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 have lived in the UK / an EEA country for the last 3 years.
*NEW EARNINGS THRESHOLD - funding can be applied for if you are unemployed and receiving benefits or earning less than £30,491 annually. Proof required at time of enrolment.
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?
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:
- Introduce yourself, talk about feelings and emotions, identify imperatives for orders and instructions, give directions.
- Weather and Seasons, describing activities, identify use of Present Simple or Present continuous, posting social media.
- Talk about and identify different music styles, ask and answer questions with be or do, write an informal email.
- Talk about past events and memorable situations, identify activities using go, get and have, use irregular past verbs for making questions and negative answers.
- Travel vocabulary, talk about future plans using going to, different uses for different future tenses going to, will and present continuous.
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.