Spring Academic Pre-Sessional Course

This course will help you to improve the skills you need to progress successfully onto your foundation, undergraduate, or postgraduate course. Exact course content depends on your entry level, but each level will help you to develop the following important academic language and study skills:

• Language Skills for Academic Studies
• Academic Reading
• Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills for Lectures
• Academic Writing and Research Skills
• Academic Speaking and Presentation Skills
• Using Academic Sources and Referencing Skills
• Critical Thinking

During the course, you will build a portfolio of coursework, which will be used as part of your final assessment. Each student has a personal tutor who will meet you regularly to help you to develop individual targets and to achieve your academic goals.

This course gives you the academic English and academic study skills you need to prepare for your future university studies.

NON-TEACHING DATES: The University will be closed for all UK public and statutory holidays, and ELTS classes will not be taught on these days.

You will be assessed using a combination of

• a portfolio of the work completed during your course (70%), and
• an end of course exam (30%).

The portfolio provides detailed evidence of your language level and skills, your academic skills, and whether you are ready to begin academic study at a UK university.