PRODUCTS

We have a choice of 16 International and 7 Local African Language Courses, which provide language learning solutions to individual learners, Education institutions, Governmental and Corporate markets.

The majority of our courses consist of basic, Intermediate and advanced levels. The more popular international languages consist of 6 levels containing business and technical training. The courses come in three (3) formats namely, Cassettes and books, CD Audio and books and CD-Rom.

Philips language courses have been carefully structured sentence composition, vocabulary, diction exercises to enable you to acquire skills in seventeen of the worlds most widely used languages. Each language course is divided into a maximum of six levels, from which you can select the one thats most suited to your needs and capabilities. Each level is also divided into a number of lessons, which require in total around 50 hours study.

LEVELS 1 & 2= FOR BEGINNERS

The perfect introduction & carefully prepared for students who have no or perhaps only a passive, knowledge of the new language. The two levels provide students with a starting vocabulary of some 1000 words. These are used in about 2400 sentences, throughout 76 lessons. The courses cover questions and answers likely to be met in everyday conversation. And to ensure the student starts in the right way, the pronunciation on the tapes is crystal clear, and spoken by a native speaker. When levels 1 and 2 are completed, the student will have the ability and confidence to make himself understood & and to enquire about expressions which he may not know. The first two levels also teach how to write correctly the basic material which has been learned.

LEVEL 3 = FOR INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS

A much more advanced course, for students who have completed levels 1 & 2, or who have a good working knowledge of the language, level 3 adds an extra 1000 words to the students vocabulary. This is done in 50 lessons, which include some 1500 new sentences and expressions. By the time students have completed this level, conversations at normal speech rate will be easily followed. In addition, discussions can be held on a wide range of topics. The students will also, on completion of level 3, be able to follow radio and TV. programmes, and understand 90% of average newspaper articles.

LEVEL 4= FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS

In 30 extended lessons, a further 1000 words are added to the students vocabulary. Once level 4 has been completed, students will have gone well beyond school level language attainments, and will readily engage in conversations covering a wide variety of subjects. By the end of the 30 lessons in fact, students will have gained a virtually fluent mastery of the language of their choice (film subtitles for examples, will not be needed!). Even people who speak rapidly, or with an accent, in the new language, will be easily followed & and responded to.

LEVELS 5 & 6 = FOR BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL USES

Once youve gained a mastery of the basic language by completing level 4, your linguistic skills in business and professional circles can be further enhanced by level 5 & 6. Each one consists of about 45 separate lessons, which will teach you around 600 new words and expressions that you might find invaluable in your career. Subjects associated with a variety of technical and specialised disciplines are covered perception, telecommunications, automation, research, data processing, and sales planning. Youll also become familiar with subjects such as the use of temperature technology in industrial production, electronics in hospitals, word processing and plant organization. In addition, there are role playing lessons in business telephone techniques, and how to provide written confirmation of conversations.