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26 January 2026  |  13 March 2026

General English Elementary (Jan Intake)

Applications accepted until
12 January 2026
Short Course Coordinator:
Zanele Nkosi
Accreditation:
Certificate of Competence
Course dates
26 January 2026 - 13 March 2026
Applications close
12 January 2026
Overview
This 7-week Elementary English course (A2 CEFR) helps foreign language speakers improve their ability to communicate in daily life and work. With in-person lessons held from 9:00 to 14:00, students build their skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing, while expanding vocabulary and grammar. Topics include jobs, holidays, directions, and polite requests, with practical tasks such as writing emails, reading brochures, and giving opinions. A quality-assured certificate from the University of the Witwatersrand is issued on successful completion.
Duration
7 weeks
Format
In-person classes and activities daily (9:00–14:00)
Pricing
VAT Incl. = R19,900.00

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    The course content addresses the following topics:


    • Themes: feelings, places, people, clothing, home, family, daily routines, jobs, leisure activities, holidays, diet, food, possessions, simple directions, past experiences, polite requests
    • Writing: informal email, thank-you note, email to book accommodation
    • Reading: brochures, informal emails
    • Grammar: possessive adjectives and pronouns; numbers in foreign currency, fractions, decimals, percentages, phone numbers, and dates; colours, there is/are; this, that, these, those; 'to be', 'to do', 'to have', and appropriate forms of the present simple tense; comparatives and superlatives; 'quick', 'quickly', 'good', 'well'; past simple tense; irregular forms of the past simple tense; present continuous tense; 'be going to' with future intent; 'will'; wh- and yes/no questions; possessive -s; countable and uncountable nouns; some, any, a, much, many; reviewing commas, full stops, question marks, capital letters; 'because', 'and', 'when', 'until', and 'but' as conjunctions; 'have to'/'don't have to'; present continuous for now and the near future
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