English Intensive course

Acquis d'apprentissage

By the end of the course learners will:
-have solidified their vocabulary base;
-have increased motivation to attend English language courses;
-have acquired conversational automatisms and improved their English pronunciation;
-be able to overcome linguistic problems to make themselves understood;
-be able to express their opinions clearly, and agree & disagree in English;
-be more confident and competent in general conversation in English;
-be more ready to contribute during English language classes;
-have practiced conversational English through a variety of task-based RPs;
-have increased their functional and strategic listening skills;
-have ‘played games’ and ‘had fun’ in English, in pairs, groups, and as a class;
-be ready to participate in a higher-level language courses.

Language goals (desired): B1
The student will be able to:
• Understand the main points of a discussion or TV programme on a familiar topic.
• Understand the main points in short newspaper and magazine articles; follow simple instructions or a simplified novel.
• Start, maintain and close simple conversations, seeking personal opinions, agreeing and disagreeing politely.
• Briefly explain and justify opinions, give a short prepared presentation on a very familiar subject, or relate the main points of short texts.
• Write short, comprehensible connected texts on familiar subjects
• Ask someone to clarify or elaborate an utterance; repeat what was said to confirm understanding; and ask for confirmation that a form is correct.
• Make others understand the main points they want to express; link a series of short phrases into a connected sequence; only sometimes pausing to plan and correct.
• Produce relatively accurate speech patterns appropriate for an international context.