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Fluency in spoken English is one of the most important skills to have in English language. Many General English courses look at improving all four skills (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking) as well as paying particular attention to grammar and vocabulary skills. While this is no doubt useful, there is no intensive focus on any one area.
SLC provides five types of English Courses:
English Conversation Courses:
GENERAL ENGLISH
This course is for students from beginner to advanced levels of English aiming to improve their English skills and gain confidence in using English more effectively. Our teaching staffs are highly qualified and experienced professionals.
This 40 hour program is particularly good at helping learners to develop fluency and confidence in dealing with everyday situations. It is very flexible and can cater to the needs of the group and the individual. Learners are given the opportunity to use English in meaningful tasks and interaction with classmates and their teacher.
What are the benefits our General English class?
The design of our General English curriculum develops all the language skills necessary to communicate and function socially in an English-speaking environment, without neglecting the important role in foreign language development that must be played by Reading and Writing, skills traditionally regarded by some text-books and schools as more passive and therefore less important. While the primacy of Listening and Speaking Activities is guaranteed in our classrooms, we remain aware that Reading is the route by which many students assimilate, and have time to practice or produce accurately, and ever-increasing range of linguistic elements such as grammar, new vocabulary and idioms.
BUSINESS ENGLISH
SLC offers interesting courses in Business English which are designed on a modular framework based on principles of communicative competence and taught by task-based methodology.
The courses are tailored to suit the needs and interests of corporate or business groups and are designed around subject areas or themes which include corporate hospitality, public relations, expense claims, staff appraisals, globalization, leadership and change management, mergers and acquisition, and e-business.
The curriculum helps learners to develop or practice the language and inter-personal skills necessary to function in business in an English-speaking environment. The course may contain optional modules on presentation skills, negotiating skills, telephone skills, conversation skills, and business writing/correspondence skills.
How You Will Benefit?
• Express your ideas completely and succinctly to build rapport and maintain attention
• Leverage conversational dynamics to get results
• Avoid leaving others in “mind-reader” mode
• Use conversation as a coaching and performance management tool
• Master the “difficult” business conversation and overcome resistance without defensiveness
• Come out a winner in any business conversation
Some of the topics covered in the syllabus include speaking naturally in social situations, welcoming and showing visitors around factories or offices, making appointments, corresponding in e-mail, and understanding commercial documents and letters.
This program is particularly good at helping learners to develop fluency and confidence in dealing with everyday situations. It is very flexible and can cater to the needs of the group and the individual. Learners are given the opportunity to use English in meaningful tasks and interaction with classmates and their teacher.
ENGLISH FOR EXAMS (IELTS/TOEFL®)
This course gives you the necessary skills to take and pass any exams and includes regular timed practice. We provide classes that include IELTS and TOEFL®.
Why prepare for an exam with us?
Our exam preparation courses are all taught by experienced exam-class teachers and aim to:
Familiarize you with the requirements and format of the exam as a whole, as well as with the individual papers and the task types used in each. Teach the language and skills you need for exam success. Build your confidence by explaining what you have to do and showing you how to do it. Make examination practice enjoyable through a combination of thought-provoking classroom activities and motivating computer-based practice. Train you in essential exam skills, strategies and techniques to maximize your potential, and provide extensive exam practice.
TOEFL® Exam Preparation Course
This 90 hour course can help you improve your scores on the TOEFL by:
• Developing the language skills necessary to answer questions in each section of the test
• Familiarizing you with types of questions, "distracters," and "tricks" used on the TOEFL
• Sharpening your test-taking skills
• Developing your awareness of your own strong and weak points so you can change ineffective strategies and allocate your study time better IELTS Exam Preparation Course
Our IELTS course lasts 90 hour and is an ideal way to prepare for the exam.
It will help you achieve the IELTS score you need by improving your ability to: Understand gist, extract detail and specific information, and identify speakers’ attitudes and opinions when listening to English in social, semi-official and academic contexts Read extracts from books, magazines, journals and newspapers; understand the gist, main points, specific information and detailed argumentation; and identify opinions and attitude Write reports based on charts, tables and diagrams
write essays justifying an opinion, presenting a solution to a problem, and evaluating ideas and evidence Talk about yourself, your home and family, your job or studies and interests; communicate fluently and effectively on a range of similarly familiar topic areas; and discuss more abstract issues and topics Deal effectively with the wide range of task types used in the IELTS exam including multiple choice and short-answer questions; gap-filling, matching, classification and true/false/not given exercises; labeling diagrams and identifying views and attitude • complete all tasks quickly and accurately within the time allowed.
TOEIC® test
The TOEIC® (Test of English for International Communication) test is an Englsih language proficiency test for people whose native language is not English.
It measures the everyday English skills of people working in an international environment.
The scores indicate how well people can communicate in English with others in business, commerce, and industry.
The test does not require specialized knowledge or vocabulary beyond that of a person who uses English in everyday work activities.
The TOEIC® test is used for:
* Recruiting, promoting and placing employees
- The test scores show if employees have the necessary English-language skills to
carry out specific job responsibilities.
* Job training
- To be able to participate in (and benefit from) on-the-job training conducted in English.
* Important negotiations
- To make sure an employee possesses the English proficiency to handle sensitive
situations.
* Overseas assignments
- To determine who can work and interact successfully if posted to an English-speaking
country.
* In-house language training
- Use the test to document English proficincy and progress.
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