News: ELC has moved to 10 Quay St, Haymarket, Sydney NSW 2000.
Our General English courses welcome students of all English abilities, from beginner to proficient. The program is structured around 5 main course levels, as highlighted in the table below, which each take 12 weeks to complete. Inside each of these levels, 3 sub-levels and several classes running concurrently allow for for a more precise placement on first day and ensure students feel their progression to the next stage every 4 weeks.
The Intensive Cambridge course is offered at 4 levels in the daytime:
B2 First is an upper-intermediate level examination. It indicates that your level of English is sufficient for practical use in clerical, secretarial and managerial jobs in many industries. You can communicate effectively in most social and travel and some work situations. You can use all basic grammatical structures and some more complex. Your range of vocabulary is sufficient to express yourself clearly.
C1 Advanced is an advanced level examination. It recognises the ability to communicate with confidence in English in most everyday situations, including work and academic contexts. You can communicate fluently in social, travel and work situations. You have good operational command of English, using an extensive range of vocabulary and complex grammatical structures effectively.
C2 Proficiency is the highest-level Cambridge qualification. It recognises the ability to communicate with fluency and sophistication at an exceptional level. You can communicate fluently in social, travel, work and academic contexts. You are a highly competent English speaker, with the potential to work in a very senior professional or academic environment.