Courses

Sample Timetable

This timetable is a sample only and may be changed. Some classes may be at different times, but all classes are between 8:30 am and 3:50 pm. All students receive an individual timetable on their first day at school.

 

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8.30
to
9.30
Topic & Language Focus (Sample) "Social Matters" Speaking:
Social occasions and customs
Listening:
Cultural tips for travelers
Speaking Survey:
socializing in different countries
Grammar:
"Will" for spontaneous decisions
Writing:
Description of different cultures: making generalisations
  5 minute break
9.35
to
10.35
Grammar & Pronunciation:
Polite requests
Communication task:
Cultural tips for travellers
Vocabulary:
Expressions with "go"
Grammar Practice & Pronunciation:
Restaurant role play
Listening & Speaking:
Real life: making social arrangements
10.35
to
1.05
30 minute break  
11.05
to
12.05
Skills Focus Reading:
Informational text on a New Zealand environmental problem.
Writing:
Formal letter writing, linked to yesterday's topic. - Vocabulary revision. - Layout of formal letters.
Option*
Eg. NZ, Media, English for Employment, Grammar, IELTS, TOEFL® .
Option Option
  5 minute break
12.10
to
1.10

Language work:
- Understanding vocabulary in context.
- Focus on adjectives..

- Group writing practice.
- Individual writing.

Option Option Option
1.10
to
2.00
Lunch
2
to
3.30
  Free Supervised independent learning in self-access centre Free Supervised independent learning in self-access centre Free
3.30
to
5
  School Social Activity or more Independent Learning

 

Options are for students from lower intermediate to post-advanced levels only. Beginners to pre-intermediate continue with an intensive skills focus. Here are some of the options we offer.  Students can choose a new option every six weeks:

  • Conversation
  • English for Business
  • Travel
  • New Zealand
  • Vocabulary
  • TOEIC®
  • TOEFL®
  • IELTS
  • Grammar
  • Film Studies
  • Food and Drink