The advantages of traditional face-to-face teaching are clear: a dedicated space in which learners can focus on their subject, with free and easy communication between them and their instructor. But for professional people, who may also have families and other commitments, the expense and inconvenience of attending a person-to-person course can present insurmountable difficulties. And language learning apps, while portable and continuously available, cannot supply the attention and feedback that a real-life teacher provides.

For these reasons, SLC has introduced platforms that allow learners to study from their home or workplace with the continuing support of trained and qualified language teachers and a library of resources that complements and enhances the guided instruction delivered in class. Lessons are conducted via Zoom, an industry-leading application supplying video, voice and text communication as well as online whiteboards and screen sharing.

This is backed up by Reach IELTS 7 and Reach B OET, SLC’s own comprehensive self-study courses, developed and written by subject matter experts and designed to enable learners to devote their attention to whichever language point or exam element needs the most work.