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Orlando, FL USA

English Courses

We are experts at teaching English as a Second Language. Our dynamic method is based on 10 levels dictated by qualified professional instructors.

Students are required to take a placement test to evaluate their English proficiency. This test consists of 70 questions distributed into three sections: Listening, Reading and Language Use. The approximate time to complete the evaluation is 45 minutes.

Course Schedule

Orlando Language School offers a highly personalized approach to learning; we can therefore adapt the style and schedule of classes to our client’s needs. The course material and duration are defined after an initial evaluation. During this evaluation we determine the student's proficiency level, set objectives and the ideal number of class hours in order to reach the desired goal. For those individuals who need to learn quickly, we recommend our Super Intensive Program – 4 hours a day, 5 times per week to dramatically accelerate their language learning. We also offer our Semi-Intensive Program – 2 hours a day, 3 times per week. Other schedules are also available.

Course Levels

There are 10 levels of instruction in our system. Each level takes approximately 80 hours to complete. The proficiency scales are as follows:

Level 1 - Introductory Speaker

• Can only ask and answer simple questions when giving autobiographical info.
• Can rarely produce complete sentences.
• Can understand simple questions and statements, requiring slowed speech and a lot of repetition or paraphrasing.
• Can pronounce common words satisfactorily.
• Can ask and answer simple questions on very familiar topics.

Level 2 - Apprentice Speaker

• Able to satisfy routine travel needs and minimum courtesy requirements using stock phrases and a very limited range of words.
• Can understand simple questions and statements, requiring slowed speech, repetition or paraphrasing.
• Errors in pronunciation and grammar are frequent, but in general can be understood by a native speaker who is used to dealing with foreigners attempting to speak his language.

Level 3 - Very Limited Speaker

• Able to deal with daily situations satisfactorily.
• Although errors in grammar and pronunciation are frequent, has the resources to persist until a message is put across and a response is received.

Level 4 - Limited Speaker

• Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements.
• Speaking vocabulary sufficient to express ideas simply with some circumlocutions, and frequent hesitations.
• Asks for frequent repetition.
• Pronunciation may be a barrier for clear communication.

Level 5 - Modest Speaker

• Able to express ideas adequately though hesitantly in most familiar social and professional situations.
• Accent, though still faulty, is improving.
• Can usually handle basic constructions accurately, but does not have thorough or confident control of the grammar.

Level 6 - Competent Speaker

• Able to handle everyday social and business demands efficiently, but still lacks confidence to express meaning in complicated and unfamiliar situations.
• Pronunciation good but accented.
• Intonation fairly natural.
• Can get the meaning of most conversations on non-technical subjects.

Level 7 - Advanced Speaker

• Can cope efficiently with everyday social and professional demands, both face-to-face and on the telephone.
• Still needs conscious effort to express meaning and understand situations that are complicated or unfamiliar.
• Can handle elementary constructions quite accurately as well as some complex structures such as conditionals.

Level 8 - Very Advanced Speaker

• Able to speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical, social and professional topics.
• Able to discuss, argue, negotiate and make presentations with little loss of meaning.
• Can adequately deal with new situations, utilizing circumlocutions well.
• Can use all basic structures well, but occasionally makes random mistakes with more complex patterns.
• Pronunciation is standard, intonation natural, vocabulary broad and precise.
• Levels 9 & 10 - Fluent Speaker
• Students interested in mastering the English language by broadening their range of vocabulary and structural knowledge should plan to continue to levels 9 and 10, our Communication and Fluency Mastery levels.
• Students at this level will learn to
  - Succeed in all types of interaction and respond effortlessly to different social tones and attitudes
  - Have the assurance to conduct him/herself similarly to a native speaker
  - Focus on accent reduction
  - Make an excellent impression in complex and status-sensitive professional situations.

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