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Build your English base first. English Fundamentals: 8 weeks on recorded lessons.

  • English Fundamentals
  • Recorded lessons
  • 8 weeks
  • A new cohort every week

A recorded lesson opens on Tuesday each week, with work every day from Monday to Saturday. Writing and speaking come back with notes on your own sentences, not a band score.

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What the course includes

Everything here comes with your tuition, from the lessons to the marking.

  • One recorded lesson a week (about an hour)
  • Grammar, reading, listening, writing and speaking from Monday to Friday, and only a word test on Saturday
  • Writing and speaking feedback on clarity, sentence control and expression instead of a band score, usually within minutes
  • A checkpoint every weekend: a grammar test, writing and speaking
  • 1,920 words over the 8 weeks, with word tests every week
  • After the course, 14 days to hand in work and look back, then everything closes

How a week runs.

A new cohort opens every week, and you can join it until Wednesday of that week.

1

Recorded lesson a week

It opens at midnight on Tuesday and stays open.

6

Days of work a week

Five kinds of work from Monday to Friday, and only a word test on Saturday.

1

Checkpoint every weekend

A grammar test plus writing and speaking on the week. It opens on Saturday, and you can take it any time until Sunday night.

What the 8 weeks cover

Each week works through one grammar unit in that week's assignments. Each row shows the textbook units and the running word count.

  1. Week 1 · Present tense and the shape of a sentence

    Textbook: Unit 1 · Present tenses

    Words: 160 core academic words.

  2. Week 2 · Past tense

    Textbook: Unit 2 · Past tenses 1

    Words: 420 words cumulative.

  3. Week 3 · Present perfect and past perfect

    Textbook: Units 3-4 · Present / Past perfect

    Words: 680 words cumulative.

  4. Week 4 · Talking about the future

    Textbook: Units 5-6 · Future 1 & 2

    Words: 940 words cumulative.

  5. Week 5 · Nouns, articles, and quantity

    Textbook: Units 7-8 · Nouns & Articles

    Words: 1,200 words cumulative.

  6. Week 6 · Adjectives, adverbs, and comparatives

    Textbook: Units 9-11 · Adjectives, Adverbs, Comparing

    Words: 1,440 words cumulative.

  7. Week 7 · Modals and the basics of conditionals

    Textbook: Units 13 · 17 · Modals & Conditionals

    Words: 1,680 words cumulative.

  8. Week 8 · Relative clauses and the passive: finishing the academic sentence

    Textbook: Units 20 · 22 · Relative clauses & Passive

    Words: 1,920 words complete. Week 8 completes the foundation, and an exam course such as the IELTS Band-Up Course (8 weeks) comes next.

Is English Fundamentals for you?

English Fundamentals is a course on recorded lessons that builds your English base before any exam prep begins. While you build it, you see no band scores.

This is you if

  • You can recognize English words but can't actually use them across reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  • You'll need an English exam such as IELTS within a year, but your foundation isn't there yet.
  • You want to build the base at your own hours, with feedback usually back within minutes of submitting.

This is not you if

  • You already score IELTS 6.5 or higher. Start with the Band-Up Course instead.
  • You want open conversation practice. This isn't a language exchange.
  • You want passive video lectures. Every assignment here asks you to produce something.

Already past the basics? Start with an exam course.

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English Fundamentals · 8 weeks on VOD

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8 weeks that build your English base before exam prep: grammar, vocabulary and the four skills, through recorded lessons and daily work.

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Cancel any time before your course start date for a full refund, no reason needed. Once the course has started, withdrawal for the started portion is restricted and refunds follow the Korean Academy Act schedule. See refund policy

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What's included

  • One recorded lesson a week (about an hour)
  • Grammar, reading, listening, writing and speaking from Monday to Friday, and only a word test on Saturday
  • Writing and speaking feedback on clarity, sentence control and expression instead of a band score, usually within minutes
  • A checkpoint every weekend: a grammar test, writing and speaking
  • 1,920 words over the 8 weeks, with word tests every week
  • After the course, 14 days to hand in work and look back, then everything closes

What people ask most before they start

The questions we hear most before people enroll. Anything else, send it on KakaoTalk or through the contact page.

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I don't know my level. Which course do I start with?
You don't need to. The free level test takes about 30 minutes and tells you your estimated IELTS band and the course that fits. Build the base in English Fundamentals, or start exam prep straight away in the Band-Up Course.
Do I get IELTS band scores on this course?
No. While you build the base you see no band scores; each piece of writing and speaking gets notes on clarity, sentence control and expression instead. The Band-Up Course marks on the IELTS criteria.
I work full-time and sometimes can't do the work the same day. Is that okay?
Yes. A week's work can be handed in until the end of the following week; after that, that week takes no new submissions. Miss a day and you can catch up before then.
How does the vocabulary test work?
Word tests run on set days each week: Tue, Thu and Sat from week 2, and Thu and Sat in week 1. Word study and quizzes live inside the site. The foundation course covers 1,920 words over the 8 weeks.
What textbook do we use, and do I have to buy it?
All of your study materials, the foundation grammar course, the writing workbook, and every PDF, are provided free once you enroll. There is no textbook to buy separately and no added costs.
What comes after this course?
After the foundation you can start an exam course, such as the IELTS Band-Up Course (8 weeks). You can also enroll for its first month only.
What happens when the course ends?
For 14 days after your last week you can hand in remaining work and use your study material and recordings. Then everything on the program side closes together. Work handed in during those days gets the automatic mark only and does not go to a teacher.
What if I need to cancel?
Cancel any time before your cohort starts for a full refund, no reason needed. Once the course has started, refunds follow the schedule in our Refund Policy, which the tuition card links to.
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