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Are you someone who loves discussing what’s going on in the world? Do you enjoy sharing your opinion on different subjects and are you interested in English-speaking cultures? Our conversation courses are designed to help you express yourself fluently and with nuance and perfect your pronunciation in a relaxed environment. You will also consolidate and expand on your grammar and vocabulary.

Study time: Ideally, you will practise the new vocabulary regularly between classes.

With our classroom-based courses, you and your fellow students enjoy in-person teaching at an Academia school in your region. The timetable remains the same throughout. Your teacher is highly qualified and will ensure that lessons are varied and fun.

Requirements

No prior knowledge of the language is required for A1 courses. For higher-level courses, we expect you to be comfortable with the previous level. Take our placement test to make sure that you are at the right level.

Objectives

B1 – Pre-intermediate

By the end of this level B1 course, you will be able to understand the main points if clear, standard speech is used and the topic is a familiar one, regularly encountered at work, school, in your leisure activities, etc. You will be able to deal with most situations likely to arise when travelling in an area where the language is spoken. You will be able to express yourself in simple and coherent terms on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. You will be able to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and to give brief reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Qualification

Course confirmation

Follow-on options

On completing this course, you have a choice of options if you wish to continue to improve or consolidate your language skills.

Ideal for

• Anyone who wants to improve their conversational skills
• Anyone looking to consolidate or maintain their language level
• Anyone who enjoys face-to-face learning and feels more comfortable if they are able to see gestures and body language in person
• Anyone who likes learning as part of a class

Special

You can join the course at any time. Please contact us for your customised offer.
The content will vary depending on the group – let your teacher know if there are any subjects that particularly interest you.

We provide daytime childcare during classes at our Aarau, Basel, Dübendorf and Winterthur schools.