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EVERYDAY READING AND WRITING

Aimed at those who need to improve their use of the English language. Learn to read and write for survival; write a letter to your school; apply for a job; or send an email to a relative.

PRACTISE SPEAKING ENGLISH

Would you like to be confident, comfortable and culturally aware in conversation? This intermediate English course focuses on these three areas to help speakers of other languages improve their speaking and listening skills. In a positive and supportive learning environment we will focus on how to shop, make appointments and eat out at a resturant or cafe using conversational English appropriately. The course will include how and when to use formal or casual language and guidelines on how to 'chat' at social gatherings or when meeting new people. This class will give you lots of time to practice with your classmates.

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

For those who are intermediate users of English and want to improve in the areas of reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar and vocabulary. The focus of this friendly and relaxed class will be to improve your confidence when using English.

IMPROVE YOUR SPELLING

At least 90% of words follow a few simple, regular patterns. English spelling can be grouped according to sounds. This course will help you to learn these simple rules, and with lots of positive encouragement, help you to learn those 10% that have irregular patterns. We'll explore prefixes, suffixes, dividing words into syllables, and some modern foreign words also.

MORE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

If you enjoyed the English As A Second Language class or have upper-intermediate to advanced English skills, this class is for you. A friendly and encouraging environment helps you to gain confidence in speaking, listening, reading and writing.

GRAMMAR GREMLINS

Drive the gremlins from your writing! Discover what grammar is and how it works in this interactive course which introduces the nouns and verbs of our language, analyses sentence structure and punctuation, explains subject and object roles, passive and active voice and more. The focus is on correct grammatical usage, while raising awareness of the areas where errors are commonly made. This is a course that will give you empowering knowledge to identify and avoid mistakes in grammar.

INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY

Covers the basics of photography: shutter speed, aperture, depth of field, composition, flash and also a guide to all those buttons. No previous knowledge of photography is needed. Field trip will be in week 4 (weather permitting). With so many different digital cameras available, please bring to each session your camera and camera manual (if you have one) and be prepared to use them.

Course booked out or already started
STARTED 02201B - Tue 8.00pm 20 July 5 wks x 2 hrs + FT x 3 hrs (Wea Centre)
STARTED 02201C - Thu 8.00pm 22 July 5 wks x 2 hrs + FT x 3 hrs (Wea Centre)
STARTED 02201D - Wed 10.00am 21 July 5 wks x 2 hrs + FT x 3 hrs (Wea Centre)

INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY-SLR

This course covers the basics of photography; shutter speed, aperture, depth of field, composition, flash and also a guide to all those buttons. No previous knowledge of photography is needed. Field trip will be in week 4 on the Wednesday night (weather permitting).Because there are so many different digital cameras available, please bring to each session your camera and camera manual (if you have one) and be prepared to use them. This course caters specifically to those with SLR cameras.

Course booked out or already started
STARTED 02202B - Tue 8.00pm 1 June 5 wks x 2 hrs + FT (Wea Centre)

USING AN SLR CAMERA

If you have a digital SLR (if you can remove the lens on your camera, you have an SLR) then this course is for you. Learn to use your camera to its full potential! On this course for beginner's you will cover camera function, lenses, lighting, composition, close-up, accessories and more. You will be encouraged to take photos to demonstrate your learning. Focus on digital SLR but film ok. Fee includes field trip.

CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

The aim of this workshop is to define and learn skills that can be used for photography where the subjects are small such as flowers, insects and coins. Some experience beneficial.