Generic courses
English for Academic Purposes
This course develops your language skills for use in the academic contexts of essay writing, reading, research, seminars, listening to lectures and taking notes. The course aims to consolidate grammatical competence and develop your vocabulary. During the course you are expected to prepare and deliver at least one seminar presentation on your own subject, submit a researched essay and complete regular weekly assignments. This course also includes the language element of the extension degrees in Art Practice and Music.
Advanced English for Academic Purposes
This course is suitable for visiting students, as a module on certain undergraduate degree programmes, and for non-native speaker students doing their Master’s foundation course in the departments of music or drama. If you already have a high level of English, this course will develop it, with a specific focus on becoming more skilled and confident in all academic situations – from taking part in a class discussion, to researching and writing an extended essay. Classes are twice a week, with one focusing on oral academic skills (listening and speaking), and the other on written academic skills (reading and writing).