Language Awareness Course

About the course

The IH Cairo Language Awareness Course is an intensive grammar course that helps develop overall knowledge and understanding of English grammar.

Module 1 is a prerequisite for Module 2. Another option is to take placement to check if you can move Module 2 directly.

The sessions will be held through face to face or fully online sessions with professional tutors.

The Language Awareness course is designed for:

those who are studying English as part of a degree in English;

novice teachers who want to start their teaching career

those who aim to brush up on their language knowledge;

those thinking of shifting careers and need the basic building blocks of language knowledge.

been introduced to different key elements in sentences
learnt how to link different sentences and parts of sentences logically;
learnt the form and the function of different sentence constituents;
developed a better understanding of the English grammar terminology.
developed better understanding of the basic principles and patterns of English grammar;

Basic sentence unit form and function: 12 hours

Part 1	6 hrs
Noun phrases	3 hrs
Verb phrases	3 hrs
Adverbials	3 hrs
Direct and indirect objects	3 hrs
Part one test
Part 2	6 hrs
Complements and complement verbs	3 hrs
Complement vs object	3 hrs
Dummy subjects	3 hrs
Part two test

Advanced sentence structure: 24 Hours

Part 1	6 hrs
Fronting (adverbials, complements and direct object)	3 hrs
Clefting and Pseudo clefting	3 hrs
Part one test
Part 2	9 hrs
Passive and active	3 hrs
Causative and passive	3 hrs
Conditionals	3 hrs
Part two test
Part 3	9 hrs
Discourse markers	6 hrs (2 sessions)
Ellipsis and substitution	3 hrs (session)
Part three test
Module 1 test- must be taken before studying module two

Complex and advanced sentence structure 1

Complex and advanced sentence structure 2

Part 2	Hours: 9
Nonfinite clauses	3 hrs
Defining and non-defining clauses and phrases I	3 hrs
Defining and non-defining clauses and phrases II	3 hrs
Part two test
End of COURSE test (for 2 modules)