The Intensive Immersion Program focuses on developing strong English speaking and pronunciation skills with opportunity for use in real-life situations. If you need English in your professional lives you will find this program particularly helpful. Courses are taught by fully qualified and experienced instructors. Three terms are offered annually, each consisting of 15 weeks full time tuition. There are three modules in each level. Entry is permitted to any module at any session, subject to a qualifying test. There are no other pre-requisites for this program. Modules may be taken independently or in combination, depending on the amount of time students wish to remain in the program.
Course Content: Students have the option of choosing up to 30 hours per week.
Faculty Information:
Core Courses:
- General English
- Communication
- Language Awareness
- Speaking, Listening, Pronunciation, Reading and Writing - 10 hrs./wk.
- Speaking, Listening and Pronunciation - 5 hrs./wk.
- Writing, Grammar and Vocabulary) - 5 hrs./wk
Individual Sessions:
- Students enjoy the luxury of a private teacher of 10 hrs./wk
- specializing in the following fields:
* Academic English (high school or university),
* Tourism English and
* Business English
Class times are from 0830 to 1030 and again from 1100 - 1300 Monday through to Friday with 20 hours instruction per week.
Other Activities:
The campus of TIES is located in Somerset West, a small picturesque residential town about 48 kilometres from Cape Town, the premier tourism destination in South Africa. Somerset West has Mountains, Sea, Vineyards, and a pleasant town atmosphere all blessed with 39 weeks of summer annually.
There are many opportunities for sightseeing and hiking as well. It is very close to the premier wine area of the Cape, and the historic town of Stellenbosch, famous for its wines and University atmosphere, is 16 kilometers away. Beautiful Helderberg Mountain towers over the Somerset West. While climbing her magnificent slopes take a moment to enjoy the rest of the wonderful scenery that the coastline with long white beaches can offer. With long, hot summers and fairly mild winters, Somerset West offers residents and visitors year-round natural wonders.
Set in the heart of the Cape Winelands you can find many residences, orchards and vineyards. Apples, plums, pears, olives and world famous wine producing grapes are successfully harvested each autumn.
An Activity Playground
- Water-Skiing
- Mountain Climbing
- Hiking
- Wind-surfing
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Sailing
- Golfing
- Canoeing
- Hand-gliding
- Paragliding
- Horseback riding
Facility Information:
We invite you to explore all that TIES has to offer:
- A friendly and comfortable learning environment;
- Personal attention and support from instructors and staff to help ensure student success;
- Dedicated and accomplished teachers who encourage student participation;
- Small class sizes that offer one-on-one time with the instructor;
- TIES are open all year round;
International students are integrated into a privileged South African lifestyle and participate in all aspects of academic life with students from around the world. Students enrolled in upper level English programs may choose to register for teacher training courses.
Somerset West offers a large variety of accommodation. There are hotels, private flats, cottages, home-stay families and guest houses. We highly recommend staying in English speaking home as this will maximize your learning experience. We also offer accommodation to high school aged children who wish to attend high school once their English program is complete. We do not have accommodation for younger students.
Notes:
- 1 term 15 weeks ZAR18000 450 hours;
- Per month ZAR7200 120 hours;
- Per week ZAR2000 30 hours;
The tuition fee does not include the cost of books, photocopying, extramural activities or pocket money. Fees do include 14% government tax (VAT).
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