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Special Interest Courses

The following Special Interest Courses (SPINs) are available at most EF schools where you study English:

University & Exam English

  • Using English in Research
  • Selecting a University
  • Focus on IELTS
  • Focus on TOEFL
  • Focus on TOEIC
  • Focus on Cambridge Exams
  • Focus on BEC

Intensive language workshop

  • Pronunciation
  • English Vocabulary and Grammar
  • English Skills and Strategies
  • English Slang and Idioms

Business English

  • Corporate Culture
  • Leadership and Management
  • Business Correspondence
  • Media Studies
  • English for Interviews
  • Telephoning Skills
  • English for Meetings
  • Social Skills for Business
  • Film Criticism
  • Giving Great Presentations

Culture & world issues

  • History and Architecture
  • Society and Leisure
  • Society and Sport
  • Globalisation
  • Language Policy around the World
  • Archaeology and Museum Studies
  • Food and Wine
  • Alternative Medicine
  • Pop Culture and English
  • World Cultures
  • Global Environmental Issues
  • Politics and Society

Professional practice

  • Communications and Media English
  • Entertainment Industry English
  • English and IT Industry
  • Sports Professions and English
  • Hospitality Industry English
  • English for the Travel Industry
  • English for the Oil and Gas Industry
  • English for Logistics
  • Construction English
  • English for Public Policy
  • English in the Sciences
  • English for Accounting
  • English for International trade
  • English for Real Estate
  • Science and Innovation
  • Medical English
  • Legal English
  • Pharmaceutical English
  • Automotive Industry English
  • Telecom Industry English
  • English for the Insurance Industry
  • English and Financial Services

Arts, imagination & creativity

  • Creative Writing
  • 19th Century British/American Authors
  • Photography
  • Negotiations in English
  • Poetry
  • Great American Novels
  • English for the Office
  • Survey of British Art
  • English Theatre

SPIN’s available at our other language schools (selection may vary from school to school):

Spanish (Barcelona & Malaga)

  • Spanish Culture and Geography
  • Spanish Art History
  • Theater
  • Business Spanish
  • Intensive Grammar
  • Current Affairs
  • Conversation
  • Spanish Literature
  • Reading Workshop

Spanish (Quito)

  • Journalism
  • Anthropology
  • Society and Culture of Ecuador
  • Latin American Literature
  • Business Principles
  • Language for Business

German

  • Conversation
  • German Literature
  • German Media
  • German for Tourism
  • Teacher Training

French

  • Cinema
  • French Civilization and History
  • Language Games
  • Business French

Italian

  • History of Art
  • Italian Cooking
  • Business Italian
  • Art
  • Cinema
  • Photography
  • Archeology
  • Business Italian
  • History of Italian Opera