Conversational English lessons are designed to improve your English speaking and listening skills. The main focus is to improve your confidence and fluency when speaking English in a two-way conversation.
Conversational English lessons are designed to improve your English speaking and listening skills. The main focus is to improve your confidence and fluency when speaking English in a two-way conversation. We do this in various ways, such as:
Learning idioms, Kiwi slang and common phrasal verbs that are useful in conversations and practising how to use this vocabulary through speaking exercises.
Speaking role plays that are based on your work situation, social situations you often find yourself in, visiting the doctor or other appointments, and shopping scenarios like buying clothes.
Improving pronunciation skills. This includes learning the natural rhythm and stress patterns in English; being taught how to make difficult or confusing sounds, for example, R & L or B & V or F & P; and learning connected speech which is how we join words together and change the sounds of certain words while we are speaking.
Doing exercises which help you to think in English rather than in your first language to increase spontaneity and naturalness when speaking.
Listening skills often naturally improve along with your speaking fluency. We often focus on real life listening skills by listening to the news and different accents in English.
We can also practise telephone conversations which are often particularly difficult, because you can't see the person speaking, and the connection sometimes distorts or interferes with the speaker's voice. We can also practise body and hand gestures which can be an important part of a conversation. ?
Why study English Conversation with Language Elevator?
I taught English Conversation classes for 3 years at Dominion English School teaching beginner to advanced students from 17 different countries! I've also taught English Conversation and pronunciation privately to students from 7 countries.
As part of my Certificate of Language Teaching at Unitec, I studied the challenges students from different countries have when speaking English, including pronunciation.
Since then, I've developed techniques, exercises and role plays focusing on particular challenges speakers of other languages sometimes have, most recently with students from Korea, France, India, China, Japan and Russia.
We offer a range of ESL courses from exam preparation courses for IELTS (academic & general) and OET for Nursing, through to Business English Lessons and English Conversation for immigrants and work-place visa holders in New Zealand.
Specialised English Reading and Writing courses are also available for high school or tertiary level students or anyone else who wants to elevate their reading and/or writing skills. Our lesson times are available weekdays, between 7 am and 9:30 pm.
Whatever the course or lesson type you are interested in, we will tailor the course to match your personal circumstances, including your skill levels in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing, your work or social activities, and learning goals.
IELTS courses help to develop and strengthen students’ knowledge and use of academic English, as well as improving their exam skills.
This course is designed to develop overall English language skills, with specific focuses on Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, hence it will develop skills at your pace enabling you to reach your goals.
Ara Institute of Canterbury Ltd offers Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) which is a computer-based secure English test that allows people to demonstrate language skills for university and migration applications.
Conversational English lessons are designed to improve your English speaking and listening skills. The main focus is to improve your confidence and fluency when speaking English in a two-way conversation.
English is the most widely spoken language around the world and the most commonly used language amongst foreign speakers. Whether traveling to Asia, the Americas, Europe or Africa, you will find English in abundance as it boasts 480 million speakers from all around the globe.
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