English (Elementary and Intensive Level) + TOEFL

Course details

If you're looking to work in the service, hospiltality or tourism sectors - where better to acquire your language proficiency but with one of the world's most prestigious hospitality and hotel companies? Owned by Jumeirah Group, the Emirates Academy offers ourstanding language education to prepare you for a career in hospitality.

Accreditation:

The Academy is in academic association with Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) in Switzerland, the oldest and most respected hospitality school in the world and this association ensures the quality of all the study programmes offered. In addition, The Academy is also accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the United Arab Emirates, the Institute of Hospitality in the United Kingdom and THE-ICE (The International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education) in Australia. These international accreditations of the study programmes further add to the employability of graduates from The Academy. All courses except for EFL are credit bearing.

Course Overview

The residential English programme is an intensive immersion course that is delivered over 3 months. If the student is planning to apply for admission to the degree programme, The Academy will administer the TOEFL exam to the applicant on their premises immediately following the end of the entire 3 months course.

The highly experienced, native-speaking English teachers use a dynamic and modern approach utilising course books, audio-visual aids, games, role plays, written assignments and specially-created materials. The focus is on developing the four language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking plus building the students’ confidence in real life situations. The goal is to help the student reach the required proficiency to do their very best on TOEFL.

Elementary EFL is geared towards developing the student’s basic English ability. A student may be advised to do another Elementary EFL if expected progress is not achieved.

Intensive EFL is geared towards the development of Academic English proficiency. Students who wish to enroll on this programme is required to submit a minimum Institutional TOEFL score of 450 or the equivalent. The last month of this programme is focused exclusively on Institutional TOEFL Preparation which is followed immediately by the paper-based Institutional TOEFL exam.