Turn a foreign city into YOUR city! Get out there, interact with locals, experience their dialects and explore their history.
What can you expect on this course?
If you are looking to develop fluency, target core skills, and truly experience your destination through its language, this dynamic course is your gateway to practical use of English.
This Special Focus Programme combines 20 lessons of General English with 4 lessons focused on language study inspired by your destination, for a complete intensive experience that is tailored to you and your personal reasons for learning.
Structured classroom study will also support each theme, with themes changing weekly. These could include: ‘Business English – Tours of Local Businesses’, ‘Describing Art & Culture – Museum Tours’, ‘Talk like a Local – Neighbourhood Visits’, and ‘The Language of Sports – Stadium Visits’.
Depending on the centre and available timetable, students enrolled in this course will be taken outside the classroom 1 – 2 times per week. Students will visit various locations, which will support the learning they complete in the classroom.
This course has guaranteed morning schedule for the following destinations
(Please note that the minimum level for the Guaranteed Morning Start Timetable at the schools where it is available is Elementary):
- With additional supplement for the first 11 weeks:
Toronto, Brighton, London, Cape Town, Cape Town 30+
- No supplement at:
New York, New York 30+, Boston and San Diego
Please take note that Dublin and Manchester do not provide guaranteed morning classes year-round yet.
Facts
Level
Intermediate
Course Duration
Minimum 1 week/ Maximum 4 weeks
Course start dates
Available in high season only.
Lessons per week
24 or 30 lessons per week (20 General English + 4 or 10 English in the City)
Lesson
45 minutes
This course is suitable for students who
- are seeking an experiential programme that gives them opportunities to interact with their host city
- are looking to engage with the city and the language outside of the classroom
- are interested in learning English for every day interaction with locals
- want to learn about the history and culture of their host city