ALACS - Social Conversation
Duration 9 days
Team Centre For English Language Education

Duration: 9 weeks


Aims and objectives

The aim of this course is to develop your speaking skills and provide the opportunity to practise in an unpressured environment. It will:

  • help develop your confidence in speaking
  • help develop your fluency in speaking
  • extend your knowledge of vocabulary related to specific topics and give you the opportunity to practise discussing these topics in English
  • enable you to become aware of certain strategies used by speakers to participate in discussions
  • provide you with the language necessary to communicate in different situations on and off campus

Possible topics:

  • Getting to know each other
  • Travel advice
  • Family life
  • Gender and stereotyping
  • Customs and habits
  • Idioms and common phrases
  • Restaurants and food
  • Superstitions and proverbs
  • Work
  • Extreme sports and risk taking
  • Final session quiz
LocationStart DateAll DatesTimesPlaces AvailableBook
Jubilee Campus07 October 202407, 14, 21, 28 October, 04, 11, 18, 25 November, 02 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm1
University Park07 October 202407, 14, 21, 28 October, 04, 11, 18, 25 November, 02 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm1
Jubilee Campus08 October 202408, 15, 22, 29 October, 05, 12, 19, 26 November, 03 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm4
University Park08 October 202408, 15, 22, 29 October, 05, 12, 19, 26 November, 03 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm5
University Park09 October 202409, 16, 23, 30 October, 06, 13, 20, 27 November, 04 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm0Add to Waiting List
Jubilee Campus10 October 202410, 17, 24, 31 October, 07, 14, 21, 28 November, 05 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm3
University Park10 October 202410, 17, 24, 31 October, 07, 14, 21, 28 November, 05 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm0Add to Waiting List
Jubilee Campus10 October 202410, 17, 24, 31 October, 07, 14, 21, 28 November, 05 December 20243:00pm - 4:00pm0Add to Waiting List