Eglish Courses for Adults experiece expertise excellece
The aims of Eastboure School of Eglish are: excellece i the teachig of Eglish as a foreig laguage awareess of the chagig eeds of our studets service to our studets good admiistratio ad care of our staff We exist to give studets the best teachig ad learig facilities we ca. We believe i the eed to cotiually review ad ivest i ew teachig materials, equipmet ad techology, ad i the developmet of our staff. We kow that the welfare of studets ad staff is of great importace i maitaiig the friedly but purposeful atmosphere that we provide. We believe that oly good admiistratio ca give both studets ad staff the support ad cofidece they eed.
Welcome to Eastboure School of Eglish ESOE, fouded i 1936, is a ot-for-profit charitable educatioal foudatio with a strog commitmet to providig quality Eglish laguage teachig ad excellet studet services. The school is accredited by the British Coucil ad we are ispected agaist strict criteria every four years. We are also members of Quality Eglish ad IALC, two orgaisatios of idepedet, high quality laguage schools. ESOE is partered with The Eglish Laguage Cetre, Brighto. We uderstad that everyoe is uique with differet eeds ad differet goals. From your first cotact with us we will provide you with idividual attetio. Our whole team of staff is dedicated to providig you with excellet courses i a warm, friedly ad professioal eviromet, as well as carig for every aspect of your stay. At ESOE we offer you a friedly, carig ad safe learig eviromet a wide variety of Eglish laguage courses for adults experieced ad professioal teachers over 40 differet atioalities every year free support ad advice with uiversity applicatios a full programme of afteroo/eveig social activities ad weeked excursios city cetre school great locatio (seaside, 90 km from Lodo, close to iteratioal airports) Cotets Page Geeral Eglish 2-3 Examiatio Courses 4-5 Log Term Study 6-7 Courses for Teachers 8-9 Courses for Mature Studets 10-11 Summer Plus Course 12 Social Programme 13 Eastboure 14 Accommodatio 15 Facilities 20 well-equipped classrooms free WLAN studet louge with flat-scree TV ad daily ewspapers Study Cetre with computer room ad library studet kitche with microwaves, kettles ad driks machies book shop games room with pool table + computers for iteret access iteractive whiteboard garde Social Programme ad Evets 16 1
Geeral Eglish Our Geeral Eglish Courses are desiged to give you the cofidece to commuicate effectively i real-life situatios. The courses provide a balaced programme focusig o the skills of speakig, listeig, readig ad writig whilst coverig essetial grammar, vocabulary, prouciatio, idioms ad colloquial laguage. The courses provide effective traiig for studets who eed Eglish for work, study or travel ad ca provide preparatio for a umber of exams icludig IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, KET ad PET. You ca choose either: 25 lessos Geeral Eglish (GEA) 30 lessos Geeral Eglish (GEB) 20 lessos Geeral Eglish + 10 lessos of special optios For stays of more tha 24 weeks choose our Study Year Programme (SYP). KEY FACTS placemet test to esure a class at the right level regular progress checks + daily homework multi-atioal classes at least oe lesso a week i the computer laboratory all course material + ed of course certificate provided COURSE INFORMATION Geeral Eglish Course legth: Miimum 2 weeks, start ay Moday Number of lessos per week: GEA - 25 (18.75 hours); GEB - 30 (22.5 hours) Maximum Class size: 12 Level: All levels, Begier (A1) to Advaced (C1) Miimum age: 16 2
