Grammar & Vocabulary

Target group

This course is for anyone who wants to brush up on their grammar and expand their vocabulary.

Course Level

B1-C1 (CEFR)

Course content

Grammar
This course covers the most important grammatical rules and common mistakes. You will see that this course will refresh your knowledge, but that there are also many rules that you may not know or apply.

The topics include:

• use of the basic tenses (present, past, and future);
• sentence analysis and word order;
• adjectives and adverbs;
• relative pronouns;
• phrases starting with ‘if’;
• plural forms of nouns;
• gerunds and infinitives;
• active and passive;
• punctuation.

Vocabulary

People who learn English sometimes worry about their grammar, but not being able to find the right words may also hinder successful communication. The words you choose to use, or choose not to use, can convey more than just ideas. They can have a different meaning, contain an underlying message or opinion, or even change the course of history!

With about 800 new words being added to the English dictionary every year, it is difficult to determine where to start.

This course shows you how best to learn new words in a way you will actually remember them. You create a personal dictionary of useful words to be used in a business context or your private life.

Admission requirements

To take this course you need an Oxford Online Placement Test (OOPT) score above 50. You can apply for the online OOPT by emailing us at into@wur.nl.

What is the Oxford Online Placement Test?

Dates and times

View the full schedule here.

This course is offered annually in March and October.

If you would like to take this course but it is either full or does not list a starting date that suits you, please click here and you will be notified once you can sign up for new dates.

Location

You follow the course at our location: Campus Wageningen University & Research.

Number of meetings

10 weekly sessions of 1.5 hours.

Self-study

2 hours per week.

Course materials

There is no course book. Instead, Wageningen in’to Languages will provide the required tailormade material via Brightspace at no extra charge.

Certification

You will receive a certificate from Wageningen in’to Languages if you attend at least 80% of the lessons.

Fee