Brief Description:
This Basic English course in Cambridge is aimed at learners who have some basic English, but are not beginners. 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 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:
- Make Introductions, use clothes vocabulary, prepositions of place, describing a picture using present continuous.
- Talk about famous events in history, describe actions in progress in the past, prepositions of time, use of present continuous.
- Learn new vocabulary, use of relative pronouns and defining relative clauses, describe and identify people, places and objects, useful expressions and phrases.
- Talk about weekend activities, use of something, anything, nothing, somebody etc. use of adjectives ending in ed and ing, ask and answer questions about free time.
- Shopping and Fashion Design vocabulary, use of Present Perfect or simple Past, making questions and answers, class discussion about shopping habits.
- Food and cooking, food preparation and health, simple present and continuous, action and non-action verbs, useful language for giving your opinion.
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.