91ÌÒÉ«

Course Programme (may be subject to change)

Week 1.   Introductions and starting off:

• Introduction - basic grammar check
• Nationalities - pronunciation
• Syllable stress
• Basic prepositions to, at, in, on, at
• Prepositions often confused
• Irregular past tense verbs check
• Pronunciation: syllable stress
• Vocabulary concerning the weather
• Social occasions, invitations, accepting refusing
• Social situations and appropriate language

Week 2.   Food and the home:

• Pronunciation: Vowel sounds - cooking and the home
• Vocabulary, in a supermarket
• Phrasal verbs concerning food and health
• Cooking hints and terms - recipes
• Pronunciation - vowel sounds
• Kitchen utensils/ your kitchen
• Home and technology
• To use, use of everyday things
• Vocabulary: house & home
• Prepositions of place.
• Pronunciation: regular verb -edendings
• Spot the difference: mobile home

Week 3.   Feelings and opinions:

• Identifying feelings
• Pleasant and unpleasant feelings
• The six senses
• Words concerned with feelings and opinions- word building -
• Adjectives of feeling in situations
• Ways of saying yes and no
• Absolutely
• Giving opinions, expressing strong feelings
• Showing mood when speaking - tone of voice
• Situations -approval, disapproval
• Agreeing, disagreeing

Week 4.   Health: everyday problems and taking precautions:

• Visiting the doctor - dialogue - vocabulary
• Medical vocabulary
• Aches and pains - list
• Hospital - prepositions in/at
• Dialogues in a hospital or doctor's surgery
• Advice on accidents in the home
• Getting better - getting worse
• Allergies
• Pronunciation - vowel sounds

Week 5.   Vocabulary and situations:

• Visiting the dentist
• Everyday situations - what do you say?
• Make or do?
• Weather words
• Where/when do you hear this?
• Polite invitations
• Prepositional phrases
• Apologising
• Active or passive vocabulary?
• Onomatopoeic words
• Abbreviations

Week 6.   Vocabulary and description:

• Describe and draw - firemen
• Adjectives, My brother's Wedding
• Collocation of adjectives
• Prepositions in a text
• Use of colours in description
• Describing people - appearance
• Describing clothes
• The many meanings of ‘give’
• Superstitions and national customs
• Customs in your country

Week 7.   Appropriate vocabulary:

• Question tags
• Spot the difference, paramedic unit
• Written to spoken language
• Everyday expressions
• Appropriate responses
• Everyday expressions
• Dependent prepositions
• Phrases used in weather forecasts
• Causative have, getting things mended
• Vowel sounds topic: people
• The many meanings of 'get'

Week 8.   Ways to continue your studies

• Problems: What do you say?
• Offers and promises
• The many meanings of 'off'
• Reading suggestions
• Listening suggestions and discussion
• Multi-meaning words
• Some idiomatic phrases
• Abbreviations

Week 9.   Living in London

• Leisure and places to visit in London
• Poem by W H Davies
• Writing a postcard home
• The area where you live
• Museums
• Transport
• Food
• Superstitions and national customs
• Customs in your country

Week 10.   Ways to continue your studies:

• Active/passive vocabulary lists
• Irregular past tense verbs check
• Pronunciation check
• Future time check
• Your achievements

The course tutor will be Su Peneycad. Su has many years of experience teaching English to non-native speakers and as part of the course will be able to offer not only excellent advice on improving your English languages skills, but insight into English attitudes, culture and society.

This is not a beginners English language course. Anyone wanting to join the course should already be able to speak and understand English at a level equivalent to:

intermediate/upper intermediate/B2 (Cambridge First Certificate), or IELTS 5.5-6.5.

Please contact the course tutor with any questions about your proficiency level and the suitability of this course, Su Peneycad, s.peneycad@imperial.ac.uk

Rate Categories and Discounts

Standard Rate

• Available to all except those who fall under the Internal Rate or Associate Rate category.

Internal Rate

• Current 91ÌÒÉ« College students and staff (incl. 91ÌÒÉ« NHS Trust, 91ÌÒÉ« Innovations, ancillary & service staff employed on long-term contracts at 91ÌÒÉ« College by third-party contractors)
• People enrolling under our Friends & Family scheme
• Alumni of 91ÌÒÉ« College and predecessor colleges and institutes, including City & Guilds College Association members
• Students, staff and alumni of the Royal College of Art, Royal College of Music and City, UAL and the City and Guilds of London Art School
• Students, staff and Governors of Woodhouse College and the IC Mathematics School

Associate Rate

• Austrian Cultural Forum staff
• Co-operative College members
• Francis Crick Institute staff, researchers and students
• Friends and Patrons of the English Chamber Orchestra
• Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
• Friends of Leighton House/ Sambourne House
• Friends of the Royal College of Music
• Harrods staff
• Historic Royal Palaces staff
• Lycee Charles de Gaulle staff
• Members of the Friends of 91ÌÒÉ« College
• Members of the Kennel Club
• Members of the London Zoological Society
• Members of the South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
• Members of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
• National Health Service (NHS) employees
• Natural History Museum staff
• Residents of postcodes SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10 and W8
• Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council staff
• Royal Geographical Society staff
• Science Museum staff
• Staff of Exhibition Road Cultural Group (Discover South Kensington) organisations
• Students (non-91ÌÒÉ« College)
• Teachers and other staff of UK schools
• The American Institute for Foreign Study
• Tutors and other staff of institution members of the Association of Colleges
• Tutors and other staff of other universities and higher education institutions
• Victoria and Albert Museum staff

Late enrolment

It is possible to enrol on many of our adult education courses after the course has already started. For non-language courses this is subject entirely to agreement by the tutor. For language courses it is subject to agreement by the language coordinator conducting level assessment. If you want to join a course late do bear in mind there might be work you will need to catch up on, particularly in language courses.

Friends and Family Scheme

This course is eligible for allowing 91ÌÒÉ« College students and staff to share their discount with their friends and family.

Web enrolment starts 1 March 2024

Enrolment and payment run through the 91ÌÒÉ« College eStore. When enrolling:

• Do check on the drop down menu above called "Course Fees and Rate Categories" to see if you are eligible for a discounted rate and also do make sure you select that rate when enrolling on the eStore
• If you are a first-time eStore user you will need to create an account before enrolling. You can do this by entering an email address and password. This account can then be used for any future enrolments via the eStore.

When you have enrolled you will be sent the following email notifications:

If you have any questions about the academic content or teaching of this course please contact our English Conversation Tutor, Su Peneycad, s.peneycad@imperial.ac.uk

If you have any questions about your enrolment or payment processes please contact the Programme Administrator, Christian Jacobi, eveningclass@imperial.ac.uk