General English
Provider:
Course Code:
GE
CRICOS Code:
066402C
Qualification Level:
Language
Course Area:
Language And Literature
Duration:
2 - 60 Week
Study Mode:
Full Time
Location:
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Course Fees:
AUD 330 Per Week
Delivery Mode:
On Campus
Target:
International
Intake:
Flexible Intakes
Course Overview
General English (GE) prepares students for the kind of English they will need in everyday real-life situations. The General English program at Australian Centre of English will develop your communication skills and fluency in reading, writing, speaking and listening. Of course, the GE course also concentrates on improving your knowledge of grammar, and increasing your vocabulary.
At ACE, we use the ‘communicative approach’ to language teaching. Communicative Language Teaching means that the most important thing about teaching you how to speak English is that everything you learn in class is to help you communicate with others. Learning English is more than doing exercises in a textbook – at ACE, there is a strong focus on speaking. Group-work, pair-work and student presentations are therefore a key part of the GE course.
Course Structure
The main aim of this course is to provide students with the necessary English to be able to communicate their needs and intentions to others in everyday situations.
The major aims of this course can be summarised as follows:
- to improve the general proficiency level of all students in all of the macro skills: speaking, writing, reading and listening
- to specifically improve those macro skills that may be less well developed as a result of their previous learning experience (i.e. listening and speaking)
- to increase learner autonomy allowing graduates to function within the English-speaking community
- to demonstrate to students that language learning can and should take place outside the language classroom
- to provide students with strategies to enhance learning opportunities outside the classroom
- to allow students the opportunity to explore their own skills
- to provide students with a functional level of English sufficient to allow them to move into IELTS or VET courses in accordance with their own goals and objectives
- to provide students, through a variety of experiences, with a sample of learning expectations of study in Australia
- to introduce students to a variety of study modes and methodologies for learning English
Entry Requirement
| Admission Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Minimum Age to Apply | 18 years of age or older at the time of enrolment. |
| Language Requirement | |
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| English Language Requirements | Students will be allocated to a class on the basis of their performance in their placement test. They will progress through levels according to their performance.
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