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General English is a loose term used to describe the type of English required for everyday situations. It can be compared to more specific English teaching such as Business English, English for Academic purposes and so on.
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- This is a lesson pack of 2 lessons in total. When you send the request for the first lesson, points for all 2 lessons will be deducted at once.
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Description
What is General English?
Typically following a General English course, students should be able tounderstand and communicate on everyday subjects such as (depending on their level, of course):
*general greetings
*the weather*family news and relationships
*general news and current events
*shopping
*telling stories and relating events from the past
The grammar content of General English Courses tends to be taught on a "need to know" basis and is likely to cover grammar needed for conversation.
Often General English courses will include social and cultural elements as needed. This happens in classes where, for example, the students will be visiting on English speaking country for a holiday where the teacher will include discussions about social etiquette (e.g. queuing, speaking to strangers, paying for drinks in a pub as you take them rather than at the end of the evening).
How will I teach General English
In most situations I'll be using a coursebook to teach general English. Coursebooks will include the kind of English used in everyday circumstances.
However in a General English class it's always useful to bring in current events and discuss them with the class. For example, any of these can be the starting point for a lesson:
*a major festival in the country/town
*roadworks outside the school
*a member of staff getting married
*someone in class with a broken leg
*the latest episode of a popular soap opera
*your new haircut
In other words, I will bring everyday life into the classroom.
To help teach and practice language associated with General English I will may well find that role plays are particularly useful. I will set the class in different situations and let them go for it!
Typically following a General English course, students should be able tounderstand and communicate on everyday subjects such as (depending on their level, of course):
*general greetings
*the weather*family news and relationships
*general news and current events
*shopping
*telling stories and relating events from the past
The grammar content of General English Courses tends to be taught on a "need to know" basis and is likely to cover grammar needed for conversation.
Often General English courses will include social and cultural elements as needed. This happens in classes where, for example, the students will be visiting on English speaking country for a holiday where the teacher will include discussions about social etiquette (e.g. queuing, speaking to strangers, paying for drinks in a pub as you take them rather than at the end of the evening).
How will I teach General English
In most situations I'll be using a coursebook to teach general English. Coursebooks will include the kind of English used in everyday circumstances.
However in a General English class it's always useful to bring in current events and discuss them with the class. For example, any of these can be the starting point for a lesson:
*a major festival in the country/town
*roadworks outside the school
*a member of staff getting married
*someone in class with a broken leg
*the latest episode of a popular soap opera
*your new haircut
In other words, I will bring everyday life into the classroom.
To help teach and practice language associated with General English I will may well find that role plays are particularly useful. I will set the class in different situations and let them go for it!
Cafetalk's cancellation policy
Cancellation of pack lessons
• 'Unstarted' lesson packs(1) can be cancelled any time. Used Points will be completely refunded. If a 'started' lesson pack(2) is cancelled, you will be refunded 50% of the price of the remaining lessons provided that the lessons are unrequested, unconfirmed or not within 24 hours of their scheduled start times.
(1) A lesson pack for which none of the requests have been confirmed by the tutor.
(2) A lesson pack with at least one confirmed request. (By confirming the date and time for the first lesson in the pack the tutor confirms the pack as a whole and coupons are automatically issued)
(2) A lesson pack with at least one confirmed request. (By confirming the date and time for the first lesson in the pack the tutor confirms the pack as a whole and coupons are automatically issued)
Cancelling individual requests in a pack
• If you wish to cancel a single lesson that belongs to a pack but not the whole pack, you can do so via the request page. In this case, the coupon used to book the lesson will either be refunded or collected, based on the tutors single-lesson cancellation policy. Please note that any 50% partial refunds in the tutors single-lesson cancellation policy do not apply to lesson packs and the tutor may choose to either refund or collect the coupon in those cases.
Before request is confirmed (fixed)
- Cancellation possible at any time without charge.
After request is confirmed (fixed)
- More than 24 hours before lesson start time.→ Cancellation is possible at any time.
- Less than 24 hours before lesson start time.→ The tutor may take a cancellation fee.
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No-Show→ The tutor may take a cancellation fee.
(Please check with the tutor for details.)
Lessons by this tutor
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Survival English
Survival English is a term we use to talk about essential English some needs to know in order to survive-live or work- in an English speaking environment.English
30min X 2 1,000PPack of 2 -
ESP-English for Special Purposes
English for Special Purposes or ESP is subset of English for a Specific Purpose which is likely related to their work.English
30min X 2 1,000PPack of 2 -
EAP-English for Academic Purposes
English for Academic Purposes (or EAP) is usually concerned with teaching English to students who are involved in higher education at an English speaking university or college.English
30min X 2 1,000PPack of 2 -
Business English
Business English is English as it is used in the business workplace.English
30min X 2 1,000PPack of 2