General English Language

South & City College Birmingham

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Course description

All of our English language School courses seek to develop your English language skills intensively. This course will provide you with the building blocks that you need in order to master the language. Equal time is spent on developing your confidence in reading, writing and speaking and listening.

Your teachers will use a variety of different teaching and learning methods to enable you to learn English and communicate in a variety of situtations. To imporve your speaking skills you will work on your conversational skills and in delivering a short presentation. You will focus on learning your tenses and on the accurate use of grammar, pronunciation and broadening your vocabulary on practical real life situations.

You will learn about: describing personal interests written communication meeting people and typical British contextual interactons accurate use of English grammar *British life and culture.

This course aims to to build up all key English Language skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and in particular to:

increase your confidence in the use of English
support you in gaining a wider range of vocabulary
enable you to achieve a greater accuracy in grammar
allow you to achieve a greater fluency in speaking English and improve your pronunciation.

Course topics

Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar and Activities

Class schedule

Course duration
2-52 weeks
Start dates
Every Monday
Classes per week
10 lessons per week (each lesson lasts 90 min)
Class days
Monday - Friday

Class times

Morning session
09:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Afternoon session
12:45 PM - 03:45 PM

Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.

Class level

All levels, beginner to advanced
You will take a placement test on your first day to determine your class level. You may also take this test before your arrival in Birmingham.

Class size

Average 15 students
Maximum 18 students

Student age

Age range 16 years old and older
Average 22 years old
(21 in the summer)

Certificate

A certificate of completion will be issued at the end of the course.
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Visa support

We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. However, the school can supply you with all the documentation you need to support your visa application.

If you are studying in the UK for over 11 months, you will receive a reference number called a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) that you need to submit to the UK embassy along with your General Student Visa application. Students who have successfully booked a language course and have paid their fees will receive a CAS from SCCB. Please note that UK law states that a CAS can only be issued to students who intend to pursue English language studies for over 11 months.

If you are studying in the UK for 11 months or less, you have to apply for a special visitor visa called a Student Visitor Visa. As a student visitor, you will not be able to work part-time while studying. If you plan to study in the UK for 11 months or less, a letter of acceptance will be sent to your home address by regular mail at no charge to you.

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Flights and airport transfer

Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Birmingham based on your budget, schedule and preferences.

Travel insurance

Study abroad worry-free with Language International's health and personal effects insurance coverage. When you book a course with us, you can opt to purchase an international insurance plan that covers not only your health care cost but also loss of your personal belongings. You must book your insurance in advance when you register.

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