INTENSIVE ENGLISH SUPPORT - Full Year

This course is  developed in stages so that the student is placed in the level which best promotes their usage of English. 

Staff will test and place the students at the appropriate stage.  

IES00 Foundation Level

Students will be introduced to basic concepts expressed in simple English. The course is at a level where students

will learn to understand basic instructions, answer simple questions and participate in limited interactions on

familiar topics. Students will expand their vocabulary, learn to read short texts (1 or 2 sentences) and be able to

write simple or compound sentences. Students will build towards confidently using basic English.

IES01/02 Stage 1 and 2

Students will be working towards understanding more complex concepts expressed in English. This course is at a

level where students will be able to understand and give more complex instructions, ask and answer simple

questions and participate in interactions on familiar topics. Students will continue to expand their vocabulary, learn

to read short texts (short paragraphs containing simple, compound and complex sentences) and be able to

confidently write simple or compound sentences, working towards more complex sentences. Students will be

exposed to more topic specific and technical vocabulary. Students will confidently and appropriately use basic

English in a range of familiar situations.

IES03/04 Stage 3+

Students can understand and use complex language structures and language devices such as irony and puns. They

can understand texts with lower frequency and technical words. They will be able to make distinctions between

formal and informal speech. They will be able to confidently write on a variety of topics using appropriate paragraph

structure and using more complex grammar structures. They will also be able to show their personal voice in their

writing by having more control over vocabulary choice and literature devices such a similes and metaphors.

Students will confidently and appropriately use English in a range of familiar and unfamiliar situations.