We design each course individually to meet your needs and wishes. If you're having trouble deciding what you would like to study, here are some of the skill areas we can help you with as well as some course topics students have requested in the past. Just let us know what you want when you register.

Consider the following skill areas:

Reading

• With which skills do you have problems?
  Think about speed, main ideas, details, discussion, scanning, using context, tone.
• What do you want to read?
  Think about short stories, novels, poems, biographies, newspapers, magazines.

Writing

• Which skills need work?
  Think about summarizing, paraphrasing, informing, narrating, persuading, organization, grammar.
• What sort of things would you like to write?
  Think about resumes, applications, enquiries, complaints, proposals, essays, summaries, stories, poems.

Grammar

• With which points do you have problems?
  Think about tenses: past, present, future, continuous, perfect; voice: passive and active; subject-verb agreement; articles; comparatives; conditionals; adjective clauses.

Professional / Business English

• What skills do you need in your job? What topics are relevant?
  Think about marketing, advertising, entertaining clients, idioms and vocabulary.

Academic English

• What are you having problems doing?
  Think about debating skills, giving presentations, taking notes, making outlines, doing research, citing sources.

You can study English in any context. Possible EFL/ESL course topics include:

• Academic Writing
• Ancient History
• British History
• Creative Writing
• Cross-Cultural Studies
• Discussing Great Short Stories
• Effective Business Communication
• Effective Business Writing
• European History
• Grammar through Art
• GRE preparation
• Heroes, Heroines and Villains
• Idioms in Action
• Literature
• Mastering TOEFL
• Mastering IELTS
• Moral Problems
• Poetry
• Pop Culture
• Sports and Society
• Topical Current Events (In the News)
• Understanding British Culture
• Understanding U.S. Culture
• US History
• Vocabulary Building
• Writing for Academic Purposes
• Writing for Business Purposes

We offer a full 7-week course, a mini 1-week course and 2 tutorial options. In the full course classes will meet for three hours each week (a total of 21 hours). This course costs $525. The mini course consists of 3 class hours and costs $81. Tutorials are available at $35 per hour; you can sign up for 3 hours ($105) or 9 hours ($315). Your instructor will lead dynamic class discussions and give focused assignments, paying close attention to your language production so that he or she can best help you to improve. You will also be given several homework assignments to be done either individually or as a group. Your instructor will give you regular progress reports. Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a final evaluation and a Centaur Diploma. Visit our registration page to sign up now.