English Skills Focus

English Skills Focus is for learners who want to improve specific areas of their English. You can focus on one skill or combine several, depending on your level, goals and learning needs. The programme is built around the areas that matter most to you, with focused practice, feedback and application.

Choose Your Focus

Core English Skills

1. Conversation Fluency: speak more naturally and confidently through conversation practice, spontaneous communication, discussion, pronunciation and listening.

2. Grammar: accuracy and control through work on sentence structure, verb forms, complex grammar and the practical use of English.

3. Vocabulary: a wider and more useful vocabulary, including collocations, word formation, phrasal verbs, academic language and professional terminology.

4. Pronunciation: clarity and intelligibility through work on sounds, word stress, sentence stress, rhythm, intonation and connected speech.

5. Listening: the ability to understand natural spoken English, follow discussions and identify key information, detail, meaning and attitude.

Academic English Skills

1. Academic Reading: the skills needed to understand and analyse academic texts, including identifying arguments, evaluating evidence, recognising structure and interpreting meaning.

2. Academic Writing: clear and effective academic writing, with a focus on structure, coherence, academic vocabulary, argumentation, sources, paraphrasing and editing.

3. Academic Speaking & Presentations: the skills needed for seminars, presentations and academic discussion, including explaining ideas, expressing opinions, answering questions and presenting information clearly.

Professional English Skills

1. Professional Communication: effective communication for meetings, discussions, workplace interaction and international professional situations.

2. Business Writing & Communication: clear and appropriate writing for emails, reports, proposals, presentations and other professional communication.

How the Programme Works

1. Identify Your Needs: We identify the skills you want to improve and the areas that need the most attention.

2. Set Your Goals: We establish clear objectives based on your current level and intended use of English.

3. Select Your Skills: Choose one skill, combine several, or develop a broader set of skills as your needs change.

4. Build Your Programme: Lessons and materials are selected and adapted to your goals, level and chosen focus.

5. Practise and Apply: You develop the target skills through guided practice, communication and practical tasks.

6. Review Your Progress: Your development is monitored throughout the programme, and the focus can be adjusted whenever it needs to be.

The programme is suitable for learners who:

• Have a specific area of English they want to improve

• Need additional support with a particular skill

• Want to address a weakness in their English

• Are preparing for university study

• Need stronger academic communication skills

• Want to improve their professional English

• Want greater confidence using English

Start With the Skill You Need

Sometimes the most useful step is focused work on one skill, not a full English course.

Choose your focus, set your goals and develop the English you need.