General English Training
General English Language Training with 20 (GE20) or 26 lessons per week (GE26) is a language skills programme that helps learners upgrade their English for everyday social and professional communication. The course is for teachers, students and education professionals at all levels who need English to interact effectively with students, colleagues and friends. It is available all year round.
Description
This Erasmus+ General English Language Training course is a year-round course and can be of any duration from 1 to 12 weeks and is available all year round. It consists of either 20 or 26 classroom-based lessons per week, and also includes an afternoon cultural and social programme with activities and excursions. The GE26 course offers 6 additional 50-minute lessons in the afternoons (small group tuition). Participants can have any level of English from A1 (Elementary) to C1 (Advanced) to join this course. These lessons involve a focus on the four main skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing), plus grammar and vocabulary, and a strong emphasis is placed on helping participants improve their communication skills.
The lessons take place in mixed nationality groups at our school in Dublin, with no more than 15 students per class. Various accommodation options are available on request for participants throughout their stay.
Learning objectives
- Improve your control and flexibility over a range of grammatical structures and functions to communicate ideas for a range of social and professional purposes.
- Communicate more effectively using appropriate pronunciation without being misunderstood or asked to repeat what you have said.
- Give a prepared presentation on a familiar topic with the main points, including such things as similarities and differences, explained with reasonable precision.
- Write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within your field of interest.
Methodology & assessment
Students are expected to actively participate in all pair work, small group and whole class tasks and activities. Participants should try to use new language in class, to ask questions, and to listen carefully to teacher feedback on how to say things better.
During the course participants will also take part in a range of afternoon activities and excursions where they will be encouraged to develop their language skills in a more informal environment outside the classroom and further enhance their knowledge of contemporary Ireland and the vibrant city of Dublin.
Assessment involves end-of-week tests and presentations, for which feedback is provided.
Materials, digital tools & other learning resources
Partucipants are provided with digital materials, paper handouts and textbooks as necessary.
Certification details
The certificate includes the name of the course, duration and dates of the course, and course content.
Pricing, packages and other information
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Price:495Euro
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Course package content:
Included: Course fees, course registration fees, course materials, excursions and attraction tickets, course certificate.
Not included: airport transfer, accommodation (some of which include meals) - all available at an additional cost. Please enquire for more details.
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Additional information:Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
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Cancellation & changes:
If a participant cancels their course more than 30 days before the course commences, all fees will be refunded.
A participant may change the course or date of the course up to 30 days before the courses commences, and in exceptional courses at shorter notice if other courses and course dates are available.
Refunds, partial refunds or compensation of any kind will not be given for days missed during the course, for late arrival or early departure, days missed due to adverse weather conditions, acts of governments, interruption of electrical power, fire, floods, war, other natural disasters, disease outbreaks or other cases of force majeure.
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Additional information:The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).
Additional information
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Language:English
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Target audience ISCED:Primary education (ISCED 1)Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
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Target audience type:TeacherStudent TeacherNot-for-profit / NGO staff
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Learning time:20-25 hours
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