English Language Classes in Makati City, Philippines

American Institute For English Proficiency, Makati City:
Everyone is talking about The American Institute as the new leading provider of English language training in the Philippines. Situated in Makati City in Metro Manila, northern Philippines, we offer several courses and schedules to fit your busy lifestyle.

C3 Course: Conversation Fluency, Critical Thinking, Confidence Building
This ongoing power-packed course is our most popular one as you will definitely improve your listening, conversation, presentation, and analytical skills through various modules including impromptu and extemporaneous speech, parliamentary debate, sales and marketing strategies, word web, and problem solving among others. Your content, voice quality, gestures, movements, and structure, and organization will continue to develop throughout the entire course. Furthermore, you will enhance your stage presence and develop your ability to synergize.

Those who have taken this course (over 2000 students and clients since January 2007) come from all walks of life, from recent college graduates all the way to those with doctorate degrees. They are teachers, accountants, call center managers, and recent college graduates. They are foreign executives, local business owners, and even English teachers. Even those with limited English skills will find this course very valuable. Each student will learn not only to speak English, but with confidence and critical thinking.

Because of our innovative approach to teaching English language learning in the Philippines, you will absolutely improve your communication skills and build your confidence. This course is NOT computer or lecture based. Instead, our classes are always interactive, dynamic, and hands-on; participation and presentations are a must. Visit us and come see for yourself what makes us truly unique and effective.

CX Course: Combination of different English Proficiency Programs
Due to popular demand, we have combined three of our most requested modules: C3, CWIG, and AAPD. In this course, you will be learning all of the essential elements of what makes a powerful and dynamic speaker. Do you want to be promoted? Do you want to be hired? Do you want to be respected? This course is definitely for you. You will be learning from the best English Language Specialists in the country.

Though most of our clients are professionals who are already working in different fields, we also invite college students or recent college graduates who are still looking to build their careers. To help you in your professional success, you will be enhancing your skills in:

Conversation Fluency, Critical Thinking, Confidence Building
Critical Writing and Intensive Grammar
American Accent for Personal and Professional Development
Personality Development

CWIG: Critical Writing and Intensive Grammar
This intensive grammar and writing course provides English grammar and syntax training for basic, intermediate, and advanced level students. At The American Institute, we found that the best method to teach grammar and syntax is to develop writing as a communicative skill.

Apart from being necessary for personal and professional development, writing acts as a foundation for improving other communicative skills. Conversation fluency and organization are two such skills. Using correct grammar in speech and writing will tremendously improve the participants’ confidence, conversation, and critical thinking skills. The course is designed to produce written and oral communications that are clear, organized, and insightful.

TOPICS: Parts of Speech, Phrases, Clauses, Verbs, Verb Tenses, Types of Sentences, Sentence Variety, Coordination and Subordination, Reference of Pronouns, Subject-Verb Agreement, Parallel Structure, Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers, Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Prepositions, Nouns, Pronouns, Articles, Voice, Conjunctions, Business Documents, Persuasive Essays, Informative Essays, Descriptive Essays, and MORE!!!

AAPD: American Accent for Personal/Professional Development
The focus on this course is Neutralized American Accent, the accent used by the broadcast news reporting media in the United States. It is called "Neutralized" because as the word suggests, it is a neutral accent that can be understood by all Americans and the rest of the world. It is not regional (Southern, Brooklyn, Boston) or "twangy".

There are three elements to the Neutralized American Accent: Pronunciation, Liaison, and Intonation. The students will learn phonetics, blending, and "speech music" to start changing the way they speak and produce sounds. When these three elements are combined, participants will definitely begin speaking with an American Accent.

This module is especially for those individuals who are preparing for interviews, promotions, career advancement, or looking simply to improve their communication skills. We have also worked with various call centers who want to improve their employees accents.

NEW PROGRAM: Private plus internet/computer based training. Call us to find out more about this program!

IELTS/TOEFL: Standardized Test Preparation
Are you looking to work or study abroad? If so, you are most likely required to take an English proficiency standardized test because the company or university you are applying at wants to make sure you have the communication skills it takes to succeed. Our experienced English Language Specialists will work to help improve the four elements you need to score high on these tests: Reading Comprehension, Writing, Listening, and of course, Speaking.

We can help you with:
TOEFL – Test of English as a Foreign Language
IELTS – International English Language Testing System

My Course: Private - One on One
This course is designed especially for you for a private, accelerated learning experience. Our Specialists will assess your skills and English proficiency, discuss your goals, and customize a lesson plan that fits your needs and meets your goals. For example, you can combine conversation fluency, American accent, grammar, writing, speech, confidence building, test preparations (IELTS/TOEFL), sales and marketing, and many more. This module is excellent for those who want to learn more and faster at the time and day of their choice.