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About This Course
This distance learning course which has been developed for non-native speakers of English will help you to learn how to speak and write English from the comfort of your own home.
From learning the alphabet and basic phrases, you will progress to talking about topics including family, work, hobbies and interests.
This course will give you a solid understanding of basic grammar and develop your communication skills in day to day English.
You have an entire year to complete this course, which means you can study at a pace that suits you without having to worry about deadliness.
Course Units
Unit 1: Introduction to English
- The alphabet
- Pronunciation and phonetics
- Key phrases and greetings
- Asking questions
- Starting conversation
Unit 2: Language for Conversation
- Family
- Home life
- Describing people
- In the home
- Jobs and professions
- Describing your role
- Hobbies, pastimes and interests
Unit 3: Grammar
- Articles
- Nouns
- Subject, verb and object (SVO)
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Tenses
- Prepositions
Unit 4: Number, Date and Time
- Cardinal numbers
- Ordinal numbers
- The calendar
- Days of the week
- Months of the year
- How to express the date
- How to express the time
- Time-related questions and phrases
Unit 5: Language for Practical Situations
- Shopping
- Product quantities and packaging
- The language of transactions
- Useful phrases for shopping
- Making a restaurant reservation
- Reading a menu
- Useful phrases for restaurants
- Visiting the doctor
- Describing symptoms
- Answering medical questions
- Writing a formal letter
- The features of formal letter writing
- Useful phrases
Assessment
Your progress is assessed by a series of assignments which are submitted to your tutor by email for marking. No external examination is necessary for this course.
Required Knowledge
No previous knowledge of the English language is required for our Introduction To English Level 2 course.
Awarding Body
This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme (QLS). QLS endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This means that the course has undergone external quality checks by the awarding body to ensure it meets a high standard.
The learner unit summary may be used as evidence towards recognition of prior learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
Support
All course materials will be delivered by post or email for your convenience. Coursework is returned to your tutor via email for marking. Throughout the course you can contact your tutor via email at any time. We also have a dedicated student support team at your disposal.
Frequently Asked Questions
This is a question that our team are often asked, there are many reasons but here are the main reasons to choose Association of Learning:
- No hidden charges, the price you see includes everything, from VAT, tutoring to certification
- Our average tutor marking time is 3 working days (most providers are 10+)
- We are rated 5/5 for our service on Trustpilot!
- Our courses are up to date. Many providers create course content and fail to keep it up to date.
- We are open later than any other home learning provider
- As many submissions as you need to complete, many providers cap how many times you can submit work
- All courses are fully endorsed by external awarding organisations
- 14 day money back guarantee or course switch.
If you need any more reasons to choose Association of Learning, contact our team!
All students are provided with 12 months to complete their course, however you are able to complete at a faster pace without any additional costs. Some of our students have managed to complete in as little as 3 months!
This is a fully endorsed qualification, with certification provided by an Ofqual regulated awarding body.
There are two payment options, pay in full for your course or monthly. Our monthly payment option allows you to spread the cost of your course over a 10 month period.
If you choose to pay using a payment plan, to apply you must be able to answer yes to the following:
- Your billing address is based in the UK
- You have a UK based bank account
- Bill payer must be 18 or above.
No, this course is assignment based, which means you will not have to complete any exams. If your assignment doesn’t pass first time, you can retry as many times as you need within your 12 months support period.
No, all of our courses are distance learning which means your tutor will mark your work and send it back to you via email or by using our online portal.
Unlike other providers, Association of Learning use a fast-track system to get your certificate to you within six weeks (our average is two weeks).
