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Pre A1 ~ C1 · Age 16+

General English

A comprehensive programme to help non-native speakers communicate fluently and confidently, built on Oxford's English File. Class placement via the Oxford Online Placement Test.

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General English

A comprehensive conversation course designed to help adult learners use English confidently in daily life and at work. The main coursebook is Oxford's globally trusted English File — not grammar for its own sake, but the expressions you actually use in daily life, business and travel.

How MEC Teaches · 1:1 + Group Combined

Every MEC course combines 1:1 and group lessons. Absorbing in 1:1 what you first met in a group is MEC's core difference.

Group lessons

Real interaction and speaking practice with peers at the same level.

1:1 lessons

Targeted work on personal weak points, with pace and progression tuned to you.

Expressions picked up in the group are corrected and internalised 1:1 — this hand-off is what actually gets learners speaking.

Accurate placement via the Oxford Online Placement Test (OOPT), with progress reviewed every 4 weeks.

Who it's for

Beginners building from the basics, working professionals and university students who want fast conversational fluency, and any learner aged 16+ planning a longer stay.

What you'll achieve

In groups you practise the conversations and role-plays from each English File unit; in 1:1 lessons your pronunciation, weak expressions and work context are closely corrected. This combined structure is what genuinely gets adult learners speaking.

Program Focus

  • Main coursebook: Oxford English File (A1–C1, the matching level per band)
  • Practical conversation you use straight away — daily life, business, travel
  • Group conversation & role-play combined with 1:1 pronunciation and expression coaching
  • Pronunciation clinics and built-in repeated exposure turn learned phrases into speech

Sample timetable · Adult (peak-season example)

  • 309:50
    Group lesson (English File)
  • 410:40
    Group lesson (English File)
  • 511:30
    Group lesson (English File)
  • 612:20
    Group lesson (English File)
  • 713:10
    Lunch
  • 814:00
    1:1 lesson (personalised support)
  • 9–1014:50~
    1:1 lesson (optional, by programme)

Actual timetables adjust to your individual programme (Basic · Plus · Intensive) and the season. 1:1 lessons are scheduled as Basic ×1, Plus ×2, Intensive ×3–4.