General English / Academic English Summer School
July / August 2010
9 weeks 21st June – 20th August (minimum stay 2 weeks) 20 hours of class-based tuition per week
If you need English as a tourist or for travel, for your job or you just enjoy learning English for fun, this is the course for you.
Improve your general English skills (Speaking, including Oral Fluency and Pronunciation, Listening, Reading, Writing and Grammar) while spending time in the UK, making friends from all over the world and seeing the sights. Enjoy a day trip every Wednesday to places of interest: e.g. Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Bath, Wales, Chester, Shrewsbury.
The General English Summer School includes
Communication Skills
This is the main part of the course. You will build up your grammatical awareness and accuracy while improving your ability understand and produce written and spoken English through reading writing and listening practice. The course includes regular tests and reviews so you can see how your English is progressing. Learner Training and Guidance You will receive guidance on how to improve your language learning skills (for example: effective dictionary use, making the most of web-based resources, study skills, techniques for recording and learning vocabulary). Learner training will help you to continue to improve your English outside the classroom both during your stay in the UK and when you return home.
British Life and Culture
Building your cultural awareness is an important step in effective communication. You will gain further practice in language skills while learning more about the cultural differences and similarities between the UK and other places of the world. You will also learn about the places we visit on the weekly trips.
Spoken Fluency, Listening and Pronunciation
Practise and improve your ability to speak clearly and fluently in English. You will also improve your pronunciation and recognition of individual sounds, word and sentence stress and intonation. You will also gain practice understanding different types of spoken English.
Weekly Trips
The course fees include a weekly trip to a place of cultural interest. Destinations vary but may include Cambridge, Ironbridge, Chester, Cardiff, Cheddar Gorge, Bristol, Oxford, The Cotswolds. Please note that entrance fees to attractions may be payable.
You must have good speaking and comprehension skills – the course is unsuitable for beginners.
Academic English Summer School (Level B2 upwards IELTS 4.5)
As for General English Summer School, students will study communication skills and undertake study visits. In addition, students will undertake sessions in Academic Learner Training and Guidance as well as IELTS/Academic English (8 hours per week).
Assessment
You will have a placement test (including a grammar, vocabulary and reading test, a writing test and a speaking assessment) when you arrive - this enables us to place you in a class that is appropriate for your ability. Class levels are based on Council of Europe language levels from A2 (Elementary) to C2 (Advanced).
Accommodation
You are free to make your own arrangements for accommodation but we advise that you do not share accommodation with people who speak the same language and strongly recommend our Homestay Programme with a British family (£90 per week, bed, breakfast and evening meal Monday – Friday; all meals weekends) as a great way of practising your language outside the classroom and making new friends.
Qualifications
At the end of your course you will receive a Dudley College Achievement and Attendance Certificate which states your level of English based on the Council of Europe language levels. For those on the Academic Summer School, the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Test can be taken at an approved local centre (at a cost of approximately £120).
FEES:
General English 9 weeks £1,250 or £145 per week (minimum 2 weeks)
Academic / IELTS English 9 weeks £1,350 or £155 per week (minimum 2 weeks)
Contact International Office on + 44 1384 363356 or email: international@dudleycol.ac.uk, or you can complete the international application form and send it to us.