- September semester: 01.09.2023-26.01.2024 / February term: 16.02.2024-22.03.2024
- Hong Kong
- September–Month: 2 hours per week for 19 weeks; February–Month, 3 hours per week for 7 weeks
Get the best possible preparation for the DSE exam
This course is for S6 students, who are taking the DSE (Diploma of Seconday Education) English Language exam this academic year.
You will develop exam skills and strategies for tackling all four papers – Reading, Writing, Listening and Integrated Skills and Speaking. You will do this through completing challenging activities in magazines, based on the DSE electives.
You will complete a free mock exam for all four papers and receive personal feedback on your performance as well as areas that require development.
On this course you will:
- Paper 1 (Reading): learn techniques for responding to common tasks, identify the meaning of words and phrases in context, and evaluate different viewpoints
- Paper 2 (Writing):write texts for different purposes and audiences, and express ideas effectively through varied vocabulary and language patterns
- Paper 3 (Listening and Integrated Skills): scan texts to extract key information and paraphrase or summarise them, predict the form of answers based on headings and prompts, and interpret tables, charts and graphs
- Paper 4 (Speaking): learn to present ideas clearly in speaking exam practice tasks, and practise opening a discussion, asking for opinions, generating ideas and turn-taking.
Course levels
- S6 - Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate
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The DSE Exam Preparation Course consists of 38 hours of learning.
Location: Admiralty - British Council