General English

General Intensive English
(CRICOS Code: 03378G)

*Please note that this course is available to Student Visa Holders as their main course

20 hours of classroom instruction + 2 hours of self access each week. The course runs from 1-54 weeks in length for Student Visa Holders, 1-17 weeks for Working Holiday Visa Holders, and 1-12 weeks for Tourist Visa Holders.

Course	Duration	Fee
Full-time General English (Student Visa)	11 weeks	$330/week + $350 Enrolment fee ($3980 in total for 11 weeks)
Full-time General English (non-Student Visa)	11 weeks	$330/week + $250 Enrolment fee ($3880 in total for 11 weeks)

GENERAL ENGLISH - SAMPLE CLASS TIMETABLE

Time	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00-11:00	Course book related work including all macro-skills	Course book related work including all macro-skills	Course book related work including all macro-skills	Course book related work including all macro-skills
11:00-11:30	Morning Tea	Morning Tea	Morning Tea	Morning Tea
11:30-13:00	Focus on Writing	Focus on Reading	Focus on Listening	Focus on Speaking
13:00-14:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14:00-16:00	Course book related work including all macro-skills.	Course book related work including all macro-skills.	Course book related work including all macro-skills.	Self access and study groups.

General English prepares students so that they can use English to communicate more fluently and with confidence and accuracy in social, personal, work, study or travel contexts. The TIES General English Course has been designed for students from a range of English language proficiency levels and with a diverse range of personal language objectives. All students are encouraged and supported in developing their English language proficiency at TIES so that they leave TIES more effective communicators in English and are better prepared to make choices for their future. Students are tested on arrival to ascertain the most appropriate level of entry into the course from Beginner/Elementary to Advanced. Students may also begin on any Tuesday during school terms and study at TIES from five weeks to fifty weeks.

General English is a sequential and developmental set of courses designed to develop students' communication skills and fluency in:

Speaking and Pronunciation

At TIES we will help you to speak English more fluently and coherently. We use a range of techniques to improve your pronunciation, intonation, word and sentence stress, so you feel more confident speaking English.

Listening

At TIES we use a range of authentic real-life listening examples so our students can practice listening to native English speakers as much as possible. We listen to TED talks, Music, YouTube videos, as well as the listening excerpts in the course books we use. We also arrange vists from various organisations to practice listening.

Reading

Reading is one of the best ways of improving your English level, especially in terms of learning new words and grammar forms. We use a range of course books which we supplement with articles from newspapers and the Internet to make our course as relevant as possible to our students.

Writing

Apart from the writing we do every day in our exercise books, we also have a writing focus lesson once a week dedicated to practicing this important skill. We cover a wide range of writing genres, styles and techniques throughout the General English course.

Vocabulary

One of the most important aspects of learning any language is vocabulary. We understand the importance of learning new words, and our General English course has been designed to maximise your exposure to a wide range of interesting, informative and contemporary topics.

Grammar

We also recognise the importance of learning the grammar of English at TIES. However, we don't present grammar in the typical boring 'chalk and talk' method that so many students have learned in school. Our grammar lessons are interesting, engaging, fun and based on real-life contexts.

General English

Our General English Course covers all four macro skills equally and focuses on Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation.

We also have a unique course structure which centres around four days per week. The course has twenty hours of intensive face-to-face teaching + 2 hours self access per week (9am-4pm Tuesday through to Friday).

TIES aims to maintain an average of ten students to a maximum of fifteen students per class to further support students in the achievement of their language learning goals. We see ourselves as a Boutique Language School, which is central to our vision at TIES. Read more

Five levels

Beginner/Elementary
Pre-Intermediate
Intermediate
Upper-Intermediate
Advanced

Student Testimonials

This is what our students have to say about us

Etsuko

Japan

My name is Etsuko Shimoyama, and I am from Tokyo - Japan. I studied at TIES in 2008 and had an amazing time. My English improved so much during my time at TIES, and I had a wonderful time. TIES is a very unique school which has a friendly and kind atmosphere. I met people from completely different backgrounds from all over the world, and formed some amazing friendships. Yvette and Kit are amazing teachers! My daughter also studied at TIES, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone. If you would like to ask me a question about studying at TIES, I am very happy to write back.