context
- Improve business writing skills especially digital: emails, texts & tweets
- Leave with your own portfolio – refer back to examples of work created and demonstrate your language ability to employers.
FAQs
Do I need to take an entry test before I book?
No, you’ll be tested on arrival to make sure you’re in a class that’s just right for your level. You will need to have an English level of B2 or above to follow the course. If your English is not at a suitable level, you may need to study general English before joining the business English course.
Why choose a Medical English Course?
- Standard (lessons General English + lessons Medical English per week)
- More confidence communicating with both patients and colleagues
- Increased knowledge of the way English is used in Medicine, including Layman’s Terms
- Greater awareness of the difference in the patient-doctor relationship with English-speaking patients
- Enhanced skills in specific areas, ilnesses such as formulating questions and discussing patient case histories.
Question forming. Interviewing a patient–taking a history
Vocabulary:– body parts and clothing
Reassuring a patient. Colloquial medical terms. Clarifying information
Grammar and medical terminology. Reading skills, charts and graphs
Dealing with sensitive/ difficult situations. Vocabulary work–pronunciation. Role play–types of pain
Reviewing and summarising material from published sources
Making a diagnosis
Presenting information
Phrasal Verbs in the medical profession
Why choose an English for Business Course?
- Standard ( General English + 1 English for Business per week)
- Feel confident giving presentations and taking part in meetings with clients, colleagues and suppliers.
- Feel comfortable making small talk, entertaining, & socialising in a business context
- Broaden your business-related vocabulary
- Improve cross-cultural understanding in a business context
- Improve business writing skills especially digital: emails, texts & tweets
- Leave with your own portfolio – refer to examples of work created and demonstrate your language ability to employers.
Decide how long you want to study for, how many hours per week and we’ll help you find an English course that’s right for you.
Why choose a General English Course?
• Standard or Intensive lessons per week with focus on customer service and phoning conversation)
• Improve essential listening & speaking, reading & writing skills
• Broaden grammatical knowledge for more accurate communication
• Interact with learners from around the world using a world language
• Focus on improving weaker skills using our supervised self-study sessions
• Make noticeable progress with tests and tutorials from qualified teachers
• Enjoy our inclusive social activity programme to form new international friendships.
Why choose a Legal English Course?
The course will help you work with other international lawyers and understand English legal language as it appears in contemporary written and oral contexts.
Learn and practise using clear, accurate English in everyday legal and business situations.
Our Legal English Course is designed to make you more confident and effective in today’s global legal world.
- More confidence explaining points of law under your national jurisdiction
- More effective and accomplished representation for your organisation
- Greater awareness of how to correct your own use of legal English
- Enhanced editing and drafting skills
- Improved presentation and negotiation skills when using legal English
- Broaden your Legal English vocabulary
Commercial legal vocabulary in context
Terminology of commercial contracts
Best practice in modern contract drafting
Contract structure and interpretation
Warranties, indemnities and conditions precedent
Forms of business, Limited Companies (Public and Private) and LLPs
Forms of business, Partnerships and Sole Traders
Company capitalisation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Company case studies and litigation Legalese and elements of legal writing
Legal correspondence and memoranda
Language of negotiations and negociation styles
Meeting, greeting and getting down to business
Go to the Crown Court in Oxford to watch