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Courses for Students with Study Visa, Holiday Visa, Work Visa or Australian Residents

Our programs are based on 10 - week courses. The college will accept students on any Monday upon application.

A. General English Course:

Our General English is divided into 5 levels. Each level is supervised and taught by qualified teachers for 20 hours per week. For students with study visas it is mandatory that students attend a minimum of 20 hours per week.

General English (ELICOS)

Course Level	Fees
Elementary	Prices range from $325/week for 1-10 weeks to $310/week for 36 - 40 weeks*
Pre Intermediate
Intermediate
Upper-Intermediate
Advanced

B. International English Language Testing System (IELTS) courses:

We offer two streams of courses for the IELTS - General Training (Two levels ) and Academic (Two levels ). These courses are offered to students with study visas, holiday visas or work visas and to students who are Australian residents. ASEL has courses for preparation of IELTS Score 7 and above.

Course	Course Description	Fees
General Training-Intermediate General Training-Upper Intermediate (7 and above) Academic-Intermediate Academic-Upper Intermediate (7 and above)	These courses are aimed at improving your skills in the IELTS examination. This will focus on the English needed for speaking, writing, listening and reading, as well as test taking strategies. Each course runs for 10 weeks	$325/week

C. Entry Requirements to the courses that ASEL offers:

To ensure each international student is in the level - appropriate English language class, we conduct English language placement tests to determine his/her most suitable entry point to our multi-level English language courses. Students will be tested upon arrival at our college and then placed in classes according to their current English language levels.

The following table indicates the entry requirements for different types of courses.

	Entry Requirements
ELICOS (General English Course)	No specific entry or minimum English language requirement Students are required to sit our placement tests on Day 1

Courses Offered	Entry Requirements
IELTS	Minimum entry-level for IELTS courses is at intermediate level

* Progression to a higher level in any one of our programs occurs ONLY after a lower level has been completed successfully.

English Language Placement Tests

It is in the interest of our students that we provide them with free placement tests to gauge their current English abilities. The following two placement tests are used to assess students' English abilities and knowledge in the areas of reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar.

1. A comprehensive English language placement test.

2. An oral interview and a written task with the Director of Studies/Academic Manager during the Orientation Day.

During the Orientation Day, students will be asked to sit the comprehensive placement test and oral skills assessment.

Based on the results of the placement tests students will be placed in an English course most suitable to their language proficiency.