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English for all

GENERALENGLISH
Study English and enjoy in Dubai with ES! Get on an amazing journey to learn or
improve your English with native English-speaking teachers at our modern andbeautiful campus. We have General English courses for all level learners, where you willlearn new words, grammar and pronunciation rules to improve your English reading,writing, speaking, and listening skills.

COURSES OFFEREDAll year round
LEVELS AVAILABLE
Beginner to Proﬁciency
CLASS TYPES
Semi-intensive (15 lessons/week) classes – 12 weeks
Intensive (30 lessons/week) classes – 6 weeks
COURSE DURATION
1 to 52 weeks
CLASS TIMINGS
Morning, midday, and late afternoon

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN EACH LEVELCOURSE LEVEL
Beginner

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO•••

TOPICS

Read and understand very short, simple texts•

Family life(notices, posters, catalogues, etc.) with•

Hobbies and pastimes

familiar words and basic phrases.

•Holidays

Write short and simple messages like holiday•

Leisure activities

greetings; ﬁll forms with personal details.

•Shopping

Speak and converse in a simple and slow•

Work and jobs

Read and understand short, simple texts with•

Family life

high frequency vocabulary and common•

Hobbies and pastimes

international expressions (advertisements,•

Holidaysprospectuses and timetables).

•Leisure activities

Write short and simple notes, messages,•

Shopping

personal letters, with basic phrases and•Work and jobs

Read and understand factual texts with a lot•

Leisure activities

oflanguage•

Education(newspaper articles on familiar subjects,•Film

descriptions of events, feelings and wishes).

•Books and literature

Write personal letters, simple texts on topics•News, lifestyles andmanner on very familiar topics.
•Listen and understand simple, slow, andstandard speech, recognising phrases andwords related to them.

Elementary••

sentences.
•

Speak in simple language and communicate
in routine tasks on familiar topics. Greet,address, and converse in social spaces likeshops, post ofﬁces or banks.

•Listen and understand clear, slow, andstandard speech related to areas of mostimmediate personal relevance and extract
the main point in simple messages andannouncements.

Pre-intermediate•& Intermediate•

everydayorjob-related

by linking a series of shorter discreteelements into a linear sequence.
•Speak using simple language; enter andparticipate unprepared into conversation onfamiliar topics.

•Listen and understand clear standard speech
on familiar topics related to work, school,leisure, etc.; radio or TV programmes, when
the delivery is relatively slow and clear.

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN EACH LEVELCOURSE LEVEL
Upper-intermediate

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO•

TOPICSAdapt to a style and speed of reading•

TOPICS
Educationdifferentand•

Filmusing•

Books and literature•

News, lifestyles andtexts

contemporary(articles,reports,literaryprose)

appropriate reference-sources.
••

Write clear and detailed text such as essays,

current affairs

reports, and letters highlighting the personal

•

Media

signiﬁcance of events and experiences.

•Arts

Read and understand long, complex, factual,•Books and literatureand literary texts; specialised articles; and•Media/Arts

longer technical instructions.

•News

Write different types of texts and detailed•

lifestyles and current

Speak and express their opinions with adegree of ﬂuency and spontaneity. Make
regular interaction with native speakers
using relevant explanations, arguments andcomments. Actively participate in informal
discussions on familiar topics and be able tocorrect mistakes.

•Listen and understand standard speech
spoken at a normal rate, complex lines ofargument in reasonably familiar topics,
essentials of lectures and most TV news andcurrent affairs programmes.

Advanced••

expositions like essays or reports in clear and•well-structured manner on complex subjects•

Scientiﬁc development

expressing their point of views.

•Technical

Speak clearly, ﬂuently, and spontaneouslywith access to a broad range of language.
Almost effortless communication for socialand professional purposes through wellstructured speech.

•affairs

Listen and understand lectures, discussions
on complex topics, even when the speech is
not clearly structured.

languageandlegal

EnglishHOW DO WE MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS?
We will track your learning progress through proper evaluation and give feedback on time tohelp you improve.

Our Assessment Process:214
3

Weeklyassessments

Feedback fromteachers with further
study plans

Progress reports
recorded in thestudent portal

Final End of Course
report provided oncompleting the course

WHY CHOOSE ES DUBAI?

High-tech smart classrooms

Qualiﬁed native English-speaking teachers

Students from 80+ nationalities

Student support in 20+ languages

Career support to ﬁnd job in Dubai

Studying at ES Dubai is a journey to learn, enjoy, and make memories.
You will get to explore Dubai with new friends from different countries through our fun social
activities programme.