Group courses for adults

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English for life	English for exams	English for work

Developing general English skills including pronunciation for a Japanese High School, and creating a social programme that explored British life and culture.	Preparing a group of Swiss students for their FCE exams, combining a mix of general English classes with other Bell students and closed-group exam preparation classes.	Providing a programme to improve the English language skills of individuals with different professions within the Italian Air Force including nurses, pilots and engineers.

English for education	English for specific purpose	Teacher development

Providing a programme for professors from a European university which developed the language and skills needed for lectures, presentations and seminars.	Developing a course for university lecturers in Science and Technology, including scientific and academic English, presenting technical information and visits to centres of scientific interest.	Creating a series of 6-week teacher training courses for teachers working for the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, including preparation for the TKT exam.

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CASE STUDY: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM JAPAN

Length of course:	2 weeks
Hours of tuition:	21 per week
Accommodation:	Homestay
Activities included:	Tour of Cambridge, punting along the River Cam, British baking
Participants:	30 learners, aged between 17 and 18 years old, from a girls' high school in Japan
Course aim:	To focus on language development through pronunciation activities, grammar practice and vocabulary building.
Course outline:	The course also concentrated on developing students' reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through a wide variety of communicative activities. There was a strong focus on links between the English Language and British culture. The main focus of the programme was intensive English as follows: The development of the four skills, especially speaking and listening Improving pronunciation Expanding vocabulary and grammar skills The development of independent study skills Linguistic and cultural preparation for academic excursions

Anna, 17

"On our course, we've learnt about pronunciation and intonation through understanding accents and stress and we've studied cultural aspects of life in Britain through activities and project work.

It's nice to have a British teacher as the accent is completely different to the American accent. Teachers are really kind and I can speak to them, especially as the classes are small with only ten students in a class. I’d like to study at Cambridge University and plan to do an IELTS Preparation course at Bell next year."

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CASE STUDY: SWISS STUDENTS PREPARING FOR ENGLISH EXAMS

Length of course:	3 weeks
Hours of tuition:	21 per week
Accommodation:	Homestay
Activities included:	Visits to London, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and an evening at Kings College Cambridge
Participants:	14 students from an educational organisation in Switzerland
Course aim:	Improving general English skills and preparing for the First Certificate in English exam
Course outline:	The students focused on an intensive English language programme in the mornings, integrating into existing classes. In the afternoons, the focus changed to exam preparation and the students were taught as a closed group. The syllabus included: The development of the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing Improving pronunciation Expanding productive and receptive vocabulary Appropriate grammar The development of independent study skills Linguistic and cultural preparation for trips

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CASE STUDY: AVIATION PROFESSIONALS FROM ITALY

Length of course:	4 weeks
Hours of tuition:	26 per week
Accommodation:	Homestay
Activities included:	Punting along the River Cam and theatre trips
Participants:	27 learners from the Italian Airforce including pilots, nurses and engineers, split into two groups of 12 and 15.
Course aim:	To improve the general and specialist English language skills of individuals with specific professions.
Course outline:	Specialist courses were developed focusing on the needs of the individuals in each profession. For example, an Aviation English course was developed to help pilots achieve and maintain Level 4 according to the ICAO language requirements. The four-week courses focus on: Asking for information and gaining clarification Confirming information Checking and asking for alternatives Giving and asking for updates Identifying and responding to problems Reporting and expressing consequences

Adelia, trainee pilot

"I want to enrich my English vocabulary by learning military language through, for example, studying each part of the aircraft in English.

During our lessons we also focus on idioms, typical English expressions and phrasal verbs. I've also really improved my listening here as we meet people from other countries."

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CASE STUDY: PROFESSORS FROM A EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

Length of course:	1 week
Hours of tuition:	21 per week
Accommodation:	Homestay
Activities included:	Punting along the River Cam, a guide tour of Cambridge and theatre trips
Participants:	10-20 professors attend each course, with two courses running per year
Course aim:	To help the participants develop their English language and the required skills to deliver effective presentations, lectures and seminars in English within an educational capacity.
Course outline:	Development of the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing Development of language skills through learning subject specific vocabulary, grammar and improving pronunciation Participants give a presentation to their colleagues on a topic related to their academic work field and extensive feedback given by the course tutor Development of independent study skills Learn by refreshing their knowledge of British life, politics and institutions

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CASE STUDY: UNIVERSITY LECTURERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Length of course:	4 weeks
Hours of tuition:	21 per week
Accommodation:	Homestay
Activities included:	Visits to London, Windsor and York and a tour of the Cambridge Botanic Gardens
Participants:	University lecturers in Science and Technology
Course aim:	To enable university lecturers to develop their English skills in order to teach science and technology effectively in English.
Course outline:	The course had three major components: Language development, with an emphasis on speaking skills English for Specific Purposes focusing on technical English, English for economics, scientific/academic English Practical workshops on presenting technical material in English The course included academic visits to centres of scientific interest to provide direct experience of how scientific and technical information is presented. During the second and third weeks, participants focused on specific language for lecturing and presentations, leading up to full-length presentations in the final week where all participants put their knowledge into practice.

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CASE STUDY: TEACHERS FROM THE IRAQI MINISTRY OF OIL

Length of course:	6 weeks
Hours of tuition:	25 per week
Accommodation:	Residential accommodation at Homerton College, Cambridge
Activities included:	Theatre trips, guided tour of Cambridge
Participants:	Bell provided a series of six-week teacher training courses for 24 teachers at the Iraq Ministry of Oil.
Course aim:	To prepare the teachers for the Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Module 1, the Computer Literacy and Information Technology (CLAIT) qualification and focus on methodology appropriate for teaching English in the oilfields.
Course outline:	Module One, English Teacher Professional Development, focused on participants becoming fully operational classroom teachers of English. The tailor-made syllabus included: Language learning strategies: how people learn language and different styles Focus on improving listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, especially pronunciation and intonation issues specific to Arabic speakers Language and culture awareness (including excursions and visiting speakers) Language used in professional context: classroom language, oil industry terminology Basic ICT training – Word, Excel and Internet usage Module Two concentrated on ELT methodology; planning, provision, evaluation. It included: Approaches, methods and techniques in ELT Needs analysis Lesson planning Assessments Materials evaluation Materials adaptation and origination Lesson and programme evaluation Classroom action research and collaborative teacher development Technology in ELT

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CASE STUDY: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM JAPAN

CASE STUDY: SWISS STUDENTS PREPARING FOR ENGLISH EXAMS

CASE STUDY: AVIATION PROFESSIONALS FROM ITALY

CASE STUDY: PROFESSORS FROM A EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

CASE STUDY: UNIVERSITY LECTURERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

CASE STUDY: TEACHERS FROM THE IRAQI MINISTRY OF OIL

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English for life

English for exams

English for work

English for education

English for specific purpose

Teacher development

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Course details

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CASE STUDY: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM JAPAN

CASE STUDY: SWISS STUDENTS PREPARING FOR ENGLISH EXAMS

CASE STUDY: AVIATION PROFESSIONALS FROM ITALY

CASE STUDY: PROFESSORS FROM A EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

CASE STUDY: UNIVERSITY LECTURERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

CASE STUDY: TEACHERS FROM THE IRAQI MINISTRY OF OIL

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND
ACADEMIC COURSES IN THE UK