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SUMMARY
 Group Courses
English for particular needs
Private lessons
Exams
Example of Courses
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COURSE TYPE |
N° OF LESSONS P/W |
FREQUENCY |
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X |
20 |
Only mornings |
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Y |
20 |
Only afternoons |
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Z |
5 |
Morning & afternoon |
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Course Z is not available in the mornings during
July and August |
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All lessons last 45 minutes |
Lessons held in the
mornings start at 9.00am. Lessons held in the
afternoon start at 2.00pm.
The classes are
small and are made up of about 7-8 students. In all cases the maximum
number in a class is 12 students. The courses cover a program, which
tackles the four main faculties: comprehension, communication, reading,
and writing.
A special emphasis is
placed on the spoken language. The teaching techniques, are geared to fill
the gaps in the knowledge of English of the students, simulation
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real-life situations, dialogues, play acting, discussions and debates
supply excellent opportunities to acquire fluency in the language.
Courses
for absolute beginners start the first Monday of July, August and
September and at the beginning of January.
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DAY 1 |
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Present tense of the verb TO BE,
HAVE GOT. Articles-A, AN, THE. Prepositions of place -OPPOSITE,
BEHIND. Personal nouns, national identities, professions, numbers and
letters. Homework: exercises from the workbook. Outing to Old Dublin
or video “Home Alone”. |
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DAY 2 |
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Correction of homework. Simple Present
tense: THERE IS/THERE ARE. Exercises from the workbook. Asking
information, directions, personal details, the time, address. Let’s
Listen (cassette). Homework: Visit to the National Gallery or video
“Mad Max”. |
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DAY 3 |
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Correction of homework. Present
Continuous tense. Exercises from the workbook. Formal
requests-CAN/COULD I. Attempt to construct a vocabulary. Clothes,
food, colors, prices, sizes. Let’s Listen (cassette). Homework. Visit
to the National Museum or video “Robin Hood”. |
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DAY 4 |
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Correction of homework. Revision of
the Simple Present and Continuous tense. Interrogation forms WHAT DO
YOU DO. Short questions YES I DO. Subjects: animals, holidays,
physical appearance, time. Excursion to Howth or video “Ghostbusters”. |
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DAY 5 |
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Correction of homework. Revision of
the week’s work. Comparatives. Telling a story with pictures.
Dictation. Homework for the weekend: essay: ”The day of a famous
person”. Walk in the city centre of Dublin or video “A Fish Called
Wanda”.
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DAY 1 |
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Simple Present. Exercises from the
workbook. Continuous Present. Social English. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
SAME TO YOU. Subjects of discussion: People. Video and class book:
”The Lost Secret”. Outing on foot to Old Dublin or video “Home Alone”. |
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DAY 2 |
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Past Tense. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST
NIGHT? Irregular Verbs. Expressions of time: Dates, at six o’clock,
Sunday. Comprehension subjects: Life in a Japanese school. Visit to
the National Gallery or video “Mad Max”.
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DAY 3 |
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Past Continuous v Simple Past.
Exercises from the workbook. Family of words. Discussion: HOW
AMBITIOUS ARE YOU? Writing postcards. Visit to the National Museum or
video “Robin Hood”.
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DAY 4 |
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Formal requests: COULD YOU/WOULD
YOU. To offer to do things: I’LL.........................
Network of vocabulary: Houses,
rooms. Group work: write a radio commercial. Outing to Howth or a
video “Batman”. |
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DAY 5 |
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Revision of the week’s work.
Directions: prepositions of place. Composition. Real-life situations:
Interview a group of musicians. Video and class book. “The Lost
Secret”. A walk in the city centre of Dublin or video: ”A Fish called
Wanda” |
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EXAMPLE OF A 1 WEEK COURSE |
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DAY 1 |
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Revision: time and form of verbs.
Exercises from the workbook. Quiz: Control your attitude to the
learning of a language. Subject of discussion: education. Activity: an
essay on school life. Visit to the National Gallery or video: ”Dead
Poet’s Society”. |
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DAY 2 |
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Modal of auxiliary verbs. The present,
future and past. Express probability, obligation. Construction of
verbs: prefixes and suffixes. Subject of discussion: Childhood.
