English Language Classes in Dublin, Ireland

Liffey College:
Based in Dublin city, Liffey College provides English language courses for all levels from preliminary through to mastery level. We also offer business and computer certificate and diploma courses. We are located on Francis Street in Dublin 8, just a short walk from the vibrant Temple Bar area in the city centre and near the famous Guinness Brewery. We provide continued support and services to our students, and cater for all educational and professional development needs.

English Language Certificate Courses:
These courses, accredited by City and Guilds, will cover the entire range of English Language tuition needs from Preliminary Level through to Mastery Level.

General English (IESOL) - City and Guilds:

- Preliminary (A1) (8984-71):
The typical holder of the certificate is able to:

- Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases satisfying practical needs in connection with
education, training and social roles
- Introduce her/himself and others
- Interact in a simple way
- Read and understand short texts on familiar topics
- Obtain information from common signs and symbols
- Write short simple phrases and sentences in documents such as forms, lists and messages

- Access (A2) (8984-72):
The typical holder of the certificate is able to:

- Understand sentences and frequently-used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance such as basic
personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment, education, training and social roles
- Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a direct exchange of information, feelings and opinions on familiar and
routine matters
- Read, understand and obtain information from short documents, familiar sources, signs and symbols
- Write to communicate with some awareness of the intended audience

- Achiever (B1) (8984-73): 
The typical holder of the certificate is able to:

- Understand the main points of clear standard communication on matters regularly encountered in social roles, work, school,
leisure, education and training
- Convey information, feelings and opinions on familiar topics, using appropriate formality
- Deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken
- Produce a simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest, adapting to the intended audience
- Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions
- Briefly give explanations for opinions and plans

- Communicator (B2) (8984-74): 
The typical holder of the certificate is able to:

- Understand the main ideas of complex communication on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions
in their field of specialisation
- Communicate with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes interaction quite possible without strain for either party
- Adapt to take account of the listener(s), the context and the medium
- Engage in discussion in familiar and unfamiliar situations making clear and relevant contributions
- Obtain information from different sources
- Communicate clearly and in detail on a wide range of subjects
- Explain a viewpoint giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options, varying length, format and style appropriate to purpose and audience

- Expert (C1) (8984-75):
The typical holder of the certificate is able to:

- Understand a wide range of demanding longer texts, both written and spoken, and recognise implicit meaning
- Use the language fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions
- Respond to extended information and narratives
- Follow detailed explanations and complex instructions, adapting response to audience, medium and context
- Use language flexibly
- Understand a range of texts of varying complexity and length for social, academic and professional purposes
- Produce clear well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns,
connectors and cohesive devices
- Communicate ideas and opinions effectively, using length, format and style appropriate to purpose, content and audience

- Mastery (C2) (8984-76):
The typical holder of the certificate is able to:

- Understand with ease virtually everything heard or read
- Summarise information from different spoken or written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent
presentation
- Express his/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely
- Differentiate finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations

Additionally:
Certificate and diploma business and computer courses