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General English / ESL Courses

Through our ESL (General English) courses, you have the opportunity to improve all four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

Speaking Listening Reading Writing
General English and ESL courses
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Build All Four English Skills

Our General English and ESL courses help you develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing in practical, academic, and everyday situations.

General English and ESL learning class
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Speaking

Speaking

Practice discussing everyday topics such as your city, education, transportation, weather, work, leisure, travel, and food with more confidence and fluency.

Daily Topics Conversation Skills Fluency Building
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Listening

Listening

Improve your listening through materials ranging from everyday conversations to more advanced talks on climate change, technology, the economy, and academic themes.

Everyday Listening Advanced Topics Academic Talks
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Reading

Reading

Strengthen your reading skills through newspapers, online articles, books, novels, and academic texts, from everyday content to more advanced reading.

News & Media Books & Novels Academic Texts
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Writing

Writing

Start with short sentences and paragraph writing, then move to essays, business writing, news reports, and academic research at higher levels.

Paragraph Writing Essays Business & Academic Writing
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Your Next Step After ESL

After completing your recommended ESL course, you can continue your progress through test preparation, academic English, and more advanced communication skills.

Move Into Test Preparation

Once you complete your recommended ESL course, you may move on to an English test preparation course such as IELTS or TOEFL.

IELTS TOEFL

Develop Academic Skills

You can also continue developing your academic English by working with academic lectures, improving your presentation skills, reading journals and articles, and learning to write research proposals.

Lectures Presentations Research Proposals

Research & Referencing

You will also learn research techniques and become familiar with referencing styles such as APA and MLA.

APA MLA Research Skills
Before You Register

Start With Our Free Assessment Test

Before registering, you must take our free assessment test. This helps us determine your English level so we can recommend the course that is most suitable for you.

After the test, we may contact you for a short interview.

English & ESL Courses and Durations

Beginner Courses
Beginner 1 (B1)15 Hours
Beginner 2 (B2)15 Hours
Beginner 3 (B3)15 Hours
Pre-Intermediate Courses
Pre-Intermediate 1 (PI-1)22.5 Hours
Pre-Intermediate 2 (PI-2)22.5 Hours
Pre-Intermediate 3 (PI-3)22.5 Hours
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Intermediate Courses
Intermediate 1 (I-1)22.5 Hours
Intermediate 2 (I-2)22.5 Hours
Intermediate 3 (I-3)22.5 Hours
Upper-Intermediate Courses
Upper-Intermediate 1 (UI-1)22.5 Hours
Upper-Intermediate 2 (UI-2)22.5 Hours
Upper-Intermediate 3 (UI-3)22.5 Hours
Advanced Courses
Advanced 1 (A-1)22.5 Hours
Advanced 2 (A-2)22.5 Hours
Advanced 3 (A-3)22.5 Hours
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Pre-IELTS 1 / Pre-TOEFL 1
Pre-IELTS 130 Hours
Pre-TOEFL 130 Hours
Pre-IELTS 2 / Pre-TOEFL 2
Pre-IELTS 230 Hours
Pre-TOEFL 230 Hours
IELTS / TOEFL Courses
IELTS22.5 Hours
TOEFL30 Hours

Notes:

– Course length might change if the course supervisor decides on longer or shorter periods if need be.

– Students are responsible to pay for course materials or purchase them elsewhere as needed.

– For academic reading and writing courses, please refer to the “Academic English” page.


COURSE PATHWAY

General English / ESL Courses

Our ESL pathway helps students move step by step from general English development to more advanced academic or test-preparation goals.

Session Length
1.5 or 3 hours
Stage 1

General English / ESL

Students build their English skills progressively through the ESL course levels.

Stage 2

After Pre-Intermediate 3

Students can continue to Intermediate 1 or move into Pre-IELTS 1 / Pre-TOEFL 1.

Stage 3

Test Preparation Path

Pre-IELTS courses lead to IELTS, and Pre-TOEFL courses lead to TOEFL.

This pathway gives students the flexibility to continue improving general English or move toward specific academic and international test goals.