Personal Study Programmes at International House Newcastle

International House Newcastle

Personal Study Programmes are designed for students who have specific learning objectives.
Tailor made programmes are designed to suit a student's particular learning needs and learning style.
Experienced teachers will direct the student and monitor progress.
One to one student/teacher speaking sessions can be booked during PSP
1:1 tutorials will take place at least once a week.
Students are encouraged to develop learner autonomy.
Students can use computer based material or text based materials.
Students can develop listening and speaking skills.
Students can work on web-based projects or projects based outside the classroom, such as questionnaires,opinion polls etc.
A range of ESL material is available, for example, Aeronautical English, English for Medicine, English for Accountancy etc.
Students can work at their own pace.
An electronic record of the material covered is kept and produced at the end of a student's course.
Personal Study Programme teachers liase with class teachers to produce the most effective programme for each student.
Personal Study Programmes can be combined with General English 10/20.

Watch an introduction to PSP - click here

Listen to Fawaz, talking in English about PSP - click here

Listen to Zoe talking in French about PSP - click here

Listen to Isaac talking in Spanish about PSP - click here

Listen to Yasin talking in Turkish about PSP - click here

Listen to Jib talking in Thai about PSP - click here

Listen to Frederico talking in Portuguese about PSP - click here

Listen to Francois talking in French about PSP - click here

Here are just some of the resources we use in our PSP programmes:

Learn Direct eCourses

to develop your awareness of business processes and your ability to do business in English. These eCourses include; The Apprentice, ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence), ILM Management Training Courses and many others.

Harvard Business School

Excellent e-learning business resource from Harvard. Available as stand alone units or as a complete course. One of the most popular aspects of our personal study programmes

International House Netlanguages

Award winning e-courses to improve your English.

The International House Campus

English language learning resources

To see examples of some of our vocational support materials please click here

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Personal Study Programmes allow you to study what you want for your personal needs

Personal Attention from your teacher as you learn English at International House English language school

Sample Work Record Meryll Gunesson(FCE) Date
Materials
Comments from the student
15/11
IH Campus. FCE Use of English
I found this quite difficult as I did not know many of the words.I got 46%
16/11 IH Campus.Focus on Narrative Tenses Part 1 This was really useful and will help in the writing paper.
17/11 Speaking test preparation. Cristina and I practised talking about the photos. I need to work on fluency and widen my vocabulary.I found that I needed a greater range of vocabulary.
18/11 Mock Speaking Test with John. John's feedback was really useful and I would like another mock test next week.
19/11 Phrasal verbs with TAKE.Focus On First Certificate
These were easy and it would be better for me to practise some transformations for the exam
Tutorial Meryll is preparing well for the FCE exam and has identified her strengths and weaknesses. She communicates fluently with a good range of vocabulary.Meryll found the mock speaking useful but I would recommend her to practise the different parts of the test separately before doing another complete mock test. She needs to work on some aspects of grammar and I suggest that next week she continues to work on narrative tenses and practises some task 2 writings. Meryll must remember to proof read her work for potential spelling errors. ( C.P.)

These classes can be combined with all other English classes:

Date	Materials	Comments from the student
15/11	IH Campus. FCE Use of English	I found this quite difficult as I did not know many of the words.I got 46%
16/11	IH Campus.Focus on Narrative Tenses Part 1	This was really useful and will help in the writing paper.
17/11	Speaking test preparation. Cristina and I practised talking about the photos.	I need to work on fluency and widen my vocabulary.I found that I needed a greater range of vocabulary.
18/11	Mock Speaking Test with John.	John's feedback was really useful and I would like another mock test next week.
19/11	Phrasal verbs with TAKE.Focus On First Certificate	These were easy and it would be better for me to practise some transformations for the exam
	Tutorial Meryll is preparing well for the FCE exam and has identified her strengths and weaknesses. She communicates fluently with a good range of vocabulary.Meryll found the mock speaking useful but I would recommend her to practise the different parts of the test separately before doing another complete mock test. She needs to work on some aspects of grammar and I suggest that next week she continues to work on narrative tenses and practises some task 2 writings. Meryll must remember to proof read her work for potential spelling errors. ( C.P.)