In order to provide an efficient tool in assisting schools to help their students obtain a European certificate, the British Institutes has created the “OneWay” multimedia course. The syllabi correspond to Common European Framework levels A1, A2, B1, B1+ and B2, with over 90 hours of multimedia teaching for the first three levels and 60 hours for levels B1+ and B2.

The first three levels are dedicated to General English: situations typical of our everyday private lives, at school or at work which stimulate the student’s curiosity and interest. 

The B1+ and B2 levels enable the student to learn English as a primary goal, where it is used as an aid to acquire intercultural knowledge applicable to communication in a work environment.  The B1+ and B2 "OneWay" CD-ROMs provide both a method especially created for students, which teaches interaction skills in intercultural situations applicable to everyday life and to the workplace, as well as a programme for the corporate world, more focused on “business” topics.

Through the  OneWay CD-ROMs, it is possible to practise and consolidate Reading, Writing and Listening abilities; each unit features  situations that could typically be experienced in an English-speaking country.  The logical/syntactic structures contained in the film clips proposed are always explained and examined in detail both in the writing and in the listening exercises and then finally reinforced through reading.  

The multimedia courses have been awarded the European LABEL granted by the Italian Ministry of Education, the  Italian Ministry of Employment and the European Commission, as well as the e-Content Award 2006 and 2007 in the e-Learning Category.

The “OneWay” multimedia courses offer:

• great independence to students
• a high level of personalisation and management of study programmes with minimum logistical constraints

They can be used:

• in the Language Laboratory
• individually in the comfort of one's home

“OneWay” can optimise the potential and flexibility of self-learning activities.
It is a learning aid that is usable both on-line, with tracking and correction of all the exercises, and on CD-ROM.   The student will decide which of the three versions of the multimedia course to use: online, on CD-ROM and on CD-ROM with tracking.  

The British Institutes multimedia course is a teaching compendium that is useful for improving expressive skills, for increasing comprehension capacities both written and spoken and for filling any existing learning gaps, enabling the student to reach the minimum level required to ensure that his/her classroom attendance will be productive.