Cambridge First Certificate

If you want to gain entrance into an English speaking university, have a competitive edge when applying for a job, enhance your career or move to a different country, you need an internationally recognised qualification. Certification will prove you have the necessary standard of English skills required by employers and universities.

Cambridge Exam courses provide complete and careful preparation for all aspects of the examinations and include:

Key facts

• placement test to ensure a class at the right level
• regular progress checks
• regular homework
• multi-national classes
• a course book when you arrive (minimum 2 week course)
• regular tutorials with class teacher to give advice (two every 10-14 week term)
• end of course certificate stating hours of study and final level (Minimum attendance 80%)

 

N.B. Exam fees are not included in course fees. FCE £119 / CAE: £122 (approx) per candidate. The exams can be taken in Brighton in March, June, August and December.

English Skill	FCE You will learn to:
Reading	Extract information from and understand a variety of texts including letters, works of fiction, newspaper articles, advertisements and brochures. Focus on multiple matching of headings to paragraphs, gapped texts and multiple matching for the FCE exam.
Writing	Write emails, reports, transactional letters, articles, and discursive, descriptive and narrative compositions. Be aware of register and the effect this has on the target reader.
Listening	Understand a variety of listening texts, including lectures, phone messages, news, interviews, conversation, extracts from plays and stories with native and non-native accents.
Speaking	Make contributions to discussions on a variety of topics. Develop skills, techniques and tactics that will prepare you for the FCE exam.
Grammar	Review and practise all aspects of previously-learned grammar including hypothetical meanings.
Vocabulary Topics	Use vocabulary connected with Friends & family, Jobs & work, Sport & leisure, Nature & animals, a good story, Transport & travel, Technology, Crime & Social responsibility, You are what you eat, is it real?, Shopping & money, Forces of nature.
Other	EXAM FOCUS – practice on all aspects of FCE exam.

The school is closed on public/bank holidays. You do not get any refund if there is a bank holiday during your course.