About your lessons
Cambridge Examination courses at Castle School are designed to improve your overall language ability in addition to developing the language skills necessary to pass your chosen exam.
They provide complete and careful preparation for all aspects of the examinations and include:
| 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, discursive and 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 | 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. |
| English Skill | CAE You will learn to: |
| Reading | Be able to analyse a text for detail, opinion, tone, purpose, main idea and attitude. Read quickly enough to cope with an academic course. Comprehend stylistic and organisational aspects of a text, such as; exemplification, comparison, reference. |
| Writing | Write reports, transactional letters, articles and discursive, descriptive and narrative compositions. Note-taking for listening tasks. Produce clear, well structured and detailed pieces of writing |
| 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. Understand complex opinions |
| Speaking | Make contributions to discussions on a variety of topics. Express yourself well with a good degree of fluency. Use English flexibly for social, professional and academic purposes. |
| Grammar | Review and practise all aspects of previously-learned grammar including hypothetical meanings. |
| Vocabulary Topics | New directions, Seeing is believing, Values, Life changes, Global issues, Health and fitness, Breaking the mould, Law and order, Communication, The world of entertainment. |
| Other | EXAM FOCUS – practice on all aspects of CAE exam. |
Student Services
Here at Castle School, staff can offer students help on: Welfare & Counselling, Passports & Visas, Insurance & Personal Security, Health & Safety, University Placement Advice and Airport Transfer.
Our Location
We are situated a stone's throw from the main Brighton Shopping Centre of Churchill Square and a mere 10 minutes walk from the train station.
Accommodation in Brighton
With both Home Stay and Self Catering accommodation on offer, you can find the right accommodation suitable for you. The average commuting time from nearby accommodation to school is just 15-30 mintues.
