4 Basic Strategies to Improve Your English Skills in Your Own Time

Study skills are ways to learn properly and efficiently (without wasting time). During class time, your teacher will help you improve many essential skills. Besides, there are some basis strategies that you can use in your own time to improve your English skills. Probably all students who come to Scots English College will have completed high school education and many will have been to third level education. Yet, the skills that you will...

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How Do People in Australia Celebrate Summer Christmas?

Christmas in Australia in mid-summer is more likely to involve a barbie (BBQ), full of seafood and quality steak than a traditional European roast dinner. Christmas is observed on 25 December each year to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. In Australia, it was introduced as a result of British settlement in 1788 as the cultural norms were transferred to the new colonies. Australia is located in the Southern hemisphere. When it is winter...

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[Intensive English Course] Cambridge Examination Preparation

Scots English College offers three Cambridge Examination Preparation Courses: Cambridge Preliminary (PET) Preparation Course; Cambridge First (FCE) Preparation Course; Cambridge Advanced (CAE) Preparation Course. CRICOS Course Code: 093245J Levels: Intermediate to Advanced Duration: Full time – 20 hours per week Cambridge English examinations Cambridge English (also known as ESOL) is a department of Cambridge University, London. Cambridge...

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5 Reasons to Study English in Sydney This Summer

The brightness and colour of Sydney’s summer along with abundant activities, events and celebrations will be an epic English experience for you! Summer – from December to February. Temperatures range from an average of 22 degrees Celsius at night to 35 degree Celsius (and hotter) during the day. This is a great time of the year to explore Sydney. All the colours of this glorious city are on display – sparkling blue water and green foreshores...

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How to Think in English Like A Native

By thinking in English, you don’t have to translate in your head! This can really improve your fluency. Many ESL speakers think in their native language and then translate to English. In conversations and other situations where you need the ability to process information and respond quickly, thinking and translating slows you down. Let alone, the translated sentences may not sound natural in English because the sentence structure is often different...

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