Whatever your level of English, our General English courses will help you gain confidence and ability as an English speaker. You’ll improve your skills in conversation, listening, writing, reading and grammar. Whilst working interactively you will have plenty of opportunity to practise the skills you are learning.
There are a number of options for studying General English, with both group and individual tuition.
We run the General English 20 and General English 30 classes when there are enough students at the appropriate level to form a group. If there is not a suitable group class available at the time you would like to study, we will tell you when you apply for the course and will offer an alternative. Fees for alternative classes may be different from the group course fee.
Our English courses can help you prepare for living, working and studying in the UK. We can help you improve your English for the language test required by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).
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your English for UK Visa applications
Students follow a course-book based programme in classes at an appropriate English language level. Your lessons will focus on the development of your general English language level.
This course runs in the morning, leaving you enough time to explore the city of Bath, relax or study.
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Tuition: | 20 group lessons per week (15 hours) |
Day/time*: | Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 12:30 |
Levels: | Beginner/Elementary*, Pre-intermediate to Advanced |
Age: | 16+ |
Start dates: | Start any Monday |
Course length: | 2 weeks minimum |
Class size: | Minimum 3, maximum 12 |
Progress: |
Initial Assessment Test Weekly Progress Test End of Course Report and Certificate |
*please check availability |
Monday - Friday | |
09:00 - 10:30 | Morning lessons |
10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
11:00 - 12:30 | Morning lessons |
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch break |
13:30 - 14:15 | Afternoon lessons |
14:15 - 14:30 | Break |
14:30 - 15:15 | Afternoon lessons |
This course includes all the English skills taught in General English 20, but you will be studying for longer hours to maximise your learning.
This intensive course is composed of morning and afternoon lessons. Your afternoon lessons will focus on developing your language skills further and work on areas of interest to you. The range of afternoon classes offered will change from time to time to reflect the composition of students in the class. Specific areas may include:
If you are planning to go to university in the UK, or need to improve your English level to work in the UK, then the General English 30 course will help you improve your English to take the exam. You will practise your listening, reading, writing and speaking, and prepare for your IELTS examination.
The afternoon lessons will develop the academic skills required for the exam, and give you the opportunity to prepare for the IELTS exam with mock tests.
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Tuition: | 30 group lessons per week (22.5 hours) |
Day/time*: | Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 15:00 |
Levels: | Beginner/Elementary*, Pre-intermediate to Advanced |
Age: | 16+ |
Start dates: | Start any Monday |
Course length: | 2 weeks minimum |
Class size: | Minimum 3, maximum 12 |
Progress: | Initial Assessment Test Weekly Progress Test End of Course Report and Certificate |
*please check availability |
If you would like to have a combination of group General English lessons and individual tuition, this course provides 20 group lessons per week plus 10 individual lessons. In your individual lessons you will be able to concentrate on your specific requirements, focusing on your unique languages needs.
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Tuition: | 20 group lessons per week (15 hours) PLUS 10 individual lessons per week (10 hours) |
Day/time: | Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 15:45 |
Levels: | Beginner/Elementary*, Pre-intermediate to Advanced |
Age: | 16+ |
Start dates: | Start any Monday |
Course length: | 2 weeks minimum |
Class size: | Minimum 3, maximum 12 |
Progress: | Initial Assessment Test Weekly Progress Test End of Course Report and Certificate |
*please check availability |
This combination of group General English lessons and individual tuition provides 30 group lessons per week plus 5 individual lessons. In your individual lessons you will be able to concentrate on your specific requirements, focusing on your unique languages needs.
KEY FACTS | |
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Tuition: | 30 group lessons per week (22.5 hours) PLUS 5 individual lessons per week (5 hours) |
Day/time: | Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 16:30 |
Levels: | Beginner/Elementary*, Pre-intermediate to Advanced |
Age: | 16+ |
Start dates: | Start any Monday |
Course length: | 2 weeks minimum |
Class size: | Minimum 3, maximum 12 |
Progress: | Initial Assessment Test Weekly Progress Test End of Course Report and Certificate |
*please check availability |
If you have specific requirements or prefer studying individually with your teacher, focusing on your unique language needs, we can provide an individual course for you. This can be from developing your English to improving your general level and confidence.
Individual English lessons can be provided both in the classroom and online through a videoconference.
We also provide specialist courses including:
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Tuition: | According to needs analysis |
Day/time: | Flexible to suit your requirements |
Levels: | Beginner to Advanced |
Age: | Any age, please contact us with your requirements |
Start dates: | Arranged to suit student |
Course length: | Arranged to suit student |
Class size: | One-to-one |
Progress: | Initial Assessment Test Weekly Progress Test End of Course Report and Certificate |
Learning the sounds, stress patterns, rhythm and intonation patterns is a separate process from learning the grammar and vocabulary of a language. Our programme is designed to help you improve your pronunciation and give you easily understandable conversational speech.
You will work one-to-one with an experienced teacher, identifying the trouble sounds and patterns, learning and hearing the differences between English sounds, producing and practising the new sounds and finally, incorporating those sounds into conversational speech.
KEY FACTS | |
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Tuition: | According to needs analysis |
Day/time: | Flexible to suit your requirements |
Levels: | Beginner to Advanced |
Age: | Any age, please contact us with your requirements |
Start dates: | Arranged to suit student |
Course length: | Arranged to suit student |
Class size: | One-to-one |
Progress: | Initial Analysis End of Course Report and Certificate
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