English intensive summer course
In this course
practical information
| no. of lessons: | 15 lessons of 3 hours each (including breaks) |
| preparation: | approximately 2 hours per lesson |
| target group: | students, university staff and others |
| max. number of participants: | 18 |
| language of instruction | English |
| conclusion | final test and certificate (min. 80% attendence) |
| ECTS: | The student should enquire with their department whether course participation can be converted into credits. The course is equivalent to ? ECTS . |
| course material : | - Michael McCarthy (2002), English Vocabulary in Use Advanced. New edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052165397-5.
- Martin Hewings (2005, second edition). Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521532914. - Reader Please make sure you buy these or more recent editions. The books are not included in the course fee, but should be available from all good bookshops. The reader is free of charge and will be distributed by your teacher. |
| price: | € 380 for Leiden University staff and students
€ 525 for others description of the tariff groups |
course programme 2012
| code | days | time | course period |
| ei-ia | Monday till Friday | 9.15 - 12.00 | 6 - 24 August 2012 |
Enrolment and payment
Via the link below (Enrolment for individuals) you can see how many places are still available, and you can enrol for a course.
ENROLMENT for individuals : individuals can pay by Credit Card or iDEAL
ENROLMENT for Organisations or Institutes : we will send an invoice to the paying company/organisation.
level and admission
The course level is indicated with the help of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
| skills | starting level | target level |
| listening | B2 | C1+ |
| reading | B2 | C1+ |
| speaking production | B2 | C1+ |
| speaking interaction | B2 | C1+ |
| writing | B2 | C1+ |
Click on the skills for further clarification.
For this course, knowledge of the language is required. Those who have a certificate from the previous course can enrol directly. Others are required to check by means of an entrance test if they have sufficient knowledge to take part. Click here for the entrance test.
course description
This is an intensive English summer course at upper-intermediate and advanced level, designed to meet the practical language needs of learners who wish to practise and improve their communication skills and their overall command of the language in a relatively informal setting for work, study, and for socialising confidently in English.
This is a practical rather than a theoretical language course which aims to involve learners’ thoughts, opinions and knowledge as they are practising. To this end, you will frequently work in pairs and groups, and there will also be a lots of student-teacher interaction in open-class discussions, as well as other fluency tasks. Pronunciation (Standard English) is practised together and individually in class with the help of the language laboratory equipment. The course material makes learning enjoyable, with thought-provoking texts and motivating practice activities, including interviewing, role-playing, participation in group discussions, and watching-and-listening exercises based on clips from films or recent television programmes. Fluency is practised individually, in pairs and groups. The language of instruction is English.
The target level is C1 in accordance with the European Common Framework of Reference for Languages.