Academic English classes

This module provides guided practice in language and style for academic writing. The module will help you improve your ability to analyse essay questions, structure an essay, formulate abstract concepts and use abstract vocabulary, organise paragraphs, develop an introduction and a conclusion, and evaluate academic sources. You will be allocated to a group depending on your faculty.

The teaching will be face to face, taking place in University Weeks 18-25.

This 8-week module provides guidance and practice in a range of aspects of academic writing. The sessions include writing coherently, introductions and conclusions, structuring an essay, and academic style.

The teaching will be face to face, taking place in University Weeks 18-25.

This 8-week module provides guidance and practice in a range of areas of pronunciation, and strategies, skills and language for everyday situations.

The teaching will be face to face, taking place in University Weeks 18-25.

This 5-week module provides guidance and practice in a range of aspects of exam preparation, such as planning, revision and different exam types. It also develops skills and strategies in approaching exam questions and writing the best essays in exam conditions.

The teaching will be face to face, taking place in University Weeks 21-25.

This module provides guided practice in developing effective speaking skills in academic contexts. During the module you will have opportunities to express opinions and consider arguments, and to learn more about the context of (studying in) the UK. This module is a good opportunity to develop your confidence in using English in a comfortable environment. The teaching will be face to face classes.

To offer some flexibility, the modules are available in 4-week (SK034) and 8-week (SK035) versions.

This module provides an opportunity to develop your confidence in academic reading at both macro and micro levels. The module will help you to understand the nature of academic texts and become more familiar with some representative types. You will also become aware of some of the challenges related to approaching academic reading and will be able to deploy relevant skills and strategies to meet these challenges.

The teaching will take place online in University Weeks 16-19 or 21-24, and you will be allocated to a group depending on your availability. 

This module covers a wide range of grammatical areas at an advanced level. Supported by resources and activities on the Moodle page, you can work through a review of grammar in preparation for, or alongside, the taught sessions. Grammar areas which are covered include: noun phrases; verbs; conditionals; prepositions; relative clauses; adverbs; punctuation; and tenses.

The module consists of 1-hour face to face classes over 8 weeks. The classes are very practical in nature and designed to give you plenty of opportunity for informal, guided practice.