We suggest a highly effective method which emphasizes the spoken forms of American English. It is "a modern English as a foreign language" course, which is the latest development of the well-known company Longman. The course True Colors was developed by Jay Maurer and Irene Schoenberg, who are known as the authors of Longman's widely acclaimed Focus on Grammar series.

True Colors is a complete and articulated five-level (Basic + 4 levels with native speakers) adult or young adult course in English as a foreign language. There are two reasons why this course is entitled True Colors. It presents the true voice of the native speaker of American English, and it systematically teaches students to communicate in their own words - to let their true colors shine through.

True Colors is a highly communicative international course, which includes a skills-based listening strand and an abundance of games, info-gaps, and other interactive activities. True Colors takes into account different learning and teaching styles. It is centered on the well-known fact that practice in each skill area enhances mastery of the others.

A major innovation of the True Colors series is to systematically build students' ability to present their own ideas, opinions, and feelings-both accurately and confidently. For this reason, every activity leads students to gain ownership of the language, progressively moving them away from models to express thoughts in their own words and to improvise based on what they know.

True Colors is specifically designed for use by students who rarely encounter English outside of class. The course is built around a wealth of speaking and reading models of the true voice of the American speaker and includes numerous authentic readings from English-language newspapers, magazines, books, and Internet sources. This refreshing change from "textbook English" is essential for students who have limited access to real native speech and writing.

The course immerses you in an English-speaking environment, making the classroom itself a microcosm of the English-speaking world. The goal and promise of True Colors is to prepare students to move out of this textbook and to understand, speak, read, and write English in the real world.

The True Colors course suggests four levels. Each level includes two sublevels "A" and "B". One term (sublevel) of the True Colors course offers 3 hours per week of intensive instruction within seven weeks (two classes per week, each lasting 1.5 hours) and also course for beginners - one level.

In addition there are extra classes which give students a chance to have additional practice and will help the students to develop their skills in conversing.

The course with native speakers consists of eight terms (4 levels). All classes are conducted by native speakers.

After finishing 4 levels with native speakers, you'll receive ELC's certificat. To see the schedule click here.

Postcards

This unique class for teenagers that show little interest in learning English. It consists of 4 levels.

Carefully selected topics and issues, that teenagers are interested in, enable making the studying process captivating, and promote an excellent mastering of the material.

The grammar class is worked out especially for those students, whose native languages are Slavic ones. An apt Language Booster (workbook) contains besides traditional exercises a big number of training exercises in a captivating form.  

This program considerably broadens students’ outlook and their ideas of the modern teenagers’ life, culture, literature, and traditions in English-speaking countries.

Each lesson begins and ends with a photo story of the life of teenagers, which relate to each other during the entire course.  With the characters students find them in different places and situations, correspond with each other, discuss music, movies and other interesting for teens things. Besides a lot of active exercises, trainings and modern songs is gathered in the textbook. This all doesn’t let students be bored during the classes, stimulates them to take an active part in discussions and keeps up the students’ motivation over a period of year.

Tests for self-checking in workbook and lexico-grammatical tests make it possible to check regularly the mastering of the material and the progress of English language’s skills.

More information at http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/postcards/bridge/index.html

Market Leader

Business English is for business people who need to or will soon need to use English at work PLUS those, who are just simply interested in how ordinary words can be magically transformed into cool ‘business vocabulary!

On the lesson:

• Role-plays
• Discussions
• Problem-solving tasks
• Introduction and practice of the functional language required in business situations
• Essential grammar to know and learn
• Big but fun home tasks!

Topics and themes

• Business correspondence – letters, faxes, summaries, notes, simple reports, memos, ordering and supplying, enquiries, offers
• Basic skills and techniques for talking in business situations (telephone talks, negotiating, explaining and describing)
• Dealing with problems – special hints of how to avoid conflicts or.. create them! – Complaining and apologizing
• Jobs and careers – promotions and resume
• Money matters (methods of payments, cash flow and invoicing)

Asi Me Gusta

For those, who already speak English rather influently, we offer an influent Spanish course with a Spanish native speaker.
You have a unique opportunity not only to learn a new language, but also to use your fluent English actively, excepting Russian from the studying process.
We offer 3 levels of Informal Spanish:

• basic
• elementary
• pre-intermediate

The classes take place on Sundays for 4 academic hours or on weekdays two days a week for 2 academic hours.
This course disproves a famous Russian proverb “If you run after two hares, you will catch neither”.

Catch both of hares fearlessly!