Afteroo Optios I additio to a core morig programme of 20 lessos study, we offer various possibilities: the opportuity to study more itesively ad focus more specifically o your academic goals the opportuity to combie Eglish laguage study with developig a practical skill Academic Optios Geeral Eglish + Exam Skills (GES) This afteroo optio is desiged to develop the skills ecessary to be successful i your exams. It provides traiig i exam techique ad all other aspects of exams. It is ideal for studets who eed extra preparatio for TOEIC, TOEFL ad IELTS. Geeral Eglish + Oe-to-Oe (GEO) This afteroo optio offers idividual lessos with a teacher who will desig the course accordig to your specific eeds. For example, you ca develop your geeral Eglish skills further e.g. coversatio, prouciatio, writig have specific preparatio for a exam e.g. IELTS, TOEIC, TOEFL, BEC, CAE or FCE focus o a specific area related to your job e.g. a importat presetatio, telephoig, medical Eglish Geeral Eglish Plus Optios Eglish plus Golf (GEPG) Practise ad develop your golfig skills o golf courses i the beautiful South Dows. You will have 3 afteroo golf lessos per week led by a professioal golf coach. Eglish plus Teis (GEPT) Our expert coaches will help you to improve all aspects of your game. You will have 3 afteroo teis lessos per week led by a professioal teis coach. Eglish plus Natural Health (GEPNH) Choose from a wide rage of atural fitess ad therapy classes. You will have 3 atural fitess classes per week (e.g. Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi) ad 1 complemetary therapy per week ( e.g. Alexader, Bowe, Reiki, Reflexology). COURSE INFORMATION Geeral Eglish + Afteroo Optios Course legth: GES, GEO: miimum 2 weeks, start ay Moday Number of lessos per week: 30 (22.5 hours). 20 x Geeral Eglish + 10 x afteroo optio Level: GES, Itermediate (B1) to Advaced (C1). GEO all levels, Begier (A1) to Advaced (C1) Miimum age: 16 Maximum Class size: 12 Geeral Eglish Plus Course legth: GEPG, GEPT ad GEPNH miimum 2 weeks (see Course Fider for availability) Number of lessos per week: 20 (15 hours) x Geeral Eglish + afteroo activities Level: All levels, Begier (A1) to Advaced (C1) Miimum age: 16 Maximum Class size: 12 3
Examiatio Courses Examiatios at Eastboure School of Eglish Good qualificatios i Eglish are ow essetial. ESOE provides a wide rage of courses ad examiatios to help you achieve the Eglish laguage qualificatios you eed. We ca help you prepare for: IELTS, TOEIC, TOEFL Cambridge ESOL exams (CPE, CAE, FCE, PET, KET, BEC, BULATS) Triity Graded Examiatios i Spoke Eglish Pitmas ESOL ad SESOL exams LCCI Eglish for Busiess Examiatios Eastboure School of Eglish is a official examiatio cetre for: Cambridge Eglish BEC ad through our parter school, The Eglish Laguage Cetre, Brighto we ca ru the followig exams i Eastboure: TOEIC Pitmas SESOL (Spoke Eglish for Speakers of Other Laguages) LCCI (The Lodo Chamber of Commerce ad Idustry) Eglish for Busiess Examiatios Triity GESE (Graded Examiatios i Spoke Eglish) Cambridge ESOL BULATS Key facts full-time exam courses, Moday to Friday, with the exam at the ed of the course regular tutorials with your teacher to give idividual help ad study advice all course books ad materials icluded (exam fees ot icluded) mock examiatios uder exam coditios regular homework 4
Achieve Your Goals Cambridge Examiatio Courses (CC) The Cambridge Examiatio courses are desiged to improve your overall laguage ability i additio to developig the laguage skills ecessary to pass your chose Cambridge ESOL exam (FCE, CAE or CPE). They provide complete ad careful preparatio for all 5 papers of the examiatios ad iclude practice iterviews with experieced Cambridge examiers. IELTS Preparatio Course (IELTS) The appropriate IELTS score is ow the stadard requiremet for etry to a UK uiversity. This full-time course provides complete ad careful preparatio for all aspects of the academic module ad icludes guidace ad practice i all 4 papers of the IELTS exam (readig, writig, listeig ad speakig). Itroductio to Busiess Eglish (IBE) This course is desiged for studets who are either at a early stage i their careers or studets who have ot yet started workig. The aim of the course is to give you a good geeral kowledge ad uderstadig of the use of Eglish i