English
English for all
GENERAL
ENGLISH
Study English and enjoy in Dubai with ES! Get on an amazing journey to learn or
improve your English with native English-speaking teachers at our modern and
beautiful campus. We have General English courses for all level learners, where you will
learn new words, grammar and pronunciation rules to improve your English reading,
writing, speaking, and listening skills.
COURSES OFFERED
All year round
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LEVELS AVAILABLE about this course!
Beginner to Proficiency
CLASS TYPES
Semi-intensive (15 lessons/week) classes – 12 weeks
Intensive (30 lessons/week) classes – 6 weeks
COURSE DURATION
1 to 52 weeks
CLASS TIMINGS
Morning, midday, and late afternoon
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN EACH LEVEL
COURSE LEVEL YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TOPICS
Beginner • Read and understand very short, simple texts • Family life
(notices, posters, catalogues, etc.) with • Hobbies and pastimes
familiar words and basic phrases. • Holidays
• Write short and simple messages like holiday • Leisure activities
greetings; fill forms with personal details. • Shopping
• Speak and converse in a simple and slow • Work and jobs
manner on very familiar topics.
• Listen and understand simple, slow, and
standard speech, recognising phrases and
words related to them.
Elementary • Read and understand short, simple texts with • Family life
high frequency vocabulary and common • Hobbies and pastimes
international expressions (advertisements, • Holidays
prospectuses and timetables). • Leisure activities
• Write short and simple notes, messages, • Shopping
personal letters, with basic phrases and • Work and jobs
sentences.
• Speak in simple language and communicate
in routine tasks on familiar topics. Greet,
address, and converse in social spaces like
shops, post offices or banks.
• Listen and understand clear, slow, and
standard speech related to areas of most
immediate personal relevance and extract
the main point in simple messages and
announcements.
Pre-intermediate • Read and understand factual texts with a lot • Leisure activities
& Intermediate of everyday or job-related language • Education
(newspaper articles on familiar subjects, • Film
descriptions of events, feelings and wishes). • Books and literature
• Write personal letters, simple texts on topics • News, lifestyles and
by linking a series of shorter discrete current affairs
elements into a linear sequence. • Media
• Speak using simple language; enter and
participate unprepared into conversation on
familiar topics.
• Listen and understand clear standard speech
on familiar topics related to work, school,
leisure, etc.; radio or TV programmes, when
the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN EACH LEVEL
COURSE LEVEL YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TOPICS
TOPICS
Upper-intermediate • Adapt to a style and speed of reading • Education
different texts (articles, reports, and • Film
contemporary literary prose) using • Books and literature
appropriate reference-sources. • News, lifestyles and
• Write clear and detailed text such as essays, current affairs
reports, and letters highlighting the personal • Media
significance of events and experiences. • Arts
• Speak and express their opinions with a
degree of fluency and spontaneity. Make
regular interaction with native speakers
using relevant explanations, arguments and
comments. Actively participate in informal
discussions on familiar topics and be able to
correct mistakes.
• Listen and understand standard speech
spoken at a normal rate, complex lines of
argument in reasonably familiar topics,
essentials of lectures and most TV news and
current affairs programmes.
Advanced • Read and understand long, complex, factual, • Books and literature
and literary texts; specialised articles; and • Media/Arts
longer technical instructions. • News
• Write different types of texts and detailed • lifestyles and current
expositions like essays or reports in clear and affairs
well-structured manner on complex subjects • Scientific development
expressing their point of views. • Technical and legal
• Speak clearly, fluently, and spontaneously language
with access to a broad range of language.
Almost effortless communication for social
and professional purposes through well-
structured speech.
• Listen and understand lectures, discussions
on complex topics, even when the speech is
not clearly structured.
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HOW DO WE MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS?
We will track your learning progress through proper evaluation and give feedback on time to
help you improve.
Our Assessment Process:
2 4
1 3
Feedback from Final End of Course
teachers with further report provided on
study plans completing the course
Weekly Progress reports
assessments recorded in the
student portal
WHY CHOOSE ES DUBAI?
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Qualified native English-speaking teachers
Students from 80+ nationalities
Student support in 20+ languages
Career support to find job in Dubai
Studying at ES Dubai is a journey to learn, enjoy, and make memories.
You will get to explore Dubai with new friends from different countries through our fun social
activities programme.