A set of linguists who based their assumptions of language on psychology made claims that language is nothing but 'habit formation'. English language comes to our aid in our commercial transactions throughout the globe.

English is available to us as a historical heritage in addition to our own language. We must make the best use of English to develop ourselves culturally and materially so that we can compete with the best in the world of mind and matter.English language is our window to the world. Generally, standard English today does not depend on accent but rather on shared educational experience, mainly of the printed language.

Present-day English is an immensely varied language, having absorbed material from many other tongues. It is spoken by more than 300 million native speakers, and between 400 and 800 million foreign users. It is the official language of air transport and shipping; the leading language of science, technology, computers, and commerce; and a major medium of education, publishing, and international negotiation. For this reason, scholars frequently refer to its latest phase as World English.

PATHE ACADEMY provides various English courses to establish our viewpoint. We have City & Guilds approved spoken English programmes, i.e. SESOL (Spoken English for the speakers of other language) and ESOL (English for the speakers of other language) which will enable the students to speak fluently and effectively. The chart below indicates the courses which can be taken for further improvement.

Join PATHE and improve your overall ability in speaking, reading, listening and writing. Develop your understanding of English grammar and pronunciation, and expand your vocabulary. PATHE's teaching methodology is diverse. It gives students an opportunity to work out on their own. The classes are organised with group and pair activities to make the lessons effortless and explicable. Students are provided access to internet and library which has an immeasurable array of collections. Individual attention is given for the students as there is only a limited number of students in each class. PATHE endow with online registration for the courses at www.patheacademy.org

PATHE has a well-qualified and experienced panel of lecturers. They are friendly and motivating to the students. From day one itself you will feel very comfortable and free in the classroom. PATHE has foreign lecturers too, for example: Ms. Anita, the coordinator for English programme, herself is a trained lecturer exposed to international teaching methodology and has been in the teaching field for 13 years and more. She is the most soughted by the students of PATHE for English programmes.

For further details on our spoken English and other English courses, please feel free to write to Ms. Anita, coordinator for English Programme anita@patheacademy.org or visit our website www.patheacademy.org or walk in person to our office at No 37, School Lane, Colombo -3 Tel No 2502012; or at No 111 - ½ Maya Avenue, Kirulopana, Col-3 or at No 128/B1, Stanely Thilakaratna Mawatha, Nugegoda, Tel no: 2827700