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Preparatory Course in English

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In Singapore ()

£ 1,781.81 + VAT

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 2,247

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Duration

    12 Months

"Preparatory Course in English (PCE) is designed to help students who have some fluency in using English but may have little confidence in using English academically. The course focuses on equipping students to be fluent and confident in using English, to the end that they can progress to tertiary courses taught in LSBF.
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About this course

ll potential students are required to sit for a placement test to ascertain their proficiency levels before admittance into any of these courses

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Subjects

  • Writing
  • Grammar
  • English

Course programme

"MODULES DETAILS Listening Structured speaking tasks include interview, mini-talks, problem-solving and storytelling short extracts and mini-dialogues to introduce and practice and practice new language words and sentences for close listening and to model pronunciation longer texts (interviews, songs, stories and conversations) Speaking There is also a strong emphasis on speaking Practice of grammar and lexis is through oral exercises and activities Topics and reading texts in each module provide opportunities for follow-up discussion Regular integrated work on pronunciation Reading Wide range of reading materials including factual/scientific texts, stories, quizzes, forms, notes and emails. These texts are integrated in a number of different ways: extended texts specifically to develop reading skills texts which lead into grammar work and language analysis texts which provide a model or stimulus for tasks and a model writing activities. Writing Systematic work on writing skills is developed through: Regular writing sections which focus on writing e-mails and letters, composing narratives and reviews, drafting and redrafting, achieving greater texual cohesion through linking words, etc. written follow-up sections to many of the speaking tasks Pronunciation Pronunciation work is integrated with grammar and lexis. The focus is mainly on stress, weak forms and intonation, while the Workbook focus on problem sounds and word stress. A range of activity type are used, including discrimination exercises and dictation, and an equal emphasis is placed on understanding and reproducing. "

Preparatory Course in English

£ 1,781.81 + VAT

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 2,247