The General English - Intermediate course improves students' language skills for effective communication in work, school, and leisure. It prepares them for travel in English-speaking areas and enables them to produce simple text on familiar topics.
Learners can describe experiences and opinions while following the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) to enhance vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and key skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
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ACP staff help with studying, assessments, accommodations, language, and counseling. Students can get extra support from a student officer who may recommend external services. International students receive free support but might need to pay for outside services.
Our General English course blends structured lessons with real-life practice, covering grammar, vocabulary, and language skills. Interactive classes and continuous feedback ensure students actively use and improve their English. This approach builds confidence for academic, professional, and personal success.
The course features five levels—Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, and Advanced—aligned with the CEFR. Each level builds key language skills to ensure students meet recognized proficiency benchmarks.
Speaking
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I-S.1 Can have extended discussions on a range of familiar and some unfamiliar topics with some difficulty
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I-S.2 Can generally express ideas coherently and fluently giving some reasons and some examples
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I-S.3 Can generally speak for an extended range of purposes appropriately
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I-S.4 Can generally use accurate pronunciation of consonants, vowels, stress and intonation
Reading
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I-R.1 Can skim and scan simple and some complex texts for main ideas (gist) and keywords
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I-R.2 Can read simple and some complex texts for detailed information
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I-R.3 Can follow a writer’s argument and reasoning in medium-length texts
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I-R.4 Can identify and recognise features of a range of text types and genres with increasing familiarity
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I-R.5 Can use a range of reading strategies to answer questions about a text with increasing confidence and accuracy
Writing
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I-W.1 Can plan and write a range of text types and genres
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I-W.2 Can generally develop ideas with paragraphing, supporting reasoning and examples
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I-W.3 Can generally use appropriate formal writing features such as punctuation and spelling
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I-W.4 Can generally link between simple and some more complex ideas coherently and cohesively
Listening
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I-L.1 Can listen for the main ideas (gist) and keywords on familiar and some unfamiliar topics.
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I-L.2 Can listen for detailed meaning on a range of familiar and some unfamiliar topics
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I-L.3 Can generally recognise and follow speakers’ attitudes, purposes and inferences
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I-L.4 Can use a range of listening strategies to answer questions with increasing confidence and accuracy
Grammer
Vocabulary
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I-V.1 Can use and recognise a range of vocabulary on a variety of familiar and an increasing range of unfamiliar topics
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I-V.2 Can use a range of basic word-building strategies to develop a broader vocabulary
Placement Test
Students will be required to take placement test to prior to commencement.
Low Proficiency Accepted
The institute can accept students with very limited English proficiency, even at a very low level, into the Elementary course.
Low Proficiency Accepted
Minimum 18 years of age prior to enrolment
Assessment will vary every week and may include reading or writing or listening or speaking tests, oral presentations, role plays, writing summaries, writing dialogues etc.
