Pre-sessional English

Course Content

The Pre-sessional course mirrors what you will need to do on your main course and will include a mixture of presentations, interactive group meetings, private tutorials with the tutor and independent study. The exact content depends on your strengths and weaknesses because the teacher will tailor the course to the students' individual needs, but will cover the following areas:

• Developing referencing and study skills 
• Planning and structuring your writing 
• Expanding grammar and vocabulary to academic standards 
• Cultivating your independent voice through forming effective arguments, critical thinking and drawing conclusions from information 
• Developing your listening skills through regular presentations, meetings and note taking 
• Develop your ability to extract information by using content from lectures, group meetings and readings in your writing 
• Presentation skills 

A typical week

The course is made up of 20 hours of contact time a week with classes running Monday to Friday with two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon each day. An important part of the course is a one-to-one weekly online meeting between yourself and your personal tutor. This is a time when you can talk through individual concerns, assess the progress you are making and get individual help on any particular areas of difficulty. You will be given additional tasks to complete outside of class to supplement what you do in class with the teacher.