The General English - Pre-Intermediate course enhances basic language skills, helping students understand and use sentences and common expressions about everyday topics like family, shopping, geography, and work. Students can communicate in routine tasks and describe their background and needs in simple terms.
Following the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), this course improves vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar while developing the four key skills: 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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P-S.1 Can have short discussions on a range of familiar topics without difficulty
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P-S.2 Can express ideas with basic coherence and give some reasons and examples
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P-S.3 Can speak for a range of basic purposes appropriately
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P-S.4 Can use accurate pronunciation of consonants, vowels, stress and intonation with rare unintelligibility
Reading
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P-R.1 Can skim and scan a range of simple texts for main ideas (gist)
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P-R.2 Can read a range of simple texts for detailed information
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P-R.3 Can follow a writer’s argument and reasoning in short to medium-length texts
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P-R.4 Can identify and recognise features of a range of basic text types and genres
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P-R.5 Can use a range of basic reading strategies to answer questions about a text
Writing
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P-W.1 Can write about familiar writing formats with some confidence
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P-W.2 Can develop basic ideas with paragraphing, supporting reasoning and examples
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P-W.3 Can use a range of basic formal writing features such as punctuation and spelling
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P-W.4 Can use a range of basic linking between ideas coherently and cohesively
Listening
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P-L.1 Can listen for the main idea(s) (gist) and keywords on a range of familiar topics
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P-L.2 Can listen for detailed meaning on a range of familiar topics
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P-L.3 Can recognise and follow speakers’ basic attitudes, purposes and some inferences
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P-L.4 Can use a range of basic listening strategies to answer questions
Grammer
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.
