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Specific English Language Areas

|  General English  |  Literature in English  |  Professional and Business English  |  Academic English  | 

|  English Language Skills Training for Corporates and NGOs  |   Professional English training for Talents under QMAS (高才通)  |  

|  English Language Assessment and Preparatory Courses  | 

At HKU SPACE, we design and offer courses to meet your goals for General English, Business English and English for the Professions. These range from 30 hours to 90 hours and cover a broad spectrum of levels.

Reasons to improve your English at HKU SPACE:

  •  Polish your interpersonal and career skills
  •  Learn to communicate ideas more effectively
  •  Interact confidently with overseas and English speaking people
  •  Fine-tune your presentations and writing to project better impressions
  •  Stay up to date by learning about current English use
  •  Sharpen your competitive edge in today's global workplace

 

English Language Assessments

LINGUASKILL – the NEW Cambridge English Language Benchmark Test

This is the benchmark test in support of Continuing Education Fund (CEF) reimbursements of English Language course and benchmark test fees.   This replaces the former Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) offered by the University of Cambridge. 

The Cambridge Assessment English offers organisations a quick and convenient way of checking the English Language proficiency levels of your employees – the Linguaskill Tests. 

  • Linguaskill General
  • Linguaskill Business
  • Linguaskill Test & Continuing Education Fund
  • For Individual English Language Learners
  • For Corporates
  • For Immigrants
  • For HKDSEE Candidates
  • For University Applicants
  • Linguaskill Test Report & Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)
  • Cambridge Linguaskill Test in Hong Kong

For details, please follow this link: https://hkuspace.hku.hk/collection/linguaskill 

 

Assessment Preparation Courses

 

We Study • We Practise • We Master 《活學英語 創展未來》

English Programmes

Programmes Type

Programme Type

Microcredential

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Class Schedule

Financial Assistance

Venue

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

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This programme aims to provide students with a comprehensive and solid preparation for IELTS (International English Language Testing System), thereby maximising their potential in achieving a higher band score for further studies or career advancement. This programme enables students to enhance their competence in the key language skills (including listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar), develop essential test-taking strategies, undertake intensive practice, accumulate practical test-taking experience, and acquire comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the topics that are commonly assessed in both types of IELTS, namely IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training.

 
Through systematic and innovative delivery of flexible learning (i.e. real-time online lectures, face-to-face classroom teaching and self-paced asynchronous e-learning) blended with flipped classroom pedagogy (pre-lecture learning), this programme provides students with greater accessibility to English language resources, ample test-based practice and student-centred learning experience.
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Duration 15 weeks
Fee HK$9,900
This programme is designed for students who seek to advance knowledge of the English language system and develop higher language awareness and communication skills. Apart from face-to-face learning in the classroom, students participate in self-directed and experiential learning outside the classroom, i.e., e-learning and English Immersion Activities.
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Duration 12 months
Fee HK$14,000

Effective Writing Skills 2 develops your language at a higher level than Effective Writing Skills 1, and builds on and enhances the skills learned there.  However, as long as you meet the entry requirements, you can gain direct entry into Effective Writing Skills 2 without doing Effective Writing Skills 1.

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Duration 15 weeks
Fee HK$3,700
Active Grammar 1 is a practical course that recognises the role of grammar in language and communication. It will use real examples of grammar in use in typical, everyday situations, to help you:
  •   recognise and correct common grammatical errors
  •   work out and apply grammar rules for yourself
  •   communicate correctly in both spoken and written English
  •   use a greater variety of structures with confidence

To benefit from the course, you should be prepared to participate fully in all exercise and activities.

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Duration 15 weeks
Fee HK$3,700
The programme aims to equip students with the language skills in specific focused areas. Restricted but not limited to the particular skill set, the programme helps students become more fluent and confident when communicating in English.
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Duration 30 weeks
Fee HK$3,700

This course focuses on Impromptu Talk and Discussion.  It aims to develop oral communications skills that enable you to speak clearly and present ideas coherently.  

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Start 21 MAR 2026 (SAT)
Duration 6 weeks
Fee HK$2,300
This course is for those who are interested in acquiring the knowledge and skills for delivering speeches and presentations. The course focuses on techniques for managing speech anxiety, skills in organising and giving informal speeches and presentations, and practice in providing feedback on public speech deliveries. Course participants must be prepared to present and deliver informal speeches for different purposes in front of the class, observe and be observed, critique and be critiqued.
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Start 21 MAR 2026 (SAT)
Duration 10 weeks
Fee HK$4,300

Course DESCRIPTION

This 5-week course is designed to help students progress from CEFR B2 to B2+. It includes 100 hours of classroom instruction and 100 hours of independent study on HKU SPACE Online Universal Learning Platform (SOUL), providing comprehensive coverage of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar. Students will progress from intermediate English skills to upper intermediate for exam readiness. Students are required to complete Block 4 during the 5-week intensive training. 

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Start 30 MAR 2026 (MON)
Duration 5 weeks
Fee HK$10500
This programme aims to equip participants with a thorough and well-rounded preparation for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), allowing them to achieve higher band scores that may benefit their future careers in English language teaching.
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Start 01 APR 2026 (WED)
Duration 45 hours
Fee HK$5,200
Persuasive business writing aims to convince readers to take a particular action or adopt a particular point of view. It is a way of communicating an idea in a manner that is compelling and convincing to readers. Writers use techniques such as evidence-based arguments, emotional appeals, and conversational tone to persuade readers to decide in favour of the writer’s position. Persuasive writing is often used in marketing, advertising, public relations, fundraising, and other business communications where the writer wants to influence the readers’ opinion or behaviour. This 18-hour short course will enlighten students’ understanding of the discourse structures and word choice in persuasive business writing.
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Start 11 APR 2026 (SAT)
Duration 6 weeks
Fee HK$3,600