English Courses in Ramsgate
Main and Intensive
These courses are for dedicated students who want to make the most out of their general English course. Homework is given daily and expected to be done by the students in their free time.
Main & Intensive – flexible general English programmes
Main Courses
Main courses consist of 15 hours a week in a class with students from across the globe. The courses follow a syllabus focused on the 4 key skills – speaking, writing, reading and listening. New vocabulary is learned
Intensive Courses
These courses are either 20 or 25 hours a week and include either 5 or 10 hours of optional courses. Students taking Intensive 20 course choose 1 elective and if you take intensive 25, you choose 2 electives. The elective choices are as follows:
- General English
- Skills development
- English for Business
- English + Computing
- IELTS
- The TOEFL ® test
- The TOEIC ® test
- Cambridge PET, BEC
Take note - Beginners have to follow a 25 hour per week Intensive course including a General English Elective of 10 hours a week for at least the first month of their course.
English Extra
These flexible short courses combine the best of group lessons in the morning (15 hours per week) with one to one lessons in the afternoon (minimum 5 hours per week).
The perfect solution for those who need to refresh their knowledge of English or improve their performance in particular areas necessary to their professional or academic careers.
Improve your overall knowledge in morning classes with other students of the same level and focus on your specific language / vocational needs in the afternoon with tailored tuition designed to meet your requirements.
Crash Courses
A Crash Course at Our school offers the ideal way to learn the maximum amount of English in the shortest possible time at the most effective price. Courses consist of two weeks, 30 hours per week in small classes of maximum 5 students, average 4.
Each Crash Course is taught by a team of 3 experienced teachers. As necessary we may also bring in various experts in particular specialist fields.
On enrolment all customers are sent a Client Needs Analysis to be completed and returned to us. We use this information to ensure that wherever possible the Course will cover the specific needs of each customer.
Work experience
The use of English as the international means of communication continues to grow and most people study English at some stage in their career. For some, classroom learning is not enough; it is also essential to be fully confident in the use of English in the workplace. To meet this need, our school’s Work Experience Programme is specially designed to enable you to combine learning English in an excellent language school with practical work experience.
There are two parts to a Work Experience Programme. The first is an Intensive English Course of 25 hours per week at our school for a minimum of four weeks. The second is work placement with a company or organisation specially chosen to match, as closely as possible, your profession or subject of study. We offer work placements in a large number of work places covering a wide range of professions including:
- Agriculture
- Business Administration
- Computing
- Economics
- Engineering & Technical
- Finance & Accounting
- Health & Social Services
- Hotel & Catering
- Import and Export
- Law
- Marketing & Advertising
- Media & Communications
- Politics
- Retail
- Sales
- Secretarial & PA
- Tourism & Leisure
- Voluntary Organisations
Academic Year
hese flexible Programmes are ideal for the long term student who can benefit from a considerable cost saving over 6, 9 or 12 months. With four starting dates a year the 22, 33 or 44 week Programmes are split into terms of 11 weeks with holidays between.
- Study for 15, 20 or 25 hours a week.
- Students taking 20 or 25 hours will select from the monthly Electives Courses menu (see Main and Intensive Courses page)
- Students taking 15 hour courses can book extra lessons at any time
- Students taking 25 hour courses can switch to a Cambridge Exam course at no extra cost apart from the examination fee.
NB Minimum enrolment period 6 months / 22 weeks
Pre-University Courses
We offer 2-months Pre-University Elective courses followed by a 1-month IELTS course. These courses are designed for students going onto university, taking either an undergraduate or post-graduate course.
PRE-UNIVERSITY COURSES – English for Academic Purposes
Provides the study skills necessary for the English language classroom and, at higher levels, focuses on the academic skills necessary for study in further education colleges and universities in the U.K. and other English speaking countries.
IELTS COURSES – International English Language Testing System
IELTS is the required qualification for entry to British Universities and is also accepted by many institutions in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Preparation courses are available throughout the year as part of our afternoon elective course system.
Students receive 15 hours per week of General English lessons in the mornings (3 hours per day), followed by 10 hours per week of Elective lessons (2.5 hours on 4 afternoons). At the end of the course the IELTS exam/test can be taken.
Cambridge Exams
Our school has specialised in examination courses for over 30 years and knows exactly what is required to ensure our students pass their exams. This is why we have a first-class record of academic achievement.
The University of Cambridge Examinations are recognised worldwide. Our school is a Cambridge Exam Centre so you can sit the exams here in Ramsgate. Our Cambridge Examination Courses: FCE, CAE and Proficiency are 25 hours per week. They are run completely independently of other courses which means you are studying all day only with students taking the same examination as yourself.
(Some of our other examination courses can be taken as Electives if you are doing an Intensive Course with General English in the morning, e.g. the The TOEFL ® test , The TOEIC ® test and IELTS tests and the LCCI English for Tourism and English for Business examinations.)
Cambridge First Certificate
The most popular Cambridge Examination, this tests English at a Higher Intermediate level. The examinations are held three times a year in March, June and December. Our school runs a 9 or 10 week course starting in January then 11 or 12 week courses starting in March and September. We also offer a 12 or 13 week First Certificate Preparation Course during the summer time for those who require the intense Exam preparation but who wish to take the exam in their own country or at a later date.
Cambridge Advanced
The Certificate in Advanced English offers a high-level qualification to those students who wish to use English in their jobs and whose level is in between First Certificate and Proficiency. The emphasis of the exam is very much directed towards real-world tasks so that you develop those language skills that are most useful to you in your work. Our school runs courses twice a year. Our Cambridge Advanced courses are highly successful, backed by the professional expertise that we have applied to our other Cambridge courses in the last 20 years.
Cambridge Proficiency
The Proficiency is the highest non-specialist Cambridge Examination and is the English language qualification most widely accepted by British Universities. In a number of countries a pass at Proficiency level qualifies you to teach English in the school system.
Cambridge Lead Up Courses: First Certificate and Advanced
The Lead Up Courses are specially designed to improve your English to the level required to join the main Cambridge examination courses. They are available as part of the Elective system (see Main and Intensive Courses) and consist of 4 weeks x 15 hours General English plus a 5 hours per week elective course specialising in the exam skills necessary to achieve success in the examination course itself.
