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Spoken English

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Spoken English

English is not just a language, but a lifestyle! With over 1.5 billion English speakers in the world, around 80% of them are non-native speakers. This language of international communication is the third most widely used language in the world and is commonly used as the language of the media and the internet. Besides, it gives you access to more entertainment and makes it easier to travel. In the long run, bilingualism makes the brain stronger while supporting concentration and mental skills. Thus, practising English language skills will open doors to the world and help you talk to global citizens.

Why Spoken English?

If you are willing to broaden your world – from job opportunities to communicating with people from around the world – our spoken English course is for you! Knowing the language makes anything and everything more interesting and fun. Besides, it also increases your chance to grab international study and job opportunities. With simple phrases and expressions, we help our students better understand grammar and implement it in their daily conversation.

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    THE ABC's OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

    A positive physical appearance is a fast and effective way to boost self-confidence and overcome anxiety related to abilities or acceptance. When you are attractively groomed and personally authentic as appropriate for the occasion, you feel more confident, cooperative, comfortable and capable.

    Touchstone’s Spoken English classes not only help you build English confidence but also build your overall personality.
    Your body is an effective tool to add emphasis and clarity to your conversations. It is a useful instrument to convey confidence level and mindset. Scientific studies have also proven that the body language of a person determines their personality as an individual.

    Touchstone’s Spoken English classes not only help you build English confidence but also build your overall personality.
    Effective communication skills play a crucial role in honing one’s personality. It helps the individual to express themselves in the most convincing way. It is one of the most desirable manners to pass on your thoughts, feelings and knowledge. Careful selection of words and speaking convincingly reflects thoughtfulness and confidence of the person.

    Touchstone’s Spoken English classes not only help you build English confidence but also build your overall personality.

    The Touchstone Methodology

    We have different batches for students at different proficiency levels of English.

    L0- Survival
    For those who can read + write, but can’t understand

    L1- Way Stage
    For those who can read + write + understand, but can’t speak

    L2- Threshold
    For those who can read + write + understand + speak, but are not fluent

    L3- Milestone
    For those who are fluent, but need some polishing

    All our stages are curated specifically to fit every individual’s English speaking level.

    We also include:

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    FAQ's

    What do you include besides teaching English in classes?
    We also cater to personality development, group discussions, presentations, grammar and vocabulary to enhance your English speaking abilities.
    What is the length of your classes?
    We have 2-hour long classes 6 days a week including activities, personality development classes and confidence-building sessions on Saturdays.
    Can a student upgrade their class?
    Yes, a student needs to score better and improve their English proficiency to upgrade their class. On the scorecard of 0-30,
    score 0-10 mean L0
    score 11-20 mean L1
    score 21-25 mean L2
    Score above 25 mean L3
    Do you have special classes on Saturdays?
    1st and 3rd Saturdays are reserved for interesting activities while 2nd and 4th Saturdays are reserved for mock tests.

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    Listening

    The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

    Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

    Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

    Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

    Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

    Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
    factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
    to follow the development of ideas.

    No. of questions: 40 Marks:

    each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 30 minutes (+ 2 minutes review time )

    Speaking

    The IELTS Speaking test assesses your pronunciation, grammar, accuracy, fluency and lexical resources while speaking English. There are three (3) parts to this test, with each part fulfilling a specific function in terms of task input, interaction pattern and the test taker’s output.

    Part 1: Introduction & Interview This part includes general questions about the test taker like residence, work,family, interests, etc.

    Part 2: Long Run Cue cards are shared on a particular topic and one (1) minute will be given to prepare to speak for upto two (2) minutes on the topic.

    Part 3: Discussion This part gives you the opportunity to discuss the topic from the cue card in further detail, in a more general and abstract way

    Total time: 11-14 minutes

    Reading

    The IELTS Reading test is designed to test a wide range of reading skills including reading for skimming, details, gist, understanding arguments and writer’s opinions,attitude and purpose

    IELTS Academic Reading – It includes three (3) reading passages (with a variety of questions) ranging from descriptive and factual to discursive and analytical. These passages are of general interest dealing with interesting and recognizably appropriate issues, with at least one passage containing a detailed logical argument

    Note: The reading texts may contain non-verbal materials as well like graphs, diagrams or illustrations.

    IELTS General Reading – It includes three (3) daily passages (with 2-3 short texts in the first passage, 2 texts in the second passage and 1 long text in the third passage), based on an English-speaking environment, from notices, newspapers, magazines or advertisements.

    Reading passage 1: texts based on social survival, like advertisements, notices and timetables

    Reading passage 2: texts based on workplace survival, like contracts, job descriptions, staff development & training material

    Reading passage 3: texts based on general reading, involving more extended prose and a complex structure.

    No. of questions: 40

    Marks: each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 60 minutes (no additional transfer time)

    Note: Please note that the question types in the Listening & Reading sections can include multiple choice answers, true or false answers, matching information/headings or sentence, table & flow-chart completion.

    Listening

    The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

    Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

    Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

    Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

    Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

    Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
    factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
    to follow the development of ideas.

    No. of questions: 40 Marks:

    each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 30 minutes (+10 minutes transfer time)