Grammar is the part of language learning that most people feel they should have sorted out by now. They have studied rules, done exercises, and passed tests, yet still hesitate over tenses, still second-guess their sentences, and still find complex structures sliding out of reach when they need them most.
This course builds a genuine understanding of how English grammar works: why structures behave the way they do, how they connect to meaning, and how to use them accurately under the pressure of real communication.
It runs from A2 to C1, with a level to suit wherever you are starting from.
Grammar learned in fragments remains fragmented. This course works through the English grammatical system in a deliberate sequence, with each structure building on what came before.
Students develop an integrated understanding of how the language works: a coherent picture they can apply and extend.
The explanations in this course are short, clear, and built around authentic examples that show grammar doing real work in real sentences. Colour highlighting, illustration, and carefully chosen contrasts make distinctions visible.
Students understand why a structure exists before they practise using it, which is what makes the practice stick.
Knowing a rule and catching your own errors are two different skills. This course develops both. Students learn to monitor their own output, identify where uncertainty creeps in, and correct mistakes without losing the thread of what they are trying to say.
Self-correction under communicative pressure is what separates genuinely confident grammar use from the kind that collapses the moment someone asks a follow-up question.
The Oxford English Grammar Course is the textbook on which this course is based. Written by Michael Swan and Catherine Walter, whose previous work Practical English Usage has been the standard reference for English grammar among teachers and advanced learners for decades, it brings the same rigour and clarity to a course format accessible from A2 upwards.
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The Oxford English Grammar Course, written by Michael Swan and Catherine Walter, carries the authority of two writers who have spent decades making English grammar genuinely comprehensible to learners and teachers alike. This course brings that same precision and clarity into a format accessible from A2 upwards, covering every level of the journey toward confident, accurate English.
The books were first published in 1995, and for me they remain the finest grammar reference on the market, books that will stay relevant and useful for many years to come. What I particularly appreciate is the balance between complexity and ease of navigation. There is no obligation to begin at the first page; students can identify a particular grammar point they wish to learn or clarify and go directly there. The course works across three levels, moving from the most fundamental rules through to the most sophisticated, and at no stage does it attempt to overwhelm. It explains what needs to be explained, clearly and without unnecessary detail.
Students who complete this course stop hesitating. They write with greater precision, speak with more confidence, and develop a clearer sense of where their remaining gaps lie, making further improvement far more focused and efficient.
We all make grammar mistakes — honesty matters here — but we can also reach a point where our grammar holds up reliably when it matters most. That is what this course offers, and that is why it earns its place alongside the finest materials in the Oxford family.