Our General English curriculum
presently consists of 17 levels. We provide the students
with a solid base in the structure of the English language
as well as a genuine opportunity to speak. This involves
extensive use of communicative methodology to reinforce
and complement various grammatical/structural points
throughout the syllabus.
The minimum age for study in the general
program is twelve and the majority of the students
attend private secondary schools or universities.
They come to us looking for a supplement to their more
formal grammar/translation classes and we try to provide
an active, communicative and friendly student based
learning environment.
A large portion of our programs
offered are for "young learners" (for students
from six to twelve years of age). This program has its
own curriculum and texts. Teachers, who have been with
us for a few months, are often asked to teach these
classes. Teachers, who prefer teaching adults, are often
asked to teach other specialized programs such as
Conversation Club, Business English and
TOEFL.
In any given level 3 or 4 periods
of 40 minutes are devoted to work with computers
for which we have an abundance of state of the art materials.
A large part of orientation week is taken up introducing
teachers to multi-media EFL teaching.
Our general English classes use
our own English@EF textbook as the base curriculum
and other ELT resources to supplement. The English First
course starts at absolute beginner and goes to advanced,
divided into eleven levels. We also offer six "Post
Advanced" levels to encourage our students to continue
practicing their English. Lessons are centered on the
communicative method and focus is placed on establishing
interactive competence in learners as quickly as possible.
