English as a Foreign Language Introductory

Entry Requirements

No specific entry requirements are needed for this level.A level check will be held to determine the correct level

Duration

30-week course with 2. 5 contact hours per week.

Learning Outcomes

“Expected learning outcomes for this course include:

Knowledge
• Understand basic English vocabulary and expressions related to everyday life, travel, shopping, food, media, and familiar topics
• Recognise simple grammatical structures, including tenses, question forms, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, and linking words
• Understand different text types such as messages, notices, adverts, stories, instructions, weather forecasts, and schedules
• Develop awareness of audience, purpose, and basic features of spoken and written communication
• Recognise how visuals, tone of voice, body language, and layout support meaning
Skills
• Listen to and understand short instructions, conversations, discussions, and audio-visual texts on familiar topics
• Speak using simple sentences and appropriate vocabulary to describe, explain, ask questions, express opinions, and participate in conversations and presentations
• Interact appropriately in familiar situations by taking turns, asking for clarification, giving directions, and responding to others
• Read and understand short texts across genres, identifying main ideas, key information, fact and opinion, audience, and purpose
• Use simple reading strategies such as scanning, prediction, and making connections to understand texts
• Write short texts such as messages, instructions, paragraphs, posters, and simple opinion pieces using appropriate vocabulary and structure
• Apply basic grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sequencing accurately in communication
Competence
• Communicate effectively in familiar everyday situations using basic English
• Apply listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with increasing independence and confidence
• Express simple ideas, opinions, preferences, and experiences clearly
• Adapt communication appropriately for simple social and practical contexts
• Use communication strategies to understand, respond, and participate meaningfully in interactions”

Delivery Method

Face to face lesson

Certification/Award

A letter of attendance will be issued to learners who attend at least 80% of the course

Progression to further education

After successfully completing this course, learners can continue to study the subject at MQF Level

Language of Instruction

Bilingual