for Japanese
All our courses are geared to one central aim. To improve the communicative abilities of all students in terms of speaking and listening and to a lesser degree reading and writing.
Our general English courses are destined for people who feel that their knowledge of the rules of the language exists to a greater or lesser extent, but know that their communicative abilities lag behind. Our aim here is to maximize exposure to the language of everyday English ranging from handling transactions in a bank or shop through to discussion of typical international news events.
Our business English courses offer training to those people who need English for professional or business reasons. These courses focus on the language of making presentations, attending meetings and negotiation but do not ignore the essential component of socialising outside the professional context, in the restaurant or hotel, taxi or shop. An element of discussion on topics of international interest would also be a component of the course.
Our examination preparation courses focus on the skills needed to negotiate international examinations including TOEFL TOEIC Cambridge and Oxford University certificates. These courses are, by definition, centered on the examinations aimed at but will also include an element of social English.
Before we start the course, your trainer will evaluate your level.
| Level | Ability | Focus on their study |
| Beginner | Students at this level have only a very basic understanding of vocabulary and grammatical structures in the English language. | Their communicaztive ability is therefore extremely limited and would need an introduction and revision of all basic language forms. |
| Elementary | People at this level would have a good basic understanding of the language but would need revision of all its forms and structures. | They would generally lack any real knowledge of tense forms, limited to expressing themselves in the present tense only. Their vocabulary would be limited to basic day to day expressions. |
| Intermediate | Students at this level would have a reasonable understanding of day to day language and knowledge of basic grammatical structures. | Their lack of vocabulary would limit their communicative abilities however. Revision of all tense forms and modal constructions would form the grammatical basis of the course. |
| Upper-intermediate | Here, students will have a good understanding of day to day language and a good grasp of all grammatical structures. | The student will be able to express him or herself reasonably comfortably in social situations but will lack the vocabulary for more formal situations. |
| Advanced | Students at this level will have a good in depth knowledge of the structures of the language and a rather wide range of vocabulary. | The course would therefore focus on fine-tuning the language already known and on developing his or her knowledge of abstract vocabulary and idiomatic expressions to further improve communicative abilities. |
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