23 Hours Week | Optional Sightseeing Programme | Homestay
Why Study With Us?
• 24/7 Support
• Our classes have a maximum of 8 students.
• Durham is one of the most beautiful cities in the UK.
• Our teachers are highly qualified, with years of teaching experience.
• Our social programme is designed to give you language learning opportunities.
• We teach a range of innovative classes.
• Talking Towns: find out about Durham through its people.
• Great homestay families.
• We are accredited by ASIC (Accreditation Service for International School, Colleges and Universities), a UK government approved accreditation body.
• Our classes have a maximum of 8 students.
• Durham is one of the most beautiful cities in the UK.
• Our teachers are highly qualified, with years of teaching experience.
• Our social programme is designed to give you language learning opportunities.
• We teach a range of innovative classes.
• Talking Towns: find out about Durham through its people.
• Great homestay families.
• We are accredited by ASIC (Accreditation Service for International School, Colleges and Universities), a UK government approved accreditation body.
Our intensive courses are designed to combine classroom study with 'real world' speaking opportunities. One week consists of 23 hours of English.
Classroom Teaching (15 hours week)
The classes are topic-based (money, healthcare, schools etc.) or deal with everyday English situations. All the grammar is introduced systematically and integrated with the situations and topics. New structures are learnt through student-centred activities, with language targets practised through pair work and group work. Our teachers use a range of teaching materials, making use of internationally-recognised course books and work they have created themselves.
English in the Community (8 hours week)
Your English in the community classes are structured around speaking and listening activities. Whenever possible, we will find opportunities for you to use your English with English people. The classes may include the following:
• Visit Durham Attractions - we have a range of activities that make use of Durham's attractions.
• Coffee Shop Chats - relax and use your English in one of Durham's many coffee shops. It's a great chance for free conversation with your classmates and teacher.
• Walk and Talk - we simply walk and talk, usually along Durham's beautiful riverbanks. We talk about the things around us, topics you've studied in class, just about anything.
• Interviews with Business Owners - using our local connections, we'll arrange for you to interview local business owners.
• Weekend Trip Preparation - on most of our weekend trips, you will have a chance to ask local people questons to find out more about the place. In order to help you do this, we will give you some information about the place beforehand and go over some of the background vocabulary you might need.
• Guest Speakers - listen as a local professional, perhaps a teacher or police officer, tells you about their life and work. How do their jobs differ from similar jobs in your country? It's another chance for you to listen to real English.
Minimun age: 18
Class size: 1 - 8
Language level: Elementary (A2) - Advanced (C1)
(Not suitable for complete beginners.)
Start dates: Any Monday
Course length: 1 Week - 12 Weeks
Available: April - November
Accommodation: Homestay or Self-Catering
Classroom Teaching (15 hours week)
The classes are topic-based (money, healthcare, schools etc.) or deal with everyday English situations. All the grammar is introduced systematically and integrated with the situations and topics. New structures are learnt through student-centred activities, with language targets practised through pair work and group work. Our teachers use a range of teaching materials, making use of internationally-recognised course books and work they have created themselves.
English in the Community (8 hours week)
Your English in the community classes are structured around speaking and listening activities. Whenever possible, we will find opportunities for you to use your English with English people. The classes may include the following:
• Visit Durham Attractions - we have a range of activities that make use of Durham's attractions.
• Coffee Shop Chats - relax and use your English in one of Durham's many coffee shops. It's a great chance for free conversation with your classmates and teacher.
• Walk and Talk - we simply walk and talk, usually along Durham's beautiful riverbanks. We talk about the things around us, topics you've studied in class, just about anything.
• Interviews with Business Owners - using our local connections, we'll arrange for you to interview local business owners.
• Weekend Trip Preparation - on most of our weekend trips, you will have a chance to ask local people questons to find out more about the place. In order to help you do this, we will give you some information about the place beforehand and go over some of the background vocabulary you might need.
• Guest Speakers - listen as a local professional, perhaps a teacher or police officer, tells you about their life and work. How do their jobs differ from similar jobs in your country? It's another chance for you to listen to real English.
Minimun age: 18
Class size: 1 - 8
Language level: Elementary (A2) - Advanced (C1)
(Not suitable for complete beginners.)
