English proficiency programme

The primary purpose of this course series is to provide a comprehensive programme of listening and speaking skills to non-native English speaking students who are not sufficiently skilled in these areas to succeed in regular-entry courses at the College. Because oral communications are so central to learners in a College setting, the four-level course series includes activities in all levels to help students carry out academic tasks in ways that are linguistically, academically, and culturally appropriate.

Programme Description

 

The English Proficiency Programme of Institute Optopreneur enables students with effective language skills in English through its diverse, rigorous, well-developed curriculum. Tis programmed structure prepares the student to build- up their language skills by learning through , formal lectures in grammar and vocabulary , participate in workshop activities and learn from their peers, thematic studies in critical reading, writing, and ESOL-developed modules for speaking and listening. It fully equips students in the programme to reach their academic goals, career objectives , or other future plans and make the best use of the time they have with the Institute.

 

IN-TAKE	DURATION	AWARD	MODE OF DELIVERY
March, July,Septembe	8 weeks /level	Short Programme	Part-time / Full-time

Programme  Accreditation

Approved by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia

Curriculum
The curriculum developed by the Institute uses the current approaches in English language acquisition and methodologies in teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL),

especially the communicative language approached. Students hone skills on the four language skills, listening, reading, speaking and writing. Through a variety of lessons and activities which could be teacher-led or peer-to-peer learning.

Career Prospects

GRAMMAR, STRUCTURE and VOCABULARY

Students expand on their vocabulary through vocabulary building activities along with lessons in sentence structure and grammar so they would inherently develop appropriate word choice and self-correction which would make them an effective communicator.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Using the North Star @ series of books in listening and speaking, students go through listening and speaking activities that develop their active listening, critical thinking, fluency in speaking. Through different themes and topical issues, students are given a variety of opportunities to practice their newly-acquired vocabulary , share views and opinion, and enhance their spontaneity in the process.

READING AND WRITING

This class aims to develop the student’s skills in critical reading and their writing potential. Through the North Star @ series of books in reading and writing, activities like writing workshop and contextual reading integrate the skills

Admission Requirements

Programme  Status

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