Cleverlearn Cebu Academic Programs

Cleverlearn’s Academic programs focus on building confidence in communication with the use of the English language. The method used in these programs enable students to improve their holistic ability in English. It includes classes in structure practice, conversation, reading and sentence construction. These are combined with a wide range of video, audio and computer assisted learning tools along with social and cultural activities.



Course Levels
Are determined by the results from their oral and written evaluation. Both evaluation are initially taken on the first day the student reports to school. .
Class Schedule



Language Activities
At Cleverlearn, we believe that language learning is not confined to the classrooms. Cleverlearn’s communicative approach ensures that students will be given the opportunity to make use of what they have learned in class. Each week, there is a variety of supervised language activities that are held indoor and outdoor. There are also sports activities organized by the school. Each student belongs to one team where they can interact and play games with teachers and other employees.



General English
The General English Program is designed to improve students’ general language skills and understanding of English. This will lead to increased confidence in communicating with others in different social situations. This is composed of six-hour lesson a day, divided to 2 hours of one-on-eight class with an English Native Speaker, 2 hours one-on-four class with a Filipino Teacher and another 2 hours of one-on-one with a Filipino teacher.

  General English – Junior


The General English-Junior program is a specialized program for kids and teenagers and is good for six hours a day. It focuses on building vocabulary, reading comprehension, critical thinking, sentence construction, listening comprehension, correct pronunciation and speaking fluency. This is composed of 2 hours on-on-four class with an English Native Speaker, 2 hours one-on-four class with a Filipino teacher and 2 hours one-on-one class with a Filipino teacher. In this program, meetings are given to parents and guardians regularly. This way, there is close monitoring on the students’ progress. On weekends, excursions are organized so students will experience an avenue of fun while learning.

General English Semi-Intensive
The General English Semi-Intensive was initially designed for parents and guardians who accompany the children enrolled under General English – Junior and those whose purpose is to learn English while having a relaxing time in Cleverlearn. This program mainly focuses on building vocabulary, conversation and speaking fluency and reading comprehension. This program is composed of 1 hour one-on-one class with a Filipino teacher and 2 hours one-on-eight with an English Native Speaker.

Intensive English


The Intensive English program is designed for all ages, be it a working adult or a young student. It covers the four skills of communication namely, listening, speaking, reading, writing as well as phonetics and vocabulary building. Each student will study with three different teachers. This is composed of 5 hours of one-on-one classes with a Filipino teacher.

Advanced English
There are two courses under this program, namely, Medical English and Business English. This is composed of 3 hours one-on-one class with a Filipino teacher, 2 hours one-on-four class with a Filipino teacher and 2 hours one-on-eight class with an English Native Speaker. The students have the option to choose what course they prefer, either Medical English of Business English.

• Medical English

This course focuses on the language of medicine in both spoken and written English. It is designed to help them master specific medical vocabulary and idioms, and to improve their ability to communicate in English. This course consists of two parts: the English component which involves a review on grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary enhancement, reading, listening comprehension and speaking practices in a medical setting. The second component will be more on medical subjects like basic health and care concepts.

• Business English

This course ranges from topics namely American Business, Marketing, Finance, International Trade, Business Management, Business Writing and Human Resource. This focuses on making presentations, negotiations, presiding meetings, business vocabulary and writing while surveying different topics. Facilities, instructors, education events and social affairs are integrated into a program of the highest quality.

Exam English

This program is designed for students who want to gain a specific English test score for the purpose of studying in universities abroad or applying and getting a new job. This focuses on familiarization of the test format and learning test-taking strategies in taking the exam. This emphasizes specifically on the TOEFL, TOEIC and IELTS exams. This program is composed of 3 hours one-on-one class with a Filipino teacher, 2 hours one-on-four class with a Filipino teacher and 2 hours one-on-eight class with an English Native Speaker.

• TOEIC Preparatory Test

This concentrates on developing students’ speaking, reading, writing and listening skills. All of these are in a business context in addition to TOEIC test-taking strategies. Students can expect daily vocabulary and homework exercises, frequent quizzes, weekly listening reviews and regular full-length TOEIC practice tests.
IELTS Preparatory Test- This focuses on examination techniques and study skills required to help students obtain a substantial score for the IELTS test, these classes will help develop students’ examination strategies.

• TOEFL Preparatory Test

This is designed to help students prepare for the TOEFL examination and to improve their English. Students practice listening and reading comprehension, writing and speaking. Activities include computer-aided tasks that train the students for the actual test.
Academic English


This program is designed for students who want to pursue their studies in English speaking universities. This is created to help them develop pertinent skills that would help them cope with the demands of university studies abroad. This program is composed of 3 hours one-on-one class with Filipino teacher, 2 hours one-on-four class with a Filipino teacher and 2 hours one-on-eight class with an English Native Speaker. Each class is divided to Academic Speaking and Listening, Academic Reading and Academic Writing.

English for Toddlers
This program is designed for children whose parents or guardians are studying in CELI. The emphasis of this program is to train these children with the basics of English like learning the alphabet, shapes, drawing and outlining.