busiess situatios. The course also prepares you for the Lodo Chamber of Commerce ad Idustry Eglish for Busiess exams. You will be itroduced to specific skills such as: meetigs, iterviews, presetatios, egotiatios writig reports commuicatig effectively o the telephoe correspodig effectively i busiess (emails, letters ad faxes) COURSE INFORMATION Examiatio Courses Course legth: CC: 4-13 weeks, fixed dates ; IELTS, IBE: 4 weeks, fixed dates Number of lessos per week: 25 (18.75 hours); 4-week summer CC courses 30 lessos (22.5 hours) Maximum Class size: 12 Level: Itermediate (B1) to Advaced (C1) Miimum age: 16 5
Log Term Study Study Year Programme (SYP) The Study Year Programme is desiged to provide a comprehesive laguage programme which will help you prepare for your future ad achieve iteratioally recogised exam qualificatios. It is a flexible combiatio of our Geeral Eglish ad examiatio courses. The programme is ideal for highly motivated people who eed to: develop overall cofidece ad fluecy i Eglish commuicate effectively i Eglish prepare for further academic studies use Eglish i their career gai iteratioally recogised qualificatios develop Eglish for social, academic ad work eviromets The programme allows you to study o a variety of ESOE courses, icludig Geeral Eglish, IELTS, Cambridge ESOL exams ad Itroductio to Busiess Eglish. Your ow persoal adviser will meet you regularly to pla your persoal programme ad give ogoig study advice ad support. For EU studets the Study Year programme ca also be combied with our Work Experiece Programme (itership) KEY FACTS a choice from a wide variety of courses ad optios the cost of two exteral exams o ESOE exam preparatio courses icluded preparatio for exams such as Cambridge ESOL, IELTS, TOEIC ad TOEFL all course books ad materials icluded COURSE INFORMATION Study Year Programme Course legth: Miimum 24 weeks, start ay Moday Number of lessos per week: Miimum 25 (18.75 hours) Maximum Class size: 12 Level: All levels, Begier (A1) to Advaced (C1) Miimum age: 16 6
Level ad Examiatio Guide ESOE Exam Guide ESOE Level CEFR Cambridge IELTS TOEFL ibt TOEIC Triity GESE Cambridge BEC BULATS Upper advaced C2 CPE 8-9 12 90-100 Advaced C1 CAE 7-8 110-120 945 10-11 BEC Higher 75-89 Upper-itermediate B2 FCE 5-6.5 87-109 785 7-9 BEC Vatage 60-74 Itermediate B1 PET 4-5 57-86 550 5-6 BEC Prelimiary 40-59 Pre-itermediate A2 KET 3 225 3-4 20-39 Elemetary A1/A2 120 1-2 0-19 Begier A1 This table provides a approximate guide of which exams ca be take at each level ESOE Level Guide CEFR* Levels ESOE Levels Level aims C2 Upper-Advaced use Eglish very well i demadig situatios performace level may be above average ative speaker C1 Advaced use Eglish well i all but the most demadig situatios use ad uderstad complex laguage Coucil of Europe: Vatage B2 B1 Upper Itermediate Itermediate use Eglish effectively i all familiar situatios use more complex Eglish ad cope with more demadig situatios use Eglish to express simple ideas ad achieve results use rage of basic laguage well i most situatios Coucil of Europe: Threshold A2 Pre-Itermediate use Eglish i most familiar situatios use Eglish i a limited way i more difficult situatios Coucil of Europe: Waystage A1/A2 Elemetary develop Eglish skills to survival level use Eglish oly i very familiar situatios A1 Begier lear basic vocabulary ad structures for simple commuicatio *CEFR = Coucil of Europe s Commo Europea Framework of Referece for Laguages. Most ESOE studets take a average of 12 weeks to complete a level. 7
