Language Training

CSC offers a variety of language training, ranging from spoken English to TOEFL prep training to Arabic language courses:

 

 

IELTS exam preparation

Our online English courses have activities similar to those in the IELTS test. By using our online English lessons you will be able to study for IELTS online and practise similar types of activities as those in the IELTS Academic Module and General Training Module.

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Spoken English

These courses are intended for people who may have a passing knowledge of the English language but feel the need to develop or improve their active communication skills within the multi-national and multi-lingual community of the present-day UAE, where English is so often the prime language.

Courses are conducted at four different levels:

  • Level 1: Beginner
  • Level 2: Elementary
  • Level 3: Post-elementary
  • Level 4: Intermediate

Each level builds on the language skills already acquired from school/university or work experience - or from the skills taught at the previous level. At every level, the course carefully combines listening and speaking skills and methodically integrates core grammar and vocabularly required for everyday communication. This is done by focusing mainly on functional and situational language. Attention is also given at all levels to improving pronounciation, including stress and intonation.

All activities in these courses are designed to build student confidence in terms of using the language taught or already known, and as such, require a high level of student participation. Many of the activities involve students working with each other to practice so their fluency in the language increases. Every effort is made to ensure that the class atmosphere is relaxed yet purposeful and students are encouraged to try out and practice their spoken English without fear of making mistakes. The purpose of these courses is to helo people communicate.

All courses run for a period of 30 hours and may run either 2, 3 or 5 days per week based on availability and demand.

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Spoken Arabic

These Arabic courses for non-native speakers are designed for the Expat population of UAE. This course is designed with day-to-day personal and business life in mind. Emphasis is given to spoken Arabic with an inclination towards the local dialect to enable students to speak with locals and understand the colloquial usage of the language.

Courses are divided into 4 levels, taking the students from beginner through to advanced levels of speaking and even writing classical Arabic. Each level is 30 hours and builds on the skills learned in the preceding level.

  • Level 1: Beginner (Transliteration)
    • Designed and constructed in simple, direct manner
    • Uses Latin to represent Arabic alphabet
    • Embasis on Gulf/UAE dialect
    • Illustrations whenever possible
  • Level 2: Elementary (Phonetics and the Arabic alphabet)
    • Introduction to the Arabic alphabet sounds
    • Use of illustrated subjects with captions
    • Listening to pronounciation while following the written symbols (letters)
    • Recongition of the Arabic alphabet
    • Skills of listening for and recognizing Arabic sounds
    • Practice writing and reading the Arabic script in the correct direction (e.g. from right to left)
    • Vocabulary development
  • Level 3: Pre-intermediate (Simple sentence construction)
    • Recognition of the main simple Arabic sentence construction
    • The audio involvement in sentence construction
    • The system by which words fit in a sentence and the sequence of the words
    • Introduction to the infinitive, the definitive participle, the masculine/feminine, single/plural
  • Level 4: Intermediate (Complex sentences and grammar)
    • Gradual introduction to grammar
    • Types of sentences: Verbal, nominal, etc.
    • Time and place adverbs
    • Types of vowels
    • D ictation
    • Construction of simple essays