Queens Academic Group

Academic English

Description

Course Name:	Academic English (including IELTS Exam Preparation)
Options:	25Hrs/wk full-time / 15 Hrs/wk part-time
Fee:	$380/wk full-time; $195/wk part-time
Entry Criteria:	17+ years of age You must satisfy entry requirements or study in the General English class if you are not yet ready for Academic English.
Class Size:	8-14, 15 Max
Start Date:	Starts every Monday
Length of Course:	Open - six weeks advised and students are then transferred back to the General English programme to deepen their English studies.
Levels:	Intermediate and advanced
Placement:	You will sit our placement test on arrival, and will then placed in the appropriate class according to you assessed language level.
Certification:	Queens Academic Group Certificate in Academic English (You must meet all course and attendance requirements. Additionally, you will need to attain an Academic IELTS Score of 6.0.)

Details

The Academic English course is offered at 2 levels and is designed on a modular framework based on the principles of communicative competence. It is taught by task-based methodology.

Our levels are classified as follows:

IELTS 4.5 or equivalent
IELTS 5.5 or equivalent

The course teaches students the core skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in international English. IELTS exam strategies and preparatory tests and exercises are conducted in a simulated exam environment and each student is formally tested every 6 weeks and receives a written report assessing their current level and performance.

Material is presented cyclically so that items are revisited at ever increasing layers of depth and complexity as the course progresses. Each student's awareness of the importance of text structures in a variety of the most commonly encountered academic genres (in both spoken and written modes) is emphasised. Additionally, students learn study skills essential to their success at university and tertiary institutes.

QAG arranges for the students to sit their IELTS examination and provides pathways to universities and tertiary institutes both in New Zealand and abroad.

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