ACADEMIC PATHWAY FOR STUDY ABROAD PREPARATION

• 40 hours of tuition over 4 weeks
• 4 classes a week (Tuesday to Friday)
• 1,5 hours face-to-face via Zoom & 30 minutes online coursework per class session
• 2 hours of online coursework on Canvas LMS each weekend
• Courses start every 2 weeks, on Tuesdays

Classes are taught by a combination of native speaker and Indonesian teachers of English, all with extensive experience of teaching Academic English and IELTS. Minimum requirement Pre-Intermediate 1

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The course fee is all-inclusive and covers all course materials, assessments, reports, certificates, access to learning materials for 3 months and taught by Native Speakers & Indonesian teachers of English.

*If a week has a public holiday, the timetable of online classes for that week might change slightly.

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Now with a special IALF Global cashback offer up to Rp 3,000,000*

Placement Test

To  identify if you are eligible for the course, you will need to take the IALF Placement Test (PT) and be at the minimum level of Pre-Intermediate 1. You can take the placement test on your phone, laptop or PC using Google Chrome or Fire fox.

You will need to complete 50 multiple choice questions within 45 minutes, and will immediately see your placement test results. The placement test is free and can only be repeated after 2 months. Our team will contact you for payment details, the latest one-working day after you have registered for the course.

If you are below Pre-Intermediate 1, we recommend enrolling in the General English-Z course to increase your English level first. The Academic Pathway course is currently only open for Pre-Intermediate 1 to 4. If your level is Intermediate or above you can enroll in the IELTS Prep Online or our Private course for Specialised English Training.

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Technology

What you will need:

• A laptop or PC with webcam, microphone and good speakers (a headset with microphone attached is recommended).  It will be possible to join with a handphone, but this is not ideal as you need to see other participants and to read documents/powerpoints etc.
• The Zoom app downloaded onto your computer - you can download from here.
• A good internet connection
• A printer (if possible)
• A quiet space

Academic Pathway Learning Outcomes Level 1.

By the end of Level 1, students will be able to:

• Understand short presentations and take notes
• Recognise different text types
• Understand the purpose of a text
• Understand information in a textbook
• Plan and write sentences with personal information
• Write a personal statement using linking language
• Write sentences abut similarities and differences
• Write descriptive sentences using noun phrases
• Write a descriptive paragraph
• Write a comparison paragraph
• Use discourse markers to add and sequence information
• Talk about future work and study plans
• Discuss similarities and difference

Academic Pathway Learning Outcomes Level 2.

By the end of level 2, students will be able to:

• Understand basic charts and data
• Understand the main trend in a graph
• Describe trends using adjectives and adverbs
• Use a graph to understand a text
• Simplify numbers and reporting data
• Plan and write a description of a chart
• Distinguish between facts and opinions
• Discuss issues surrounding power production
• Use and understand the passive voice
• Describe the steps in a process using the passive voice
• Write a paragraph describing a process diagram

Academic Pathway Learning Outcomes Level 3 Module A

By the end of the level, students will be able to:

• Understand evidence given in spoken presentations
• Give evidence in discussions
• Use a range of past tenses effectively and appropriately to discuss past events
• Use a range of reporting verbs
• Form and use questions accurately and appropriately
• Identify key information in spoken presentations
• Recognise the purpose of questions
• Use open and closed questions effectively
• Use questions critically
• Understand main ideas when listening
• Identify and effectively take notes of key information
• Use questions effectively for getting further information
• Identify supporting ideas when listening
• Understand and give spoken definitions
• Define and explain simple concepts in discussions

Academic Pathway Learning Outcomes Level 3 Module B

• Evaluate different texts on one topic
• Use passive voice in past simple
• Identify academic perspectives
• Recognise different sentence patterns
• Use active and passive voice to change emphasis
• Understand paragraph structure
• Understand and achieve cohesion within paragraphs
• Use accurate and appropriate question forms
• Analyse research reports
• Write paragraphs effectively reporting research results
• Identify factual information in a text
• Use simple and continuous verb forms accurately and appropriately
• Understand and identify simple and compound sentence forms
• Produce simple and compound sentences accurately
• Identify definitions and explanations in a text
• Make accurate spoken and written definitions and explanations

