Description : English courses in Stafford House School of English London

General English

A universal course is accessible to all students and equally effective regardless of the level of initial preparation of students. New classes start on every Monday, all the year round, but new groups of students with basic knowledge begin classes on the first Monday of each month.

General English course will allow you to develop all the basic skills and abilities of the English language:

• Reading original texts
• Auditing (listening comprehension)
• Written speech
• Oral speech, spoken English
• Communicative abilities, overcoming the language barrier
• Vocabulary expansion
• Correction of pronunciation, correction of accent.

Intensive English course (30 lessons per week) provides for two academic blocks. English classes in general program are held before lunch, and in the afternoon hours students attend classes in one of the selected areas:

• Business
• IELTS
• Cambridge Exams (FCE, PET)
• General academic skills
• Reading and discussion
• Listening
• Literature
• Current affairs
• Grammar
• Media studies
• British culture
• Music & song
• Art & design.

Preparing for IELTS

The preparatory course will help you to pass the IELTS international exam to a high score, to continue studying abroad, to issue a long-term visa, to apply for a position in an international company.

Students comprehensively develop all the basic language skills, so that no examination block causes them difficulties (here the course is in many respects similar to an intensive version of General English). The advantage of this program is a full familiarity with the structure and the scheme of the exam, with its test tasks: the materials of past years are actively used. This helps students to reduce fear and stress before testing, to note the most difficult and incomprehensible stages for themselves, to identify their strengths and weaknesses. In the process of pre-examination studying, students will be able to more competently allocate teaching time in order to give the most difficult moments and topics a maximum of time and effort.

Business English

The profile course is designed for those students who are planning employment in an international company, want to significantly increase their competitive opportunities in the world labour market.

In addition to improving the overall language level, students (classes are held in small groups) practice the skills typical of the business environment:

• Preparation and conduct of negotiations (personal and telephone)
• Conducting official  business correspondence
• Drawing up a business letter
• Interviewing
• Preparation and carrying out of reports, presentations
• Basics of business ethics
• Business vocabulary, special idioms and characteristic expressions.

Preparation for the Cambridge ESOL Preparation

Cambridge exams (the level of FCE, CAE and CPE) are considered to be one of the most difficult - that is why preparation for them is better to conduct not in Russia, but in the country with native speakers.

Qualified teachers will help you to develop all the basic language skills and knowledge, and testing will reduce the level of stress and help to overcome the emotional barrier before the exam. In carrying out trial assignments (similar to this exam), students will be able to get to know their structure and features, to identify their strengths and weaknesses, possible gaps in knowledge - and  to focus on filling them.

Preparation for the Cambridge ESOL Preparation

Cambridge exams (the level of FCE, CAE and CPE) are considered to be one of the most difficult - that is why preparation for them is better to conduct not in Russia, but in the country with native speakers.

Qualified teachers will help you to develop all the basic language skills and knowledge, and testing will reduce the level of stress and help to overcome the emotional barrier before the exam. In carrying out trial assignments (similar to this exam), students will be able to get to know their structure and features, to identify their strengths and weaknesses, possible gaps in knowledge - and to focus on filling them.

Preparation for the Cambridge ESOL Preparation

Cambridge exams (the level of FCE, CAE and CPE) are considered to be one of the most difficult - that is why preparation for them is better to conduct not in Russia, but in the country with native speakers.

Qualified teachers will help you to develop all the basic language skills and knowledge, and testing will reduce the level of stress and help to overcome the emotional barrier before the exam. In carrying out trial assignments (similar to this exam), students will be able to get to know their structure and features, to identify their strengths and weaknesses, possible gaps in knowledge - and to focus on filling them.