The Intensive General English – Advanced Class (Gold Coast) have been working in groups to produce short films following class analysis and study of various works from the Sydney Tropfest. The students not only evaluated the artist nature of the short films, they also studied a vast array of vocabulary associated with the films. The […]
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Advanced Class Art Project
- Intensive General English
- Thursday, 03 November 2016
The Intensive General English Advanced Class have been studying contemporary art as part of their class. They analysed many different works of art and produced presentations of a favourite piece from the group visit to the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane. This incorporated new vocabulary including words associated with ‘art-speak’. Following this, the […]
Poems of Advanced Class
- Intensive General English
- Thursday, 15 September 2016
We have been working together on a class project, analysing different types of poetry from the 1600s to today’s English. We have studied many poetic structures including those with rhyme encompassing assonance and alliteration. From analysis and vocabulary building, the students created their own individual poems and worked together as a group to enhance each work. This […]
The Language Plateau and How to Get Over It
- Intensive General English
- Friday, 02 October 2015
Many language learners share the common experience of reaching a point in their studies where they cease feeling that they are improving. At lower levels, as key words and grammatical concepts are incorporated, improvement is noticeably apparent and learners frequently feel a sense of achievement. However, at higher levels, when the basics have been mastered, […]
Academic English or General English: which one is right for you?
- Intensive General English
- Friday, 14 June 2013
I am very far from being a fluent Japanese speaker. In fact, after four years of hard study and living in the country (mainly Osaka, and Hokkaido), I was still probably only about B2 level. However, if you happened to hear me chatting to a taxi driver in Japanese, you’d probably conclude I was pretty […]