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Courses for adults
- A Beginners level A1 A2
Course overview
In this course you do not have to have any previous knowledge of English!Start with our trusted, professional teachers and learn in a calm and friendly environment.
Our adult Cambridge pathway supports learners who want English for work, study, travel and personal development.
A1 Foundation English
For complete beginners and returning learners who want to build a strong base before starting exam preparation.
This course is designed for adults who are not yet ready for A2 Key. It focuses on essential grammar, core vocabulary, everyday speaking and listening, and the confidence to begin using English in real situations. It is the ideal first step before joining the Cambridge exam pathway.
Ideal for: complete beginners, false beginners, and adults returning to English after a long break
A2 Key
A clear and supportive first step into Cambridge English preparation.
At A2 Key, learners develop the ability to communicate in simple everyday situations, understand and use basic phrases, read straightforward written English, and interact at a basic level with confidence. Cambridge describes A2 Key as the adult version of this qualification and as the foundation for higher-level study.
Ideal for: adults building everyday confidence in English.
A2 Key Curriculum Overview
At A2 Key, the curriculum should build the learner’s ability to handle basic everyday English with growing confidence. The focus of this level is to show that a learner can understand and use basic phrases and expressions, understand simple written English, introduce themselves and answer basic questions about themselves, and interact with English speakers at a basic level. That means the course centres on practical language for everyday situations, simple personal communication, and essential survival English.
In reading and writing, learners need to work with short real-world texts, including signs, brochures, newspapers and magazines, and to handle tasks such as identifying the main message, matching short texts to questions, reading a longer text for detail and main ideas, completing vocabulary gaps in a factual text, and completing gaps in an email with one word. On the writing side, candidates write a short email or note of 25 words or more and a short story of 35 words or more from picture prompts. This means that students at this stage engage with reading short notices and simple informational texts, building basic vocabulary in context, controlled grammar practice through gap-fill tasks, and short guided writing based on messages, notes and pictures.
In listening, learners must understand announcements and other spoken material when people speak reasonably slowly. The listening paper includes identifying key information in short dialogues and choosing the correct visual, so the curriculum develops the ability to catch essential information from short, clear spoken texts and everyday exchanges.
In speaking, the A2 Key curriculum shows that learners can take part in a conversation by answering and asking simple questions. So the curriculum focuses on short personal responses, basic question forms, simple exchanges about familiar topics, and classroom routines that help learners gain confidence in face-to-face communication.
In practical curriculum terms, A2 Key focus on:
- understanding short everyday written texts
- using basic grammar and core vocabulary in context
- writing short functional messages and simple stories
- understanding slow, clear spoken English in everyday situations
- asking and answering simple questions about familiar topics.
