Is This for You?

This Pitman English course is specifically for anyone who is looking to improve their fluency and ability in speaking, writing, reading and listening.

Please note this course does not give you the IELTS qualification. This assessment must be organised separately at an appropriately mandated testing venue.

Award and Associated Qualifications

Awarded 60 CPD points upon successful completion

Start Date
Flexible
Study Type
In centre, online, or a combination
Training Type
Course
Duration
3 units will take around 60 hours

About This Course

Do you want to be able to converse more fluently in English? Are you looking for work and need to improve your English language skills? Pitman English is a flexible, fun way to improve your skills.

This is an online training course which will help you improve key English language areas: Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking.

At the very beginning of the course, you’ll sit a Proficiency Assessment test to ascertain your current skill level. From here, you’ll get straight into the course, choosing units or subject areas you find intreseting and relevent to you. This could be anything from travel, sports and technology, through to world news. The topics are regularly updated, so the course content is topical and relevant. To ensure you’re studying at the appropriate level. you’ll resit the Proficiency Assessment every 3 months to track and monitor your progress. The course level will then advance as appropriate.

You can choose any 3 units to study at a time. Eac unit will comprise different activities. exercises and games, all designed to provide an interactive and enjoyable study experience. As you’re learning, you’ll building up your Word Bank, which will then provide one of the resources you’ll be required to study each week. You’ll also build a Grammer Guide, again another resource you will be asked to review and study each week.

One valuable resource you will have access to is the tutoring sessions, which you can take part in with a wider group. These sessions will be vital in with a wider group. These sessions will be vital to help you improve your English conversational skills.

The combination of the study units, practice lessons, tutorials and ongoing assessments will all ssist you in building confidence in your English language skills. At the end of this course, you will receieve a Pitman Training Certification.

Please note this is not an IELTS qualificaion.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE?

You can study up tp 3 units at any one time.

The topic of the units is your choice, and there is a wide ranging selection available with the subjects such as: Sports, Technology, Travel, Food & Drink, Celebrities & Entertainment, Arts & Culture, Shopping, Business, Family & Friends, Fitness & Healthy Lifestyle, Health, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Personal Finance, Politics, World News.

Whilst studying, the online learning system will be automatically building your Word Bank and Gramemr Guide which we recommend you study once a week.

You’ll have access to online tutorial sessions with qualified tutors, which you can participate in as part of a group. You’ll be asked to attend these regularly to help build your conversational and pronunication skills, You’ll also be required to sit regular achievement tests at the end of each unit to monitor your progress.

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Aims and Objectives

This online English language course is designed to help you improve key English language skills in reading, speaking, listening and writing. Throughout the training you will build your English vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and fluency.

Pre-Requisites

Before starting this course you must already have some basic English language understanding.

Finance Options

Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: –

Self-Funded:

  • Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
  • You could opt to pay upfront.

Company Funded:

Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.

What we can help with:

  • Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
  • Tailored personnel letters
  • Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).

Funding & Grants:

There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.

We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.

* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.

Career Path

If English is your second language, taking the time to fully master the third most commonly used language across the globe will be of great benefit to you and your future career.

What’s the Difference?

We offer a range of training packages in a range of subject areas and can offer blended learning opportunities to best meet your needs.

Our courses are practical in nature and focus on a single subject and can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

Diplomas are designed to give you a complete skillset mapped to a specific career path and contain a number of core and elective courses.