Brief description:
Our English for work courses are suitable for learners where English is not their first language.
This course is focused on people wanting to improve their English language skills for work. The level of this English for work course is intermediate.
We will look at how to organise and look at a letter of application, use vocabulary for jobs and industries and make suggestions and give advice to someone.
Learners will have an opportunity to give a presentation and learn to describe charts, graphs and talk about changes. We will look at how to send a business email and write a formal letter. We will also look at how to use polite telephone English and exchange opinions (how to be comfortable in agreeing, disagreeing and giving opinions). Learners will learn have to and don’t have to and common business expressions and vocabulary. We will also look at Prepositions of time, making appointments over the telephone and how to change appointments. Learners will also look at language used to report speech and questions, for example, ‘did anyone call?’. Finally, explaining and giving reasons for things, expressing feelings, likes and dislikes as well as giving and responding to advice. No textbook is needed, and course materials will be provided.
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).
This course is funded through Cambridgeshire Skills: See funding eligibility below:
These courses are fully funded by Cambridgeshire Skills if you are: aged 19+ on 31st August 2025 and have lived in the EEA for at least 3 years. Funding is also available if you have recently arrived from Ukraine under the Ukraine Family Scheme / Ukraine Sponsorship scheme (homes for Ukraine) or for learners living here who hold a British Nationals Overseas (BNO) visa.
If you are not eligible for funding but would benefit from the course, you can attend by paying a tuition fee of £155 (£93 concession) per 10 week term.
Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?
To confirm this course is the correct level for you an assessment test will be needed for placement purposes. An assessment will cost £5. To book an appointment, call the office on 01223 712340 or email office@adultlearning.education
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Introduce yourself, food and health vocabulary, making adjectives from nouns and verbs, identify rules for action and nonaction verbs in Present simple and Continuous.
- Charity Work Vocabulary, use of strong adjectives exhausted, amazed etc. use of Present Perfect with for / since, use of Present Perfect Continuous.
- Talk about Movie Genre vocabulary, TV and movie locations, recognise and use the Passive form in different tenses, sentence stress and pronunciation.
- Houses and home vocabulary, second conditional, talk about imaginary situations, difference between First and Second Conditional, Sentence Rhythm.
- Good luck and bad luck discussion, how things could have been different in the past, Third Conditional, making adjectives and adverbs.
Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:
An assessment will cost £5. The tutor will advise in the first lesson
For the first session you will need to bring:
A notebook and pen and pencil.
On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?
The college has many English for work levels, talk with your tutor who will advise you.
The Adult Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.