Key Skills Taught
At ELI, all educational materials are carefully curated to support a skills-based learning approach. Our content is regularly updated to align with current exam standards and evolving academic skillsets.
To ensure the highest quality, we’ve appointed an expert content creator dedicated to developing materials tailored specifically for our students. Every resource undergoes thorough vetting by our Academic Director, and our teachers receive monthly training to deliver engaging, effective lessons.
Syllabus
Years 4, 5 & 6
- Comprehension (Non-fiction & Fiction)
- Writing (Non-fiction & Fiction)
- Vocabulary
- Figurative Language
- Grammar
- Summary Writing
Year 6 (Checkpoint Preparation)
- Based on the CAIE Primary Checkpoint syllabus
Years 7 & 8 & 9
- Comprehension (Non-fiction & Fiction)
- Writing (Non-fiction & Fiction)
- Vocabulary
- Figurative Language
- Grammar
- Summary Writing
- Language Analysis
Year 9 (Checkpoint Preparation)
- Based on the CAIE Secondary Checkpoint syllabus
Year 10
- Follows either:
- CAIE and Pearson Edexcel First
- Language English
- CAIE & Pearson Edexcel Second Language English
- Practice using past- year papers.
Year 11
- IGCSE preparation for either First or Second Language English.
Our commitment to excellence ensures students are equipped not only for exams, but for real-world communication and critical thinking. A comprehensive syllabus is provided to each parent upon enrollment.
Additional Programs
IELTS Preparation
- Reading
- Writing
- Listening
- Speaking
- Practice using past-year papers
OSSLT (Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test)
- Full OSSLT syllabus coverage
- Practice with past-year papers
OPT (Oxford Placement Test)
- Writing
- Grammar
- Comprehension
- OPT-standard mock exam
Literature in English
- Based on the CAIE & Edexcel Literature in English syllabus
- Texts selected by individual schools
Our commitment to excellence ensures students are equipped not only for exams, but for real-world communication and critical thinking. A comprehensive syllabus is provided to each parent upon enrollment.
Key Skills Taught
Reading & Comprehension
- Extracting explicit and implicit information
- Vocabulary inference and context-based understanding
- Interpreting language: denotations and connotations
Writing
- Emotive language
- PEEAL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Analysis, Link
- Understanding the writer’s effects and language impact
- Text response and directed writing
- 7 different writing styles
- How to use a formal, persuasive, argumentative tone
- Creative writing: Descriptive-Narrative writing
- How to show instead of tell
- How to plan creative and formal writing
- How to use figurative language effectively
- How to describe a place
- How to create realistic plotlines.
- Summary Writing
Grammar & Vocabulary Acquisition
- Sentence structure and grammar foundations
- Inference
- Application of synonyms
For further information, kindly contact our Academic Director at [email protected]
Teacher Training programs
The English Language Institute (ELI) offers comprehensive Teacher Training programs for aspiring educators seeking to join our academic team or serve as tutors for Cambridge First or Second Language English at the IGCSE level, as well as for the Primary and Secondary Checkpoint assessments. These programs are rigorously skills-based, with a strong emphasis on equipping educators with practical methodologies and pedagogical strategies aimed at maximizing student performance in examinations. Teachers will be given a certificate upon completion. Teacher training programs are for the following courses:
- CAIE primary First language English programs (Grades 4-6/ Year 3-5)
- CAIE secondary First Language English program (Grades 7-9/ Year 6-8)
- Pearson Edexcel English
- How to teach writing to middle schoolers
- How to teach comprehension to middle schoolers
- IGCSE First Language English (0500)
- IGCSE Second Language English
- OSSLT program
For further information, kindly contact our Academic Director at [email protected]