Comprehension: ”How to live to 100”. Activity: An essay on the
bringing up of children. Outing on foot to Old Dublin or video: ”Three
Men and a Baby”.
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DAY 3 |
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To add emphasis: What I like
is/are..........The Perfect: Present/Past/Future Perfect. Exercises
from the workbook. Subject of discussion: Famous Stories. Reading
Subject:” Parson’s Pleasure” an abbreviated story by Roald Dahl.
Activity: a modern fairy tale. Visit to the National Museum or video:
”J.F.K.”.
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DAY 4 |
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Adverbs with two forms: most, mostly.
Adverbs and expressions of opinions: anyway, apparently. Exercises
from the workbook. Euphemisms. Subject of discussion: Social Classes.
Comprehension: An interview with a romantic novelist. Reading:” The
Upper Class”: Newspaper article. Outing to Howth or video: ”Pretty
Woman”/”Educating Rita”. |
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DAY 5 |
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Revision of the week’s work. Formal
and informal language. Idiomatic expressions. Introduction to “Pub
Talk”. Social English. Subject of comprehension: A variety of accents.
Future suggested reading. Outing to the Municipal Gallery or video:
”The Commitments”. |
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3-WEEK ENGLISH GROUP COURSE EXAMPLE |
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TRANSFERS |
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Students are transferred from the
airport to the school where their host families will come and pick
them up. On the return journey students will be transferred from the
school to the airport. |
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CLASSES |
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Monday to Friday, 4
classes every morning from 9.00am to 1.00pm. Students sit a test on
arrival and are placed in a class based on their level of English. The
maximum number of students in every class is 12 students. A textbook
and a workbook are included in the cost of the course. The emphasis is
on the spoken language. Students are given homework and they can sit
the Pitman examination on completion of their course. Students can
also prepare for the TOEFL Cambridge examination and the Trinity
College London examinations. A certificate is issued by the school at
the end of the course, but the school reserves the right to refuse to
issue the certificate to students who have failed to obtain satisfying
results or who have not regularly attended classes.
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Commercial English in groups
The maximum number of
students is 6 per group. The courses start the first Monday of the month
(from September to June inclusive). The course consists of 20 lessons a
week for a period of 2 weeks. To register for this course an intermediate
level of English is needed. The course was designed to improve the use of
the language in numerous areas including:
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Linguistic ability in a commercial
setting for meetings, negotiations, telephone conversations,
presentations. |
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Language capabilities-improvement of
pronunciation and the acquisition of new vocabulary. |
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Active comprehension-with particular
emphasis on the ability to take notes. |
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Summary of information oral and
written. |
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Social situations with
clients/colleagues, receptions and discussions of current events.
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Private
lessons or small groups
It is possible to
organize courses all year round of private lessons or lessons for small
groups. These courses, aimed at satisfying specific needs of clients have
been found to be very productive in the past. A large selection of
teaching material is used.
Special Courses
Special courses are available:
Introduction to Anglo-Irish Literature, Introduction to Irish History and
Culture, Business English, English for Teachers, English for Tourism. A
good knowledge of English is necessary for these courses. Classes are held
twice a week (2.00pm-5.00pm). The minimum number
of participants for every course is 5 and the maximum is 10. Books,
articles and other materials are supplied.
At the school, students
have the opportunity to prepare for all of the examinations that are
officially recognized internationally. The school has an excellent record
of candidates who have passed exams including Cambridge Preliminary,
Cambridge First Certificate, Cambridge Advanced Certificate and Cambridge
Proficiency. These examinations are held twice a year in December and June
apart from the Preliminary Certificate, which is held four times a year
(November, April, May and June). One has to register for these
examinations about twelve weeks before the examination.
At the school it is
possible to sit the Pitman Institute Examination at the end of each month
(except December and January). It is necessary to register for these
examinations six weeks before the date of the examination.
Five different levels
are available:
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Basic |
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Elementary |
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Intermediate |
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Higher
Intermediate |
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Advanced |
The school also prepares
students for TOEFL examinations (Test of English as a foreign language).
The Director of Studies
and the teachers will advise students of the most suitable examination by
setting tests and judging their work.
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