Intensive English Communication

Students joining ATC’s Intensive English course will learn English in the mornings in an international class with students from around the world, and will also have extra classes in the afternoons. The emphasis of these afternoon classes is on developing students’ spoken fluency and accuracy while also working on their listening, reading and writing skills through a range of group work tasks and activities.

Tasks might include group discussion and debate, giving advice, expressing opinion, problem-solving, analysis and critical thinking, all designed to develop student’s communicative skills.

We also offer free weekly workshops in English for the Workplace, and in Pronunciation, where participants can work on further improving their spoken English. 

Participants on the course are given the opportunity to join our online e-learning platform, ATC Online, for three months after they have finished their course of study with us, enabling them to continue on their journey of English language learning. The platform provides participants with a wide variety of adaptive materials to practise their English grammar and vocabulary, and to engage in further skills development.

Our General English courses are available from A1 to C1 level (Elementary to Advanced) in our two locations: Dublin city centre and the seaside town of Bray, Co. Wicklow.

We offer 26 hours of classroom-based learning per week. We also offer a comprehensive social and cultural programme enabling participants to combine their learning with the chance to explore Dublin and the Irish countryside.

Students can begin each Monday through the year on a continuous enrolment system.