Courses for Teachers Our teachers courses aim to meet your professioal eeds ad are ideal for overseas teachers of Eglish. These very practical courses are desiged to: keep you up-to-date with developmets i laguage teachig expad your rage of teachig techiques ecourage you to reflect o your persoal teachig cotext develop your fluecy ad kowledge of Eglish experiece differet aspects of life ad culture i the Uited Kigdom Mixed atioality classes allow you to share ideas ad experiece with colleagues from other coutries. I additio, you will refresh ad exted your uderstadig ad kowledge of Eglish laguage ad culture. EU Fudig Lifelog Learig Programme The teachers courses at ESOE are eligible for EU fudig. It may be possible to have fiacial assistace through the LLP. The grat covers tuitio, accommodatio, travel ad subsistece. For more iformatio look at the Teachers Courses page o our website at : www.esoe.co.uk/courses/teachers-fiacial-assistace.php KEY FACTS pre-course questioaire ad tasks to focus o your eeds good balace betwee theoretical ad practical ideas ad activities update yourself o available materials ad resources update yourself o the ever-chagig ature of the Eglish laguage all course material + ed of course certificate icluded multiatioal classes COURSE INFORMATION Teachers Courses Course legth: 2 weeks, fixed dates Number of lessos per week: 30 lessos (22.5 hours) Maximum Class size: 12 Level: EPT: Itermediate (B1) to Upper Itermediate (B2). PM, BCL: Upper-Itermediate (B2) to Advaced (C1) Miimum age: 21 8
Professioal Developmet for Teachers Practical Methodology ad Laguage Practice This practical course is desiged to help experieced o-ative teachers of Eglish teachig secodary school studets ad adults to refresh their teachig methodology. The aim of the course is to: refresh ad improve your teachig methodology ad lear ew tips lear about ew developmets i Eglish laguage teachig icorporate ew techology ito your teachig make cotact with teachig colleagues from aroud the world observe experieced teachers i multiatioal classes develop all areas of your Eglish laguage kowledge ad skills: grammar, vocabulary, style, prouciatio ad the skills of speakig, listeig, readig ad writig British Culture ad Laguage i the Classroom The course is desiged to help o-ative teachers of Eglish teachig secodary school studets ad adults to develop their Eglish laguage skills, explore moder British life ad culture ad to evaluate ad gai materials for classroom use. The aim of the course is to: develop ad update your kowledge of British culture develop all areas of your Eglish laguage kowledge ad skills: grammar, vocabulary, style, prouciatio ad the skills of speakig, listeig, readig ad writig, usig materials take from film, televisio, the press ad literature evaluate materials for teachig aspects of culture i your teachig cotext explore a further rage of authetic materials for your classroom use Eglish for Primary Teachers The course is desiged for o-ative primary teachers (teachig youg learers up to the age of 13) who wish to gai cofidece ad fluecy i usig Eglish i the primary classroom. The aim of the course is to: develop your uderstadig ad kowledge of the Eglish laguage gai cofidece ad fluecy for speakig Eglish i the primary classroom experiece differet aspects of life ad culture i the Uited Kigdom explore areas of primary ELT methodology evaluate ad explore teachig resources for the primary classroom 9
Courses for Mature studets Fifty Plus The 50+ course is desiged for mature people who wish to combie practisig their Eglish with a extesive programme of visits, activities ad excursios. Our 50+ courses aim to: build your cofidece i speakig Eglish help you improve your uderstadig of spoke Eglish show you the beautiful South East of Britai itroduce you to differet aspects of life ad culture i the Uited Kigdom guide you aroud historic tows, villages, castles, parks ad gardes allow you to meet ew people ad make ew frieds KEY FACTS test o day 1 to esure a class at your level morig Eglish lessos + afteroo / weeked activities multi-atioal classes specially desiged for mature learers fully guided social programme 3 half-day evets per week 1 full day weeked excursio for 2 weeks; 2 excursios for 3 weeks welcome drik ad farewell luch all course material + ed of course certificate icluded COURSE INFORMATION Fifty Plus Courses Course legth: 2 or 3 weeks, fixed dates Number of lessos/week: 20 lessos (15 hours) tuitio + social programme Maximum class size: 12 Level: Elemetary (A1/A2) to Advaced (C1) Miimum age: 50 10
