Academic

Academic

Our Academic courses teach students how to understand and use academic English by getting them to think critically, learn to write essays properly, analyze reading, answer questions of lectures they hear, practice public speaking and teach them to do proper presentations.

These courses are a perfect preparation to students wanting to take tests such as IELTS and SATs or university courses.


Q: Skills for Success

‘Q-skills’ is a course that is designed to give students a chance to integrate reading, writing, critical thinking and language skills into definitive learning outcomes in the form of routine testing and written essays. Each unit of the book focuses on a specific theme, introducing two readings about a similar topic with a variety of related vocabulary words and comprehension check questions. It then focuses on specific language tasks in both grammatical sentence structure and essay organization.

Finally the unit theme, vocabulary and language focuses are tested at the end of every chapter with a comprehensive quiz and are culminated into a written essay where students use the language they learned in the chapter and apply critical thinking skills to their task. On the fourth and eighth week of the course, the students get a chance to apply their writing skills in a unique way by creating Power Point Presentations. Keeping with the themes from the previous chapters, the students choose a topic to present and have a chance to practice written organization of main ideas, learn internet research skills and gain confidence in public speaking by actually “teaching” the class for a period of time. The desired end result of the course is to have the students be more competent readers and writers of the English language, have enhanced vocabulary and language skills, be more confident public speakers and most importantly be able to independently use their enhanced critical thinking skills in all the aforementioned categories.


IELTS preparation with UEC

IELTS classes with UEC teach students how to best prepare for the IELTS test and help students truly understand the IELTS test format, resulting in better scores.

Our IELTS courses give students an in-depth look at all four English skills tested in the IELTS, but they are also tailor made to each class to address any particular weak areas that need extra attention.

Students will undergo many mock IELTS tests in test like conditions to help them become more equipped on test day and boost confidence to reduce test day stress.

Our specialized IELTS instructors will provide step-by-step guidance in developing the required skills for Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing through the use of lively materials covering a very wide range of topics that are likely to occur in the exam.

Our IELTS Courses

IELTS Basic 4.5 – 5.5

Our introductory IELTS course is aimed at students working in a band score of 4.5 to 5.5. The program features IELTS-orientated topic-based lessons to build students’ English in key areas as well as teach students functional language related to the test. There’s plenty of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation practice to get students’ language up. As students get their first taste of the IELTS, they will be exposed to the most common types of questions and be guided on how to approach them.

 

IELTS Score Breaker 5.5 – 6.5

You’re definitely going to break ground with our IELTS Score Breaker program. The main focus is to train students how to cope with the rigors of the test by helping them develop strategies to make the most out of it. Activities are designed to quickly develop students’ fluency and confidence in producing writing and speaking responses through a focus on academic vocabulary. The test format will be analyzed in great detail in order to help students get more familiar on how to answer every type of question especially in the reading and listening section.

 

IELTS Infinity 7 and above

Are you on a mission to get into the Ivy Leagues? IELTS Infinity will put you on top of the admission list with the best colleges and universities around the world. You’ll prepare with other highly-motivated students and receive 64 hours of intensive instruction. IELTS Infinity covers a rigorous, advanced curriculum and is designed for students aiming for an IELTS band of 7 and above. You need to have a minimum band score of 7 to get into this program.


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