This course helps you to improve your general English skills. All the four skills will be covered: reading; listening; speaking; writing. In this class, participants will have lots of opportunities to speak especially. If you want to brush up your English, this course is for you.

Topic examples: talking about preferences; understanding a short story; explaining why something is a problem; writing a simple official email; talking about experiences and events; understanding simple technical information; explaining how to use an electronic device; describing habits; understanding a talk; asking people for help

Grammatical points covered: comparative and superlative; question tags; past perfect; used to; phrasal verbs; should / ought to; reflexive pronouns; reported speech

Textbook: Go for it! B1 Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch Englisch ISBN: 978-3-19-102940-1 (from Unit 7)

About the Instructor:
Ikuya Takahashi did his master’s degree in international studies at SOAS, London University. He has over 10 years of experience of teaching English professionally and is a CELTA holder. He has also worked as a certified tour-guide interpreter in Japan. He is a passionate traveler as well and has lived in England, France, Taiwan and Germany. He enjoys passing on his enthusiasm for other cultures and languages to his participants.

Der Kurs findet als Online-Kurs in der vhs.cloud statt.

Einen Einstufungstest für das geeignete Sprachniveau finden Sie unter www.sprachtest.de