The development of core skills accounts for approximately 50% of class hours per week. Core modules are focussed on the basic elements:

• reading;

• grammar;

• speaking;

• listening and comprehension;

• writing skills;

• vocabulary;

• study skills.

Of the remaining 50% of class hours, one half focuses on academic English and study skills modules including:

• general essay writing;

• oral presentations;

• discussions;

• academic reading and critical

  analysis of text;

• summarising and interpreting;

• research and library skills;

• computer skills development.

The development of core skills accounts for approximately  50% of class hours per week. Of the remaining 50% of class hours, one half focuses on academic English and study skills, and the other half focuses on IELTS preparation and the acquisition of:

• strategies for dealing with IELTS techniques for reading and listening;

• dealing with specific IELTS-related writing tasks;

• regular speaking/interview practice;

• development of vocabulary in the context of typical IELTS test themes;

• regular IELTS test practice.