Start dates: Any Monday
Course length: 1 Week - 12 Weeks
Available: April - November
Accommodation: Homestay or Self-Catering
Use your English in the community
Timetable
| Day | Class 1 9:00 - 10:00 |
Class 2 10:05 - 11:05 |
Class 3 11:10 - 12:10 |
Lunch | English in the Community 1:00 - 3:00 |
Evening | ||
| Monday | Museum / Attraction | Things to do in Durham | ||||||
| Tuesday | Interview | |||||||
| Wednesday | Walk and Talk / Cafe | |||||||
| Thursday | Guest Speaker | |||||||
| Friday | ||||||||
| Saturday | Full-day Trip with Speaking Opportunities | |||||||
| Sunday | Free Day |
*Start times and activities may change.
Intensive English Courses
Page Glossary
| opportunity - a chance to do something, or a situation in which it is easy for you to do something | structure - the way in which the parts of something are organized or arranged into a whole |
| consist - to be made of particular parts or things | target - something that you try to achieve |
| combine - if you combine things, or if they combine, you use, do, or put them together | range - a number of different things that are of the same general type |
| make an effort - an attempt to do something that is difficult or that involves hard work | recognise - to accept the authority or status of someone or something |
| integrate - to make someone become a full member of a group or society and be involved completely in its activities | concern - something that worries you |
| ensure - to make certain that something happens | unique - not the same as anything or anyone else |
| systematically - done according to a careful plan and in a thorough way | innovative - new or original |
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Intensive
General English
23 Hours Week | Homestay
Optional Sightseeing Programme
Optional Sightseeing Programme
Our intensive courses are designed to combine classroom study with 'real world' speaking opportunities. One week consists of 23 hours of English.
Classroom Teaching (15 hours week)
The classes are topic-based (money, healthcare, schools etc.) or deal with everyday English situations. All the grammar is introduced systematically and integrated with the situations and topics. New structures are learnt through student-centred activities, with language targets practised through pair work and group work. Our teachers use a range of teaching materials, making use of internationally-recognised course books and work they have created themselves.
The classes are topic-based (money, healthcare, schools etc.) or deal with everyday English situations. All the grammar is introduced systematically and integrated with the situations and topics. New structures are learnt through student-centred activities, with language targets practised through pair work and group work. Our teachers use a range of teaching materials, making use of internationally-recognised course books and work they have created themselves.
English in the Community (8 hours week)
Your English in the community classes are structured around speaking and listening activities. Whenever possible, we will find opportunities for you to use your English with English people. The classes may include the following:
• Visit Durham Attractions - we have a range of activities that make use of Durham's attractions.
• Coffee Shop Chats - relax and use your English in one of Durham's many coffee shops. It's a great chance for free conversation with your classmates and teacher.
• Walk and Talk - we simply walk and talk, usually along Durham's beautiful riverbanks. We talk about the things around us, topics you've studied in class, just about anything.
• Interviews with Business Owners - using our local connections, we'll arrange for you to interview local business owners.
• Weekend Trip Preparation - on most of our weekend trips, you will have a chance to ask local people questons to find out more about the place. In order to help you do this, we will give you some information about the place beforehand and go over some of the background vocabulary you might need.
• Guest Speakers - listen as a local professional, perhaps a teacher or police officer, tells you about their life and work. How do their jobs differ from similar jobs in your country? It's another chance for you to listen to real English.
Your English in the community classes are structured around speaking and listening activities. Whenever possible, we will find opportunities for you to use your English with English people. The classes may include the following:
• Visit Durham Attractions - we have a range of activities that make use of Durham's attractions.
• Coffee Shop Chats - relax and use your English in one of Durham's many coffee shops. It's a great chance for free conversation with your classmates and teacher.
• Walk and Talk - we simply walk and talk, usually along Durham's beautiful riverbanks. We talk about the things around us, topics you've studied in class, just about anything.
• Interviews with Business Owners - using our local connections, we'll arrange for you to interview local business owners.
• Weekend Trip Preparation - on most of our weekend trips, you will have a chance to ask local people questons to find out more about the place. In order to help you do this, we will give you some information about the place beforehand and go over some of the background vocabulary you might need.
• Guest Speakers - listen as a local professional, perhaps a teacher or police officer, tells you about their life and work. How do their jobs differ from similar jobs in your country? It's another chance for you to listen to real English.
Accommodation: Hotel, self-catering or homestay accommodation is available with our intensive courses.
Minimun age: 18
Class size: 1 - 8
Language levels: Elementary (A2) -
Advanced (C1) (Not suitable for beginners)
Advanced (C1) (Not suitable for beginners)
Start dates: Any Monday
Course length: 1 Week - 3 Months
Available: April - November
Available: April - November
Durham School of English
Innovative English Language Teaching