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Academic Pathway Learning Outcomes Level 4 Module A

• By the end of the level, students will be able to:
• Understand main ideas and contextualise information in seminar presentations
• Identify and understand supporting ideas
• Evaluate and rank ideas
• Take and use notes from listening more proficiently
• Use notes to improve speaking fluency
• Respond to ideas and information in presentations
• Analyse concept descriptions
• Present concepts in mini-presentations
• Evaluate and give feedback on peer presentations
• Identify facts and spoken texts
• Use language of comparison and contrast more effectively
• Identify different perspectives in texts
• Express different perspectives when speaking
• Understand and use signposting language more effectively

Academic Pathway Learning Outcomes Level 4 Module B

• Understand main ideas in written texts
• Understand the role of supporting details
• Recognise noun phrases with adjectives and noun modifiers
• Use more complex noun phrases in descriptive sentences
• Use articles more proficiently
• Discuss risks and consequences
• Describe visual information
• Use perspectives to understand content
• Identify topic sentences
• Write topic sentences Understand paragraph structure
• Write concluding sentences
• Write paragraphs with topic and concluding sentences
• Understand anaphoric referencing in texts
• Summarise texts
• Paraphrase sentences and paragraphs

The IALF Academic Pathway (AP) program currently has four levels, AP 1 - AP 4, with 40 hours of study per level.

These 4 levels are at Lower Intermediate on the Common European Framework (IALF Pre-Intermediate) and work across the range of IELTS Band 4.0 to IELTS Band 5.0. They are a starting point to develop Academic English skills in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.

In the future, IALF plans to develop four more levels at Upper-Intermediate on the Common European Framework (IALF Intermediate), AP5 to AP8, working across the range of IELTS Band 5.5 – IELTS Band 6.5.

When you are confident you are ready to take the IELTS test and get your target score, you can enrol on our IELTS Prep Modular Online course to prepare for the test. Alternatively, at IALF Jakarta you can prepare for, and take, the PTE Academic or PTE UKVI (Pearson Test of English).

The minimum entry-level for the IALF Academic Pathway program is Pre-Intermediate 1.

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This is a 'Blended Learning 60:40' program, combining video-conferencing online class meetings (total 6 hours per week) with online tasks and activities (total 4 hours per week). Courses run for 4 weeks, a total of 40 hours per level.

Online Classes (Face-to-Face):

• You will be in a virtual classroom Zoom
• The classes will take place each day Tuesday to Friday from 16.00 - 17.30 or 18.00 to 19.30 WIB
• The teacher and all the students will be able to see and hear each other
• The teacher and students will be able to share documents and presentations with others during the class
• In the class, the teacher will also be able to allocate pairs or small groups for discussions and tasks etc.

Online Tasks & Activities

You will be given access to the online IALF Canvas account (Canvas is a popular Learning Management System used throughout the world for online learning). Canvas is easy to use for:

• regular communications (with teachers and with other students)
• accessing all relevant materials for the online classroom, including any pre-reading etc.
• accessing a range of interesting tasks and activities to follow-up on each class
• doing a range of additional tasks and activities including practice tests

Your course will be taught at the highest standards by a mix of native speaker and local teachers.  All IALF teachers are highly qualified and experienced in IELTS & Academic English training.

All our teachers have either a degree in English language teaching, or a first degree and a recognised international teaching qualification such as the Trinity College London Certificate / Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. IALF Bali courses are accredited by BAN (Badan Akreditasi Nasional).

By the end of the course, you will be able to assess your performance and identify areas needing further study so that you progress to the next level or transfer to our IELTS Prep Modular Online course. You will get instructor feedback on homework assignments and results on a final test.

Improve your chances of getting your target score while working or studying from home.

IELTS Preparation Online course is an in-depth course aimed to develop essential skills for IELTS and best practices in test-taking strategies. The course is 50 hours in total - 60% online class meetings and 40% online tasks and activities. You can choose either the Weekday Class option (four meetings per week, Tuesday to Friday) and the Saturday Class option (5 hours per week for 6 weeks). New class starts every week.

