Improve Your Spoken and Written English

Improve your conversation skills in social situations

Learn colloquial speech

 

Private English lessons can be tailored to meet individual needs. Many of our students need help with their speaking skills in those everyday situations, which they take for granted in their own country, such as attending doctor and dentist appointments or interviews.

After an initial assessment a ’10 session plan’ is devised to ensure that both the English teacher and student(s) know exactly what is expected of them. Each lesson is recorded and uploaded on to the website, so that students can re-listen to their lessons each week.

Lessons can cover a combination of the following:

• Conversation
• Speaking
• Grammar
• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Spelling

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All face-to-face students receive FREE access to our online portal of audio lessons. These are comprised of a tutorial on each English grammar point followed by a role play, acted out by actors, in order to put the English lesson into context. Downloadable transcripts are also available, so that students can listen and read at the same time.

 

 

LINKS TO USEFUL RESOURCES

If you are serious about improving your English, it is important to submerge yourself in the language. This can be achieved by reading English newspapers, watching English films and listening to the radio. Another way of improving your language skills is through socialising. The following links should help you to achieve these goals:

Groups to join

• Join Smiths English Facebook group 'Foreign Language Learners'
• Join 'Gradulicious'

Reading

• Read 'The Times online'
• Read 'The FT online'

Listening

• Listen to 'BBC Radio online'
• Listen to 'BBC Radio 1 online'

Other Useful Sites

English Idioms - UsingEnglish.com
A large reference of English idiomatic expressions with definitions.

English Phrasal Verbs - UsingEnglish.com
A large reference of common English phrasal verbs with definitions and examples.

'BBC Learning English'
Improve your English with listening and reading exercises, quizzes and communicating with others through message boards and discussion group.

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