Lifelog Learig We have over 25 years experiece i deliverig programmes for mature learers. May studets retur year after year to improve their Eglish, ejoy the beautiful Sussex coutryside ad meet up with old frieds. I the morig you will study Eglish i a multiatioal class at your level. I the afteroos ad weekeds there is a extesive social programme. A typical social programme Week 1 Moday Tuesday Wedesday Thursday Friday Saturday Eastboure walk ad tea with teachers Welcome driks Tour of Sussex villages Shoppig i Brighto Free afteroo Day trip to Lodo South Bak Suday Free day Week 2 Moday Tuesday Wedesday Thursday Friday Saturday Wakehurst Place Gardes Croquet at the Saffros Croquet Club Free afteroo, eveig cocert (optioal) Bodiam Castle ad Battle Abbey Luch at the Thai Maria Retur home 11
Summer Vacatio Course Summer Plus This course is desiged for youg adults aged 16 22 who wat to combie Eglish laguage study with a programme of social activities. There is a structured programme of laguage study which covers the four skills; speakig, listeig, readig ad writig. The mai emphasis is o developig your cofidece ad fluecy to commuicate outside the classroom. The iclusive social programme cosists of two afteroo activities ad 1 half-day excursio per week. Examples of activities ad excursio iclude: Activities: boat trip to Beachy Head mii-golf o Eastboure seafrot swimmig at Sovereig Cetre ciema football ad volleyball 10-pi bowlig Half-day excursios: Hastigs: Castle ad Smugglers Caves Beachy Head ad Roma Pevesey Castle Battle ad Bodiam Castle Brighto: shoppig, tour of the Laes KEY FACTS placemet test to esure a class at the correct level multi-atioal classes regular moitorig of progress ad homework all course material ad ed of course certificate icluded COURSE INFORMATION Summer Plus Course Course legth: Miimum 2 weeks, start ay Moday Number of lessos per week: 25 (18.75 hours) of Geeral Eglish + social programme Maximum Class size: 14 Level: All levels, Begier (A1) to Advaced (C1) Miimum age: 16 12
Social Programme Eastboure School of Eglish orgaises a full programme of weeked excursios ad afteroo ad eveig social activities. There is somethig to do or see every day of the week. Social Activities We offer a wide rage of afteroo ad eveig activities icludig sports, local visits, film eveigs ad quizzes. O the first eveig of each course there is a social eveig to give ew studets a chace to get to kow each other ad to meet other studets already at ESOE. Local tours durig your stay at ESOE may iclude: Brighto for shoppig ad a tour of the picturesque Laes area Hastigs to see the Castle ad the Smugglers Caves Beachy Head ad Pevesey Castle, built i Roma times Bodiam Castle ad Battle, site of the Battle of Hastigs Weeked Excursios We orgaise a variety of full day excursios at weekeds throughout the year. These excursios ca be booked ad paid for whe you are at ESOE. They iclude: Lodo Caterbury & Leeds Castle Stratford Upo Avo Widsor & Hampto Court Bath & Stoehege Cambridge Oxford 13
Eastboure Eastboure, a traditioal seaside tow of 100,000 people, is famous for its beautiful settig betwee the gree hills of the South Dows, the white cliffs of Seve Sisters ad the sea, ad for beig the suiest tow i Britai. The school is located right i the cetre of Eastboure so all the tow s facilities are withi easy walkig distace. quiet, safe place with lots of facilities for studets withi miutes of stuig sceery icludig the famous Seve Sisters white cliffs ad Beachy Head, the hilly South Dows ad beautiful uspoilt Sussex tows ad villages very good trasport liks to Lodo, about 90 miutes away by trai, with quick ad easy access to the iteratioal airports of Heathrow ad Gatwick, ad the Eurostar at Ashford Iteratioal Culture Eastboure is a traditioal Eglish