EC English, San Diego, USA

This course consists of 20 general English lessons and 4 special focus lessons per week. The student can choose from the following options: speaking with confidence, real-life listening, expand your vocabulary, and global awareness.

EC San Diego offers participants 20 classes per week in their sunny location, not far from excellent surf spots and the major-league baseball stadium.

All students will be assigned to a group that is suitable for their level, from beginner all the way up to advanced. The teaching staff are passionate and motivated when it comes to making sure every student gets the results they are looking for, and they often host workshops focused on developing a variety of skills - which might include CV writing, or pronunciation skills.

You will meet plenty of new people, usually from different countries around the world. This means you’re in an environment where people are looking for company, and you’ll find great language practice partners straight away.

With a focus on fluency, the General English 20 course allows you to improve your English and gain a practical understanding of the language and how to use it. You will focus on the 4 skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening, in order to improve your level and maximise your ability to use English.

This course consists of 20 general English lessons and 10 special focus lessons per week. The student can choose from the following options: speaking with confidence, real-life listening, expand your vocabulary, and global awareness.

During the General English 30 course you will improve at a quicker pace. A combination of General English and a selection of specially focused classes will allow you to gain greater fluency and accuracy more quickly.

What can you expect on this course?

• More Exposure to English
  Extra exposure to English in the classroom will help you to think in English, cutting down on time spent translating from your own language into English.
  
  
• Core English Plus Your Choice of Special Focus
  It’s your English course, so you get to decide what you want to study! You can choose from a number of options and focus on the areas of English that you want to improve. This will definitely help you make the most of your time on your English course.
  
  
• Maximum Teacher Contact Time
  More time with your teachers will help you to become more confident with your English. All lessons are creative and energising, allowing you to feel more self-assured.
  
  
• Intensive Focus on All Skills
  More time in class will allow you to focus on the key skill areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening, which will further develop fluency and accuracy through grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
  
  
• Topic-Based lessons in Everyday Contexts
  With web articles, music, video and other authentic resources, teachers use ‘real-life’ materials that not only help you to understand how English is used by native speakers, but also help you to study English independently, long after you have left EC. Every lesson is based on a topic. The English you need to know is taught within the context of the topic. You will then be able to apply your newfound skills correctly in other situations.
  
  
• A Focused and Relaxed Classroom Environment
  Happy students learn better than unhappy ones! That’s not a secret, but it’s something that EC strongly believes. And so classrooms are places where hard work is carried out in informal and relaxed settings. Your ability and motivation will improve in a classroom with a great atmosphere.
  

This course allows students to focus on their specific language needs.
Students can book additional one-to-one lessons for USD 155 each.

This course consists of General English lessons and English in the City lessons. These lessons are focused around learning more about the city you are learning English in. You will learn about the art and culture and focus on how the locals use the language. Depending on the available timetable, students enrolled in this course will be taken outside the classroom 1 or 2 times per week. There will be assessments throughout the course which take place both in the classroom and through assignments. Additionally, there will be 5 weekly progress tests, 5 weekly tutorials and an exit test. Students will receive a certificate on completion in recognition of the skills they have learnt.

Take special focus lessons inspired by your chosen city. One weekly lesson will take you and your classmates outside to experience local sights and activities. Back in the classroom, your lessons will be inspired by the city, from ‘Describing Art and Culture – Museum Tours’ to ‘Talk like a Local – Neighbourhood Visits’.

This course is designed to help develop fluency and accuracy across all the 4 core language skills. There are a wide variety of extras to maximise your practice time, with activities including lectures, a pronunciation clinic, conversation class, and a reading workshop.

Your journey on the road to fluency starts from your very first day.
From classroom activities to homework, everything has been curated for your maximum result, with regular assessments and detailed analyses of the gaps in your knowledge.

You will also have all the support and resources you need to improve on your weaker areas and help you succeed. Your teachers and your digital learning companion, MyEC, will be with you every step of the way.

This course is designed to help develop fluency and accuracy across all the 4 core language skills. There are a wide variety of extras to maximise your practice time, with activities including lectures, a pronunciation clinic, conversation class, and a reading workshop.

Your journey on the road to fluency starts from your very first day.
From classroom activities to homework, everything has been curated for your maximum result, with regular assessments and detailed analyses of the gaps in your knowledge.

You will also have all the support and resources you need to improve on your weaker areas and help you succeed. Your teachers and your digital learning companion, MyEC, will be with you every step of the way.

This course includes general English lessons and English for work lessons. These lessons focus on teaching the student skills for working in an English-speaking environment. This includes negotiations, management, HR, branding, promotional strategies, project management, business ethics, giving presentations and preparing for interviews. There will be assessments throughout the course which take place both in the classroom and through assignments. Additionally there will be 5 weekly progress tests, 5 weekly tutorials and progress reports, and an exit test.

Get ready to start the career you’ve been dreaming about by building your confidence and professional correspondence skills with business English. For your special focus lessons you will work on language to participate in meetings, write emails and communicate confidently.
Lesson topics will cover negotiating, management and HR, branding and promotional strategies, project management, business ethics, workplace, giving presentations and preparing for interviews.

This course is designed to prepare the students for the FCE exam.
Exam fees are not included.

Core English training in reading, writing, speaking and listening will focus on:

• Methods and strategies for successful integrated and independent writing.
  
• The skills needed to speak confidently and succeed in a one-to-one interview.
  
• Listening strategies such as listening for the idea of what’s said and for detail
  
• Skim reading for meaning, scanning for detail, paraphrasing, making inferences, and more.
  
  Perfect Your Exam Technique
  On this thorough, targeted course, you will learn the valuable exam skills needed to meet or surpass your expected result. Using sample papers and with continuous practise of specific tasks, you will become familiar with the exam you are taking and learn how to answer the questions as effectively as possible.
  
  Improve Your English
  Being in an English-speaking environment for a long time improves your level. You will be speaking English inside and outside of your classroom. Your lessons will focus on preparing you for your exam; however, you will also see your English fluency improving from spending time in an English-speaking country.

This course is designed to prepare the students for the CAE exam.
Exam fees are not included.

Core English training in reading, writing, speaking and listening will focus on:

• Methods and strategies for successful integrated and independent writing.
  
• The skills needed to speak confidently and succeed in a one-to-one interview.
  
• Listening strategies such as listening for the idea of what’s said and for detail
  
• Skim reading for meaning, scanning for detail, paraphrasing, making inferences, and more.
  
  Perfect Your Exam Technique
  On this thorough, targeted course, you will learn the valuable exam skills needed to meet or surpass your expected result. Using sample papers and with continuous practise of specific tasks, you will become familiar with the exam you are taking and learn how to answer the questions as effectively as possible.
  
  Improve Your English
  Being in an English-speaking environment for a long time improves your level. You will be speaking English inside and outside of your classroom. Your lessons will focus on preparing you for your exam; however, you will also see your English fluency improving from spending time in an English-speaking country.

This course consists of 20 general English lessons and 4 surfing lessons per week.