Weekday class fee: Rp 4,000,000*

*Price includes access to materials for 3 months and free IELTS Listening, Reading, Writing Practice tests.  Taught by a combination of Native Speakers & Indonesian teachers of English. Classes start every Tuesday. Academic & General Training modules available. Excludes IELTS Speaking Practice Add-on.

Saturday class Fee: Rp 4,500,000*

*Price includes access to materials for 3 months and free IELTS Listening, Reading, Writing Practice tests.  Taught by a combination of Native Speakers & Indonesian teachers of English. Join classes any Saturday.  Academic module only. Excludes IELTS Speaking Practice Add-on.

Now with a special IALF Global cashback offer up to Rp 3,000,000*

Planning to study overseas? Schedule your free online consultation with IALF Global to learn more about studying overseas. Our team of counsellors can give you information on courses at overseas schools, colleges, and universities, and can assist you in processing study application, student visas, accommodation and more.

Follow your Pathway to Academic Success with IALF and receive a special Cashback Offer up to Rp 3,000,000!

Pathway 1 - Cashback Rp 1.000.000

• Take your Official IELTS test at IALF Jakarta, IALF Gading Serpong, IALF Bali or with one of our offsite IELTS Test venues across Indonesia.
• Apply for your overseas study program with an IALF Global partner, visa arrangement, and other necessary requirements with IALF Global.
• When your application process is complete and your study visa is approved you will receive a cashback of IDR 1,000,000*.

Pathway 2 - Cashback Rp 3,000,000

• Enrol in one of IALF's online courses; General English-Z, Academic Pathway for Overseas Study and/or IELTS Preparation Modular.
• Take your IELTS test at IALF Jakarta, IALF Gading Serpong, IALF Bali or one of our offsite IELTS Test venus across Indonesia, within one (1) month after your latest course ends.
• Apply for your overseas study program with an IALF Global partner, visa arrangement, and other necessary requirements with IALF Global.
• When your application process is complete and your study visa is approved you will receive a full cashback of IDR 3,000,000 for your IELTS Test full*.

• Take your IELTS test at IALF Jakarta, IALF Gading Serpong, IALF Surabaya or IALF Bali.
• Apply for your overseas study program, visa arrangement, and other necessary requirements with IALF Global.
• When your application process is complete and your study visa is approved you will receive a cashback of Rp 1.000.000.

How to apply for the Cashback program:

1. Contact IALF Global to arrange a free consultation session
2. Discuss your study options and requirements
3. Fill out the IALF Global Cashback Offer form
4. Enrol in an IALF Online course and/or
5. Take your IELTS Test IALF Jakarta, Gading Serpong, Bali or one of our IELTS offsite test venues across Indonesia
6. Apply for your overseas study program with an IALF Global partner, visa arrangement and other necessary requirements with IALF Global
7. When your application process is complete and your study visa is approved you will receive a cashback based on either Pathway 1 or 2

Terms & Conditions

• You are required to complete all payment procedures in advance (placement testing, courses, IELTS Test, and university/college tuition fee, including your study visa) before receiving the cashback offer
• Cashback promo is not valid for overseas English course only programs
• Cashback promo is not valid for Scholarship Awardees such as Australia Awards Scholarship and other scholarship (please contact IALF Global for scholarship provider exceptions)
• The Cashback offer cannot be combined with other IALF promotions (discounts, special prices, etc).
• For study destinations within Asia, the maximum cashback for Pathway 1 is IDR 500,000 (five hundred thousand rupiah) and Pathway 2 is IDR 1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand rupiah),
• The cashback program is only valid for students and IELTS test takers who have started their studies / or taken an IELTS test the latest February 2021

Take the first step towards Academic Success

Schedule your free online consultation with IALF Global to learn more about the Cashback offer and start preparing your studies overseas. Our team of counsellors can give you information on courses at overseas schools, colleges, and universities, and can assist you in processing study application, student visas, accommodation and more.