Intensive English Course + 5 | Learn English with UIC London Language School

ABOUT THE COURSE
what will i learn?
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Max students per class	Maximum students in a group class 14, individual tuition is one student with one teacher
Hours per week	20 group lessons a week - (15 lessons of 60 mins General English and 5 lessons of 45 mins of a Conversation Class. Total class time = 18.75 hours) + 5 hours (60 mins) of individual tuition a week
Start dates	Start any Monday (the school is closed for 2 weeks over Christmas and courses start on Tuesdays if the Monday is a public holdiay)
Levels	Elementary to Advanced levels. If you are a beginner (i.e no English) you MUST contact us before booking
Class times	Group classes in the mornings (09.00-12.20+12.40-13.25) and 1:1 classes between 08.00 and 17.00), Monday-Friday

This course is a combination of group classes and private lessons. The lessons are General English Standard plus (20 lessons a week) plus 5 hours a week of 1:1 lessons. This gives students the best opportunity to improve their English by offering a General English course for 3 lessons a day, a skills based lesson and then the opportunity to focus on areas of particular importance for the students - whether pronunciation, preparation for an exam, something specialised for work or anything that is a special problem.

The individual lessons will be arranged at any time between 0800 and 1700. The group class is from 0900-1325; we will always try to organise the individual classes at times to suit the students but this can mean any time between 0800 and 1700.

We are also the only school in the world ever to win both the Star Award (voted on by travel agents world wide) and the British Council Award for Innovation in language teaching.

The syllabus for this course is based on a number of different factors and these vary from level to level. In general the syllabus at UIC progresses from beginner through to advanced in a structured and comprehensive way.

While the details for the timetable change every week, the teachers at UIC will always provide a well-planned and well-balanced class. Each class should contain a mixture of reading, writing, listening and speaking practice and grammar structures and new vocabulary will be introduced and practised throughout the week. We consider reviewing and revising language to be a crucial part of learning and we have tests every 2 weeks to monitor progress. We also have tutorials to find out what students want to study and how best to progress.

The sample timetable below gives an idea of what you could cover in a week, in addition you will have 5 hours a week of 1:1 lessons with a teacher when you can concentrate on anything that you need more help with.

Sample timetable

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Lesson 1 09.00 - 10.00	Functional English 1 eg introductions, meeting people, social English	Listening for specific information eg audio books and newspapers	Functional English 2 eg Language of opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, video of debate	Listening for Gist eg radio chat show and topic vocabulary	Weekly review (tests every 2 weeks)
Lesson 2 10.10 - 11.10	Listening for gist and specific information eg authentic radio interview / graded listening material	Conversational language eg interrupting / turntaking leading to fluency practice on topic of reading	Structured debate on the subject of Tuesday's listening material (recycling vocabulary and language)	Listening for gist and specific information eg authentic radio interview / graded listening material	Flexible lesson (used in response to weekly review and needs arising during the week)
Lesson 3 11.20 - 12.20	Topic Vocabulary 1 eg expansion of lexical sets and phrases from listening (Pronunciation Practice of word stress and vowel souonds)	Class Writing eg Class reports of discussion (including language and structure - to be finished for homework)	Error correction from debate Grammar and Pronunciation focus on areas of difficulty identified during speaking	Fluent Speaking, discussions, speaking about different topics and vocabulary about the topics	Song / language game providing consolidation and expansion of functions, grammar and lexical areas
Lesson 4 12.40 - 13.25	Speaking Skills - learning to speak, phrases and vocabulary to help you speak	Listening skills - listening for specific information, asking for clarification when information is not understood.	Language focus 2 eg functional and grammatical structures for giving advice formal / informal lanaguge focus	Pronunciation vowels, consonents, stress and intonation	Student choice - this will be a conversation-based class on a topic particularly relevant to the students

We have classes at many different levels from Elementary through to Advanced. We make sure you are in the right class form the beginning and spend some time on your first day both testing you and talking to you about your aims. Then we can make sure you go to the right class. The level test is grammar, writing and spoken to give us the bets idea of your different skills.

You will be given regular tests and tutorials in your class (every 2 weeks) and when the time is right you will move to the next level. There are different ways of measuring progress and predicting where you will be in a certain number of weeks, almost all of our students make faster progress than the national average.

Learning a language is in many ways just like learning anything, it is best done if you have a teacher who has the experience, skills and resources to help you. At UIC we have the experience to help you achieve your goals - the teachers who work on these courses have expoerience both as teachers and as teacher trainers and can help you continue with your professional development.

UIC is a language school in the centre of London. As well as English we also teach 10 other languages to around 400 people a week. We are accredited by the British Council and ISI (the private school equivalent of OFSTED) and all the languages we teach are inspected. We are also an award winning school, we are the only language school in the world to have won both of the major awards - the STAR Language School in Europe (voted on by travel agents worldwide) and the British Council ELTon award for innovation in English Language Teaching.

So, great location, award winning, accredited and inspected, and many years of successful language learning experience.

UIC is London's Language School