General English

Course Overview

The General English course integrates the four macro skills with grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

 This approach provides students with the knowledge and the cultural understanding to succeed in a variety of contexts in an English-speaking country.  Each of the skills requires the development of strategies that help students approach situations where they need to use their knowledge of English to communicate.

Future English currently offers Intensive English at five(5) Levels:

  • Starter
  • Elementary
  • Pre Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Upper Intermediate
Entry Requirements
Course Structure

Entry requirements

Students come to Future English with different proficiencies across the four macro skills and, as a result, all students need to take a placement test prior to the commencement of classes. All students take a speaking and writing test which is marked by the Director of Studies or the Assistant Director of Studies according to a criterion-referenced scale.

These tests and scales form the basis of the Placement Tests. Because the courses can accommodate students with only a very low grasp of English, Future English is able to accept students into the Elementary course even if they are at a very low level.

Course Structure

SAMPLE TIMETABLES
Students can choose either a morning or evening timetable. Morning classes run for a total of five hours each day from Monday to Thursday. Evening classes run for a total of four hours each day from Monday to Friday.

Students are required to attend 20 hours of face-to-face classes each week.

Morning Session Timetable: 8:30am – 2:15pm
*This serves as an example timetable. The syllabus content will differ depending on the course level.
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
From 8.30am to 10.30am Weekly revision Vocabulary Skills Homework Check Listening Skills
Grammar Skills Pronunciation Grammar Skills Writing Skills
From 10.30am to 10.45am Class Break (15 min)
From 10.45am to 12.45pm Oral Communication Skills Listening Skills Reading Weekly Review
From 12.15pm to 1.15pm Lunch Break (30 min)
From 1:15pm to 2.15pm Vocabulary Skills Reading Skills Writing Skills Leisure Activity
Multimedia Functional Language Oral Presentation
 

Evening Session Timetable 5:00pm – 9:15pm

*This serves as an example timetable. The syllabus content will differ depending on the course level.
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
From 5.00pm to 7.00pm Weekly revision Vocabulary Skills Homework Check Listening Skills Multimedia Functional Language
Grammar Skills Pronunciation Grammar Skills Writing Skills
From 7.00pm to 7.15pm Class Break (15 min)
From 7.15pm to 9.15pm Oral Communication Skills Reading
Listening Skills
Reading Writing
Oral Communication Skills

Presentation

Leisure Activity

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Course Information

Cricos Code:
115576D
TOTAL FACE-TO-FACE HOURS:
20 hours per week
WEEKS PER LEVEL:
10 weeks
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:
Weekly
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:
Week 5 and Week 10

SPEAK ONLY ENGLISH POLICY

At Future English, we aim to provide high quality learning outcomes within a caring and supportive learning environment. To help create this environment, we ask you to speak English only at the college.

If you speak your own language, you exclude other people at Future English who cannot speak your language. Future English is an inclusive community – we want everyone here to feel comfortable and part of the community.

If you speak more in English, your speaking| will improve! If your friends are speaking English, your listening will improve!