This course is for absolute beginners. It aims to give students a basic knowledge of reading, listening, spoken and written skills in a dynamic and communicative way, through individual, pair and group work and studio-based and authentic texts. The focus is on accuracy as well as communication.
Method of delivery: There are two groups in Level 1: Group One will be delivered entirely online (real-time interactive virtual classes via MS Teams) and Group Two will be taught face to face at Penrhyn Road.
- Entry requirements: None
- Level 1 module is offered in October and January
- Timetable for October 2023 courses: Group One – Mondays 6-8pm; Group Two – Thursdays 6-8pm (face to face)
- Timetable for January 2024 courses: To be confirmed
This module is designed to provide near-beginners with the foreign language skills to enable them to interact satisfactorily in survival situations and social encounters in the foreign country and to be aware of related aspects of the foreign culture and environment.
- Entry requirements: Completion of Level 1 or three months' prior language learning
- Level 2 module is offered in October and January
- Method of delivery: Face to face (in the classroom)
- Timetable for October 2023 course: Wednesdays 6-8pm
- Timetable for January 2024 course: To be confirmed
This course is designed to develop the language competency already acquired by students. It focuses on developing the levels of communication in all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Students will improve and consolidate the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary acquired previously. The module also engages with aspects of the language's culture and society as it aims to provide students with a wider context for language learning.
- Entry requirements: Completion of Level 2 or six months' prior language learning
- Level 3 module is offered in October and January
- Method of delivery: Face to face (in the classroom)
- Timetable for October 2023 course: Tuesdays 6-8pm
- Timetable for January 2024 course: To be confirmed
This module is designed to reactivate and build on a student's previous knowledge of the language, to equip students with further linguistic skills to enable them to communicate in a number of familiar work and social situations and respond accordingly, and to broaden a student's awareness of aspects of the foreign culture.
It focuses on developing the levels of communication in all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Students will improve and consolidate the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary acquired previously.
- Entry requirements: Completion of Level 3, one year's prior language learning or equivalent of level A1 of CEFR
- Level 4 module is offered in January 2024
- Method of delivery: Blended learning (half face to face and half online via MS Teams)
- Timetable for January course: To be confirmed
