At Bayside College, our high-quality Certificates in spoken and written English are designed to increase your fluency in English.  We grade you carefully with regular assessments.

You will find you will progress quickly.   Your grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary will all improve rapidly – as will your confidence in using the English language.

All our courses involve a minimum of 20 hours per week. We run classes in 2 sessions, 9.00am to 1.15pm and 1.30pm to 5.45pm. Which session is appropriate for you will depend on your English level.  Students are tested on their first day and placed in the class that is best for them.

And to help you relate your learning to real-life situations, we offer excursions in and around Melbourne as often as possible.

Our general-purpose English courses are split into 4 Certificate levels:

  • Certificate I  Spoken and Written English  (CRICOS Code 064034E)
  • Certificate II  Spoken and Written English  (CRICOS Code 064035D)
  • Certificate III Spoken and Written English  (CRICOS Code 064036C)
  • Certificate IV Spoken and Written English  (CRICOS Code 064037B)

These Certificates range from Beginner level to Advanced level.  On your first day, you will take an English level assessment test so that we can place you in a class that is appropriate for you.

You can enrol in our General English courses for any number of weeks, from 1 week to 60 weeks.  You can start on any Monday.

Once you have completed all assessment tasks, you will be awarded the appropriate Certificate, and can then move on to the next Certificate level.

 

 

Levels: Beginner to Advanced.
Hours:  20 hours per week.
Qualifications: Certificate I, II, III or IV in Spoken and Written English.

 

Charting your progress.

Pathways to further study

Bayside College has pathway arrangements with many TAFEs and private Colleges, including Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, William Angliss Institute of TAFE, MIBT and NMIT.  You can gain direct entry into these TAFEs and Colleges after you have successfully completed 10 weeks at Upper Intermediate level at Bayside College.  Please contact us for a full list of our pathway arrangements.

Here is a guide to how you can progress, the Certificates you can achieve at Bayside College and their approximate IELTS  levels: