Options

Option 1

English Language tuition only

You can extend your course for €350 per each additional week 

Option 2

Intensive English 

You can extend your course for €380 per each additional week 

Breakdown

Topics

Skills

• Lessons integrate both receptive and productive skills practice with an emphasis on developing the speaking and listening skills
• English for the Workplace: Fluency & effective Communication through English in the specific context of the work environment

Intensive English

• Speaking, listening, reading and writing activities
• Pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar activities
• Class work includes individual, pair and group work, discussions, debates, project work, presentations, written tasks and listening exercises
• Each week a project topic is introduced to the class and students present their project work to the class at the end of the week
• Areas for improvement are addressed through revision sessions and progress tests

Competences

Lessons focus on developing competences needed to communicate effectively and flexibly through English in the real-world

• Linguistic: Grammatical, lexical and phonological
• Strategic: Interaction, compensation and repair
• Pragmatic: Functional language and discourse management

Fluency Development

• Asking for and giving information and opinions
• Expressing a point of view & providing supporting detail and examples
• Persuading, agreeing and disagreeing

Objectives & Outcomes

Learning objectives

• To develop and consolidate participants’ language skills by enhancing competency in English language usage in a multi-national environment
• To enhance communication in English between teachers and students
• To enhance participants’ competence in communicating and sharing of knowledge/experiences in English at conferences and training courses
• To enhance teachers competence in reading and understanding  professional articles and journals published in English 
• To promote awareness of Irish history and culture

Course outcomes

• Enhancement of personal English Language skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening, fluency, accuracy
• Greater understanding of students’ needs 
• Opportunities to observe teaching techniques, use of technology in the classroom and class management
• Greater awareness and knowledge of Irish culture and history
• Working in an international team for language activities and project work
• Knowledge of Erasmus+ potential for professional development

Sample Timetable

Below is a one week sample timetable 

Week 1

Weekend

Informal learning; Self-guided research and cultural visits with guidelines from Twin English Centre, Dublin.