Brief Description:
This Beginners Plus English course in Cambridge is aimed at learners who only have some basic English. The course will help you to understand and speak English with more confidence and ability. Lessons will focus on language needed for daily life in the UK and topics will include travel, shopping, visiting the doctor, where you live, going to school, sport, and so on. There will be practice for social conversations, and you will improve your vocabulary and learn to speak grammatically. The lessons will include some basic grammar, speaking and listening, pronunciation work, reading and writing. There is no formal exam associated with this course.
The course is funded per term; you may find, as most learners do, that you will need more than one term to be prepared for any higher level courses or future exams (if you choose to enter for them). If this is the case you will be offered the opportunity to re-enrol and pay for another term (or if still available we may be able to fund you again)
Eligibility to gain a funded place:
This course may be fully funded if:
You are over 19 years old
You live within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough combined authority and are ordinarily resident in the UK on the first day of the course.
If you are not eligible for funding but would benefit from the course, you can attend by paying a tuition fee of £160 (£96 concession) per 10 week term.
Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?
Some basic English is needed. An assessment test is needed for placement purposes. An assessment will cost £5. To book an appointment call the office on 01223 712340.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Meet someone for the first time, talk about countries and nationalities, use contractions with the verb ‘be’
- Ask and answer questions about things, pronunciation of ‘this, that, these and those’, ordering in a café
- Describe different jobs and what they do, making and answering yes/no questions in the Simple Present, question words and word order
- Talk about everyday activities using verbs go, get and have, prepositions of time and place, describing daily routines and asking about them
- Talk about and describe family tree
- Talk about free time and hobbies
- Being able to tell the time
Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:
An assessment will cost £5. No course book is required. The tutor will supply you with photocopied material.
For the first session you will need to bring:
Notebook and pen/pencil
Examination Fees:
There is no exam attached to this course
On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?
The tutor will advise you.
The Adult Learn and Train office is also able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.