Grace Rahmat
Qualifications:
Grace has a Bachelor degree in Business from Victoria University in Melbourne and a Graduate Certificate in TESOL from University of Technology, Sydney.
Teaching Experience:
Grace has held senior administration positions for the past 8 years and has worked with some of the most distinguished organisations in Australia such as: Macquarie Group, KPMG Australia and Dimension Data. Working in Human Resources has given her understanding and knowledge about Business fundamentals and Recruitment. She is a compassionate teacher who remains sensitive to students unique needs, employs effective listening, provides individual and whole group support, and offers positive encouragement and reinforcement to keep students focused and motivated. She is a very passionate about Education and helping students to achieve success and specialising in pronunciation, conversation and also in writing resumes and interview techniques.
Luis Rodriguez
Qualifications:
Luis is a diploma in Spanish Instituto de Cervantes C2 Teaching Level in university of Deusto Bilbao, Spain.
Teaching Experience:
Luis has worked in different schools before teaching in Sydney Language Solutions. He was once English teacher in International Centre, Velvet School, St Georges English Academy, Drogheeda School in Bilbao, Spain. He is experienced in teaching both adults or children and is an expert in his area.
Nicholas John Gysi
Qualifications:
Nic is a Bachelor of Arts from University of Western Sydney majoring in History, Politics and Philosophy. He is a qualified English teacher, holding a Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) and also Certificate IV in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Teaching Experience:
Nic has worked as ESL teacher in Australian Pacific College School of English, being responsible to teach English Grammar, vocabulary, speaking, writing and listening skills to young adult students. He also worked as ESL Teacher in Bridge Business College ELICOS Department and Sydney International English College (S.I.E.C).
Testimonials from students of our English Course
"Thank you for providing us with excellent tutors during our Sydney stay with our Japanese students. I was very impressed with Luis. Luis was very impressed with the students friendly attitude and willingness to work- as was I! I think the students enjoyed themselves and learned quite a lot. They told me that the tutorial was very worthwhile and that they found Luis funny and easy to understand. I was really happy with how fun Luis made the lessons, especially the party at the end!" (Claire Cummins - Corporate Training)
English Conversation & Pronunciation (Advanced)
Who is this course for?
This course aims to improve your vocabulary, your pronunciation and increase the level of fluency and accuracy of your speech through a variety of speaking activities.
You should join this class only if your English level is above Upper Intermediate and need improment in pronunciation and specch fluency.
You are advised to contact us at 02 9283 9892 to book an interview to determine your suitablity before enrolling
Program
Week 1
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
The Sounds /b/ and /v/, differences, making the two sounds, practicing the sounds. Debate- nuclear weapons
Week 2
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
Silent letter "b". The letters "ea", ea pronunciation. Debate- biographical crime TV series
Week 3
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
"ea" words. "ea" pronunciation
Week 4
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
Family relationships. Stress in words.
Week 5
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
Family relationships. Words confused because of pronunciation, difference in pronunciation, and use. Word linking. Weak forms
Week 6
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
Weak forms-continuation. Reading aloud
Week 7
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
Stress and intonation- intonation in "Wh-" questions, Stress in multi word verbs, Everyday English conversations, stress in multiword verbs.
Week 8
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
Sounds and spelling- the sounds /i:/, /I/, and /aI)- Listening, Practice the sounds. The silent "-e" rule
Week 9
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
Word Focus- Grammatical and phonetic terminology. Word families, stress, and the "schwa" sound- speaking and listening.
Week 10
Pronunciation, Speaking - Debating
Connected speech- weak forms of auxiliary verbs (listening and speaking), Reading aloud (listening and speaking)
Teacher: Nicholas (qualified native speaker teacher)
Class time: Friday 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Course Duration: 10 weeks of 2 hours each week (20 hours in total)
Class Size: 4-8 students
Cost: $350
Upcoming class: Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information
Who is this course for?
This course will help you to participate in business conversation as well as to compose and read business documents and informal letters.
To join this class, your English level should be English Intermediate.
Teacher: Nicholas (qualified native speaker teacher)
Class time: Wednesday + Friday 4pm - 6pm
Course Duration: 5 weeks of 4 hours each week (20 hours in total)
Class Size: 4-8 students
Cost: $300
Upcoming class: Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information
Who should join this course?
Those who want to improve the knowledge of grammatical structures of English sentences for their writing or IELTS exam.
Detailed program:
Week 1: Reviewing Nouns, Noun Phrase
Week 2: Verb, Past Participles
Week 3: Noun Clause
Week 4: Adjective Clause
Week 5: Tenses in English
Week 6: All types of phrases in English
Week 7: Subject – Verb Agreement in English
Week 8: Prepositions
Week 9: Conjunctions
Week 10: Simple - Compound-Complex Sentences
Course Length: 20 hours, 2 hours per week
Cost: $270
Class size: 4-8 students
Upcoming Class: Friday, 2 March 2012 from 06:30-08:30pm
English Grammar (Intensive Course)
Who should join this course?
- Students who have finished English Intermediate Level
- University Students who are having difficulty with their writing due to insufficient knowledge of grammar
- Students who are currently at Band 5.5-6 of IELTS and aiming to have 7
- Students who are currently attending OET or IELTS Preparation Course and need to improve their skills in IELTS as quickly as possible.
What will be covered?
+ Fundamental knowledge of sentence structures, classes, tense, linking words, preposition and phrases in English.
+ Homework for you to practice in your own time
+ Correction from teachers to help students using grammatical structures to write better English
+ Real examples from students' writing will be used to show grammatical erros and how to fix it
Course Length:
2 weeks, 6 hours per week in class = 12 hours in total + 4 hours of self study (compulsory)
Cost: $150
Class size: 4-8 students
Upcoming Class: Monday of every month (starting from January 16th)
Note:
- This is a fast-track course for students who need improvements in writing within a month.
- We strongly recommend this for IELTS and OET Students.
This one-day workshop is to help you to write a well-presented resume when applying for a job.
The trainer will provide you with tips and strategies to write an impressive resume for yourself. Please bring along both the soft copy and hard copy of your resume to practise writing.
Course Duration: 5 hours (1pm - 6pm)
Cost: $80 (10% discount for all students of IELTS Courses)
Upcoming Workshop: Please contact us at 02 9283 9892 or info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au for more information
Please email info@sydneylanguagesolutions.com.au to enrol and process your payment by Paypal to confirm your booking at least 7 days before the starting date.