seaside tow with a classic Victoria seafrot, a pier, may parks ad gardes, five theatres, three museums ad art galleries. Shoppig Eastboure has a wide rage of shops. From the moder Ardale Cetre, to the quait Victoria shoppig streets of Little Chelsea, the boutiques i the Eterprise Cetre or the desiger shops at the harbour, there is somethig for everyoe. Food ad Etertaimet There is plety to do i Eastboure. I additio to a wide rage of restaurats, cafes ad traditioal tea-rooms there is a good selectio of ciemas, clubs ad discos ad more tha 70 pubs. Sports Eastboure is famous for sports icludig the AEGON Iteratioal Teis Touramet, played o grass courts i Jue just before Wimbledo, ad the Eastboure Extreme, held i July ad oe of the biggest extreme sports festivals i the UK. As well as sports cetres ad swimmig pools, there are facilities for rowig, horse-ridig, sailig, widsurfig, beach volleyball, golf, cyclig, football, rugby, basketball ad teis, amogst others. Eastboure also has a large maria with five separate harbours. 14
Accommodatio We uderstad how importat your accommodatio is for successful laguage study. Our dedicated accommodatio departmet has carefully selected a rage of host families ad hotel accommodatio to esure that you feel as comfortable as possible. Homestay Accommodatio Livig i homestay accommodatio provides you with the perfect opportuity to experiece Eglish life ad to practise usig your Eglish i everyday situatios. Our carefully selected hosts offer a friedly, safe eviromet. sigle bedrooms with study facilities breakfast ad eveig meal served every day oly oe perso of the same atioality per home maximum 30 miutes travellig time to school shared rooms available o request for two people travellig together executive homestay accommodatio o request (subject to availability) Hotels ad Guest Houses If you prefer the freedom ad flexibility of hotel ad guest house accommodatio, we have secured special discouted rates for ESOE studets. Full details are available o our website. close to shops ad a wide rage of restaurats a few miutes walk to the sea about 5-15 miutes walk from the school all hotels have wi-fi (some may charge for this) all hotel rooms with e-suite bathrooms Self-caterig shared studet houses For greater idepedece ad freedom to cook your ow meals, for studets aged 18 ad over we ca offer a rage of well-maitaied shared studet houses. Shared studet houses 5 10 miutes walk from the school large rooms with double beds; bed lie provided shared bath/shower rooms ad fully equipped shared kitches free wireless iteret access sigle or double occupacy 15
Social Programme ad Evets Sample Social Programme Moday Tuesday Wedesday Thursday Afteroo Trip to Beachy Head Excursio to Brighto Eveig Welcome eveig (free) Video eveig (free) Pool/ table teis touramet (free) Bowlig Friday Volleyball (free) Pub eveig Saturday Suday Excursio to Lodo Excursio to Caterbury ad Leeds Castle Charges for activities vary. Free activities are marked. Evets i Eastboure February March April May Jue July August September October Eastboure Half Maratho Eastboure Festival Magificet Motors (vitage cars & motorbikes rally) Eastboure Cyclig Festival Eastboure Fiesta Iteratioal Teis Touramet Eastboure Extreme Sports Festival Eastboure Lammas Folk Music Festival Airboure Airshow Eastboure Victoria Festival (theatre ad music) Eastboure Beer Festival Beachy Head Maratho This iformatio is based o previous years ad may be subject to chage Luto Airport Heathrow Airport Gatwick Airport The Eglish Laguage Cetre Brighto Stasted Airport Lodo City Airport LONDON Ashford Iteratioal (Eurostar) Eastboure School of Eglish Eastboure 16
Eastboure School of Eglish 8 Triity Trees Eastboure East Sussex Eglad BN21 3LD Tel: +44 1323 721759 Fax: +44 1323 639271 ifo@esoe.co.uk www.esoe.co.uk ESOE has bee licesed by the UK Border Agecy to erol iteratioal studets uder Tier 4 of the Poits Based System. Sposor Licece Number 48909JVC1.