courses

ILSC offers a wide range of courses. You can take any combination you wish, depending on your interests, goals, language level and schedule. Most courses are offered at many different levels and last four weeks.

The General English Language Course develops your core language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) so that you can speak English confidently and apply practical English skills to communicate in everyday situations. Mercury Colleges uses the most up to date curriculum and incorporates eLearning for interesting activities and practice. Along your journey towards learning English as a second language, our highly experienced and qualified teachers will introduce you to a world of famous people, global art and architecture, music, and an array of cultures. You are sure to meet your learning goals and have a lot of enjoyable times in your class with your new group of international friends. Our General English courses are suitable forstudents from Elementary through to Advanced level.

The 50+ Course enables students to practise their English, explore the region, meet new people and make new friends. The course includes language development and an inclusive social programme. Our aim is to help students enjoy learning and using English. We also help them to discover our beautiful region. In the mornings, for 20 lessons (15 hours) per week, you will study English in a multi-national 50+ class at your level. In the afternoons and weekends you will join the dedicated 50+ social programme. You'll need to choose the duration of the course, between 2 and 4 weeks.

The Intensive General English Course is suitable for students who want to maximise on work carried out in the Standard Course. This course takes place all year round. Morning lessons follow the same programme as the Standard Course from Monday to Friday (09.30 -13.00 in the UK ). There are also three afternoon lessons a week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (14.00 -16.30 in the UK or 14.00-16.00 in Ireland) which are focused on improving the students’ speaking skills and ability to communicate through English. In the afternoon lessons, students have the opportunity to improve their communicative proficiency through discussions, topical debates, authentic materials and use of portable and static technology. Course content is partly negotiated and partly based on TED lectures.

The LSI Intensive 30 course concentrates on all the areas that you need to achieve a much greater fluency in a short period of time. This course is suitable for students who wish to study intensively and get a well rounded insight into the language and country. Students on the LSI Intensive 30 course study the same lessons as described for General 20 in the morning. During the afternoon there are a range of electives to suit all levels, needs and interests.

The Intensive French Language course C includes the morning General French Language Course A and two-afternoon workshops of your choice. This ACCORD Intensive French language course allows our students to focus on specific skills and subjects. For example, if you need to boost your confidence join the two ‘Oral communication’ workshops. If you want to find out about French culture, join the two workshops dedicated to ‘French Culture and Civilisation’. This Intensive French language course C is open to all levels, from complete beginner to advanced. Couse start dates is every Monday but for beginners is the first Monday of the month. The hours of this course are from Monday to Friday from 9am to 1pm and two afternoons from 2:15pm to 5:15pm.

The Combination Course takes place all year round, from Monday to Friday (09.30-13.00 in the UK and 09.00-13.00 in Ireland). Morning lessons follow the same programme as the Standard Course. All morning courses are based on our CES Curriculum Framework Document which has common CEF learning objectives for each level. In addition, each course is supported by a published EFL course book and its syllabus. Teachers complement this syllabus. A combination course is 20 hours in the morning and 5 hours of one to one lessons.

In BWS Germanlingua Berlin, we prepare you to succeed in German learning! Our courses prepare you to express yourself and have a great understanding while reading and speaking. In our classes, you will get to know more about German culture. With our qualified teachers, we are committed to offering quality German lessons.

ILSC Montreal offers a wide range of General French language courses. You can take any combination you wish, depending on your interests, goals, language level and schedule. At the end of the four week session, your French language level will be assessed. You can then choose new courses and/or move up a level in your current or new course. Evaluations are based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB). Course topics: *Listening, *Speaking, *Pronunciation, *Reading, *Writing, *Vocabulary *Grammar

On the General English 20 Course, you attend a core of 20 lessons per week (15 hours), which will give you a practical understanding of the English language and take you all the way to fluency. Your confidence will improve as we train you in all four communication skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing.