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

Social Conversation Skills

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
University Park30 January 202330 January, 06, 13, 20, 27 February, 06, 13, 20, 27 March 20231:00pm - 2:00pm1
Jubilee Campus30 January 202330 January, 06, 13, 20, 27 February, 06, 13, 20, 27 March 20231:00pm - 2:00pm11
University Park31 January 202331 January, 07, 14, 21, 28 February, 07, 14, 21, 28 March 20231:00pm - 2:00pm22
Jubilee Campus01 February 202301, 08, 15, 22 February, 01, 08, 15, 22, 29 March 20231:00pm - 2:00pm6
University Park01 February 202301, 08, 15, 22 February, 01, 08, 15, 22, 29 March 20231:00pm - 2:00pm0Add to Waiting List
University Park02 February 202302, 09, 16, 23 February, 02, 09, 16, 23, 30 March 20231:00pm - 2:00pm1
Jubilee Campus02 February 202302, 09, 16, 23 February, 02, 09, 16, 23, 30 March 20234:30pm - 5:30pm13
University Park03 February 202303, 10, 17, 24 February, 03, 10, 17, 24, 31 March 20231:00pm - 2:00pm16