General English

Private course

Learn in your own time

Learn when you want

Learn what you need

Brief description of the course

In this Private General English Course you will improve your General English 

  • You select what you want to focus on (reading, listening, speaking, writing,..)
  • You get to decide the full content of the course
  • You will improve your spoken and written accuracy and make less mistakes
  • You will improve your grammar and vocabulary 

You select how many hours you want to study, the times of the day and the days of the week. You have full flexibility over your schedule. You can decide how many classes you will take and how many classes a week you want to take. You also decide how long the classes will be 45min,60min, 90min or 120min.

After each class you will get language feedback and correction on the mistakes you made and what you need to do to improve. You will also get regular updates on your progress and how your language is developing. 

Contact me and start today to reach your English goal.

Kristof

Table of Contents

Grammar

Improve your General English grammar

Vocabulary

Improve and upgrade your General English vocabulary

Speaking

Practice and improve your General English Speaking

Writing

Get more fluent and accurate in General English Writing

What will I study?

You will focus on different parts to help do your current or future job better in English

  • You will have a look at language you will need to improve your English
  • You will look at functional language needed for you to communicate effectively 
  • You will do multiple role play situations simulating different real life situations.
  • You will have a look at vocabulary and grammar needed to improve your speaking and/or writing
  • You will improve your accuracy and make less mistakes when speaking and/or writing
  • You will build more confidence to speak with different people
  • You will focus only on the different English aspects which are important for you

How will I learn?

  • By looking reading and listening to different real situations 
  • By scripting and taking notes on different speaking situations
  • By structuring your notes and organising your answers
  • By upgrading your language to better suitable language
  • By changing your lower level English to to more higher level English
  • By examining different writing examples and improving your own writing
  • By correcting your language and making less mistakes
  • By practising various speaking situations you encounter in real life
  • By roleplaying different situations which are important for you
  • By doing additional grammar and vocabulary practice 
  • By using different tools and techniques to improve your General English level.
  • By focusing on different real situations that are essential for you 

How do I start?

In 4 easy steps

Contact

Select a date and a time to have a meeting to talk about the course.

Meet online

Free 30 minute zoom meeting online. Discuss everything you want to know.

Fix payment

Pay by international transfer, credit card or debit card.

Start class

Start the online class at the time and date you want.

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The course will be online. 

  • This saves travel time for you as well as me. 
  • This provides a lot more flexibility. For example you could study during your lunch break
  • We will use Zoom, google classrooms, and google document to connect
  • The classes are normally Monday to Thursday. 
  • They can be at any time of the day.
    • Morning
    • Lunch
    • Afternoon
    • Evenings
  • When it is the best time for you to study 
  • When it fits in my existing schedule of other classes.
  • Together we will decided 
  • It all depends on the time you have and how long it will take you to feel comfortable with your English skills.
  • Some people will be ready in 
    • A few months
    • Other people will need a year or more
  • It also depends on how many hours per day you want to study
  • We will have a look at your level before the course starts to give you a realistic idea of how much time it will take to reach your goal.
  • Yes the classes will be live.
  • They are NOT recorded videos you will watch and listen to.
  • The classes are private. 
  • This means it will be just you and me.

I, Kristof Abrath, will teach you.

Yes

  • I have been helping people with their business English for almost 20 years now
  • I have taught English around the world in 4 different continents
  • I have taught 1000s of students face-to-face and online
  • I have taught 1000s of teachers to help them teach English
  • For more info on me have a look at my CV and my LinkedIn profile.

Yes.

  •  have taught groups and individual classes, face-to-face and online
  • I have taught students who needed General English
  • I have taught Groups classes
  • I have taught individual classes
  • I know what it takes to improve your General English

The course will be online, so you will need:

  • A computer, if not possible a mobile phone or tablet
  • A good internet connection
  • A camera
  • A working microphone and sound
  • Zoom: because that is how we will connect and have our classes.

Everything you need to help you practise for the course.

  • Live classes
  • Additional homework practice outside class
  • Extra grammar and vocabulary practice
  • Speaking practice and feedback
  • Reading and listening practice
  • Writing practice
  • Books to practise your General English
  • Worksheets to practise grammar and General English vocabulary
  • videos to help you learn
  • English texts to read and listen to help you learn and deal with the language
  • Free online resources you can use to help you practise and learn
  • I will create a google classroom 
  • In this classroom you will get an overview of what we did
  • You will also get all the worksheets and exercises in digital format for you to review and practice
  • You will get additional resources there too.
  • Yes we will use different kinds of books.
  • You might need to buy 1 of the books.

Yes!

  • For every class you will have written and or spoken feedback on some of the problems you had and how to improve them. 
  • You will get to know your strengths and what you already do very well. 
  • You will also get to know what language you will need to improve to get a better score
  • You will get detailed feedback on your speaking performance
  • If you need additional feedback, I will provide it to you.
  • First of all you will be assessed by your speaking performance in class
  • You will do different exercises and tasks in and outside class which will be assessed and help you understand the problems you face.
  • You will do additional vocabulary and grammar practice to help you improve your General English
  • It depends on how much time you have outside class.
  • Some students have very little time and do 30 minutes of homework a week
  • Other students do 2,3,4 hours of homework outside class
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Yes, you can cancel a class and reschedule it for some other time.

No, you do not need to pay extra.

  • Yes, you can.

    • When you are not available at a certain day and or time we can do the class at some other day or time.
    • No, it will not cost you extra.

Yes, if you feel you are not happy with the course you can cancel the course at any time.

You only need to pay for the classes you did.

If you paid additional money, it will be refunded to you on your credit cards or bank account within the week.

  • Yes, you can get the extra money you paid back.

    You cannot get money back for classes you already had.

  • You can pay online by credit card or debit card
  • You can pay by bank transfer.
  • You can pay weekly
  • You can pay monthly
  • Before the course start we will agree on the payment

Still not sure about the course?

Book a Free Demo class and find out if the classes will be really useful for you.

Just book a free face to face meeting and ask me some more questions about the course.

Just book a Free online level test to check What your English level is.

Need some more help with grammar? Book a Free Online Grammar Class and let me help you with the grammar.

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