Starter
This course is highly recommended for students who have no background in English. It is designed to inspire and instil the student’s confidence in English, through developing daily conversational skills and acquiring basic listening and comprehension. The aim of this course is to develop students’ basic skills in communicating and exchanging information in a simple way.

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

• understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
• introduce themselves and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people they know and things they have.
• interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Basic
The aim of this course is to develop students’ ability in dealing with straightforward information and expressing him/herself in familiar situations. At the end of this course, students should be able to:

• understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
• communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
• describe in simple terms aspects of their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

Pre-Intermediate
This course aims to develop students’ ability to express him/herself in familiar situations and to deal in a general way with nonroutine information. At the end of this level, students should be able to:

• understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
• deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
• produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
• describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Intermediate
The objective of this course is to develop students’ ability to express him/herself based on a variety of topics. At the end of this level, students will be able to:

• understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field of specialization.
• interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
• produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

Upper Intermediate
At the end of this level, students will be able to:

• understand a wide range of demanding, longer clauses, and recognize implicit meaning.
• express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
• use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
• produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

Advanced
The aim of this course is to refine students’ skills in communication, with a focus on communicating in academic and professional situations. At the end of this course, students should be able to:

• understand, summarise and reconstruct any written or spoken information presented to them.
• express themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations.

An advantage of signing up for our part-time English classes is that it is a great place to meet other like-minded individuals who are just as keen about the language and culture. Classes held are immersive and interactive, enabling students to speak English to one another.

The advice from other students and sharing resources will help to ease your learning journey. Additionally, some students find that they are more committed to learning a language in a group setting as compared to a private tutor!

Prefer a private class? Click on the Register Interest button above and send in your enquiry.

Students will receive this certificate upon completion of the course, if they meet the minimum requirements of 70% attendance.

There are no minimum requirements for Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs). Foreigners would first be required to go through an interview, to assess their suitability for this course.

With globalisation bringing people from various parts of the world together, it is crucial for businesses to adapt and be prepared for new opportunities that may come with this change in environment. Customers coming from different parts of the world may not always understand English, which may result in a language barrier between your business and your potential partners or clients.

Corporate language training is one way for businesses to minimize this language barrier. It is a solution for businesses to prepare themselves for the global market by equipping employees with the necessary language skills to be able to communicate effectively with partners and especially customers.

We tailor our programs to provide businesses with practical and useful resources to make the learning more impactful and applicable to your business.

Individuals interested in getting an accreditation for their English language proficiency should consider taking the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or the Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Oxford Language Academy offers students taking the IELTS or TOEFL examinations, a preparatory course to help them in their studies for it.

Currently, such courses are only available in an individual setting.