At Oxons College you are not just learning English, you’re enjoying it.  We have tailored an Innovative Approach based on Neuroscience, Coaching and Motivation to help you express yourself effortlessly in the sports sector. Thanks to our vast coaching and training experience with professionals from the sports sector, our English courses for the Sports Industry are far from standard language learning and distinguish themselves by their efficient, communication-oriented approach that gives the participants real confidence to use the sector-specific terms in their professional interactions.

Who is this course for?

For all professionals working in the sports industry: athletes, players, coaches, managers, athletic trainers, referees, reporters, commentators.

Course fee: £549

Bursary & discounts are available

In compliance with fees and funding policies of UK education, minimal fees have been offered. 

Grading
Graded with Pass and Merit.

Delivery Mode
This qualification is delivered in person.

Qualification Specification
Detailed Specifications can be accessed by the learners enrolled.

Course Outline

• Assessment method: Certificate based on a set standard individual assessment
• Level value: Foundation & Advanced
• Course duration: 9 months
• Guided learning hours (GLH): 240
• Learning aim reference: oxcs/spt/01                                                                               
• Tangible Outcome: Proficiency in English language and communication skills in the specialised field of sports
• Mode of Teaching Learning: In-Person

Course content

All units are mandatory except for Unit 

Unit 1: Introduction 

• An introduction to communication in English 
• An introduction to English in the sports world 
• An introduction to understanding regional/accent variants

Unit 2: English phonetics and phonology

• Exercise for vocal organs
• Articulation of phonemes: vowels, diphthongs and consonants, including places of articulation and manners of articulation
• Differentiating approximate equivalent phones of individual learners’ native tongue

Unit  3: English syntax in practice

• English sentence patterns
• Units of sentence
• Intonation in conversation

Unit 4: Parts of words

• The syllable 
• Stress and unstress 
• Contractions, ellipsis in conversation

Unit  5: Football World (Other Options available)

• Football field
• Players’ position
• Cross-section of a football match in terms of language use
• Referees
• Football commentary

Unit  6: Language skill – Listening

• Addressing psychological factors barring the non-native speakers’ listening 
• Words usually problematic for non-native learners
• Preparing ear pacing up with listening and understanding
• Practical exposure including with in-person speakers plus audio-visuals

Unit  7: Language Skill – Speaking

• Speak out – overcoming psychological inhibition speaking a foreign tongue
• Interactive conversations
• Speak out your ideas
• Speaking exposure – includes the outing programme of Sight-Seeing in and around London

Unit  8: Language skill – Reading

• Organisation of texts: cohesion, coherence and more
• Deciphering meaning in context
• Pacing up reading
• Reading sports journals

Unit  9: Language skill – Writing

• Put pen on paper whatever-you-like and organise 
• Expression and persuasion
• Written communication
• Writing sports commentary

Unit 10: Test and Evaluation, and Certification

• Tests on all language skills – in controlled laboratory settings and external settings
• Evaluations in compliance with standardised establishments 

Certification based on individual merits