The General English Programme

You will study a range of general topics depending on your level, for example lifestyle, culture, society, business, education, psychology and technology.

 In addition to learning the vocabulary and grammar associated with these topics, you will acquire the ability to:

• read a wide range of fictional and non-fictional texts - newspapers, magazine articles and websites
• listen to a variety of spoken texts such as advertisements, news reports, dramas, documentaries, speeches and lectures
• use English for a wide range of practical purposes, for example apologising, expressing uncertainty, advisability and obligation
• express a wide variety of notions and functions such as intention, purpose, reason, result, contrast, concession and change
• use English for a wide range of more advanced speaking purposes, for example to hypothesis, speculate, criticise or deduce
• produce a variety of written texts such as letters, stories, articles and reviews
• use formal English for a range of written texts such as CVs, proposals and letters of application