Program Overview

General English Program

The General English program is designed for students looking to improve their English skills in all areas, including speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar.

Program Structure

• The program consists of various levels, including Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, and Advanced.
• Each level focuses on specific skills and functions, such as basic communication, describing people and places, making small talk, and expressing opinions.

Elementary Level

• Students learn basic communication skills, including greetings, introductions, and asking for personal information.
• They also learn to talk about daily routines, free time, ordering food, traveling, and shopping.
• Grammar topics include present simple, past simple, future simple, present continuous, and present perfect simple.

Pre-intermediate Level

• Students learn to describe themselves and others in more detail, talk about plans and life experiences, and make small talk.
• They also learn to ask for directions, make appointments, and discuss jobs, travel, and culture.
• Grammar topics include present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, future forms, and present perfect.

Intermediate Level

• Students learn to perform various communicative functions, such as describing food, people, places, and events.
• They also learn to ask for and give information, apply for a job, and review a film.
• Grammar topics include past and present tenses, modals, conditionals, and reported speech.

Upper-Intermediate Level

• Students learn to react and ask for more information, paraphrase, maintain a conversation, and express opinions on various topics.
• They also learn to describe pictures, take notes, debate topics, make presentations, and express annoyance.
• Grammar topics include present perfect simple and continuous, narrative tenses, passives, and future perfect and continuous.

Advanced Level

• Students learn to perform various communicative functions, such as emphasizing personal opinions, describing books and films, and expressing permission, obligation, and necessity.
• They also learn to speculate, show relationships between ideas, persuade, and tell jokes.
• Grammar topics include complex structures, such as conditionals, modals, and relative clauses.

Admission Requirements

• Students must be 16 years old or over at the time of registration.
• Students can start at any level from A1 to C2 in the Common European Framework Reference (CEFR) according to the result of the placement test.
• A Student Visitor Visa may be required, depending on the country of origin.

Course Details

• Course length: 1-44 weeks per year
• Enrolment: Students can join the course at any time of the year and start classes any day, except for weekends and bank holidays.
• Average class size: 10
• Maximum class size: 15
• Days per week: Monday to Friday
• Lesson times: 9:00-12:15 and/or 13:00-16:15
• Hours per week: 15 or 21

Fees

• 1 week (15 hours): ｣195
• Registration fee: ｣50 for courses up to 4 weeks, ｣75 for courses over 4 weeks (includes the cost of the coursebook)

Refund Policy and Terms and Conditions

• Please note that the refund policy and terms and conditions are available upon request.

Public Holidays

• The academy is closed on the following public holidays:
  • Summer Bank Holiday: 25 August
  • Christmas: 25 December
  • Boxing Day: 26 December
  • New Year's Day: 1 January
  • Good Friday: 3 April
  • Easter Monday: 6 April
  • Early May Bank Holiday: 4 May
  • Spring Bank Holiday: 25 May
  • Summer Bank Holiday: 31 August
  • Christmas Day: 25 December
  • Boxing Day (substitute): 28 December

Academy Information

• Docklands Academy London (DAL) is a modern English Language and Higher Education Academy located in Canary Wharf, London.
• The academy has students from many countries and offers a range of programs, including General English, Exam Preparation, and Higher Education.