Academic English

Academic English: 1

These courses, Academic English 1 and 2, can be combined with degree tuition courses. It enables a student to gain the academic skills for studying at a British university. They help the student gain the language skills needed for academic study, including summarising lectures, note-taking skills, debating techniques, carrying out research, writing reports, essays, assignments, and presenting data.

Learning outcomes:

1. The capacity to write degree level assignments and essays.
2. The capacity to write reports.
3. To summarise lectures.
4. To debate
5. How to carry out research
6. How to collect and present data.

Course details:

24 lectures split into blocks of 4.

Block 1) Study Skills

• Use of study time
• Grammar
• Understanding Lecturer feedback
• Evaluating work activity

Block 2) Writing

• How to structure essays. The three point approach developed by Dr Wilkin. An easy way to understand how to structure and write assignments/essays.
• Writing fully analysed by experts, with recommendations.
• Grammar reviewed and sentence structure.
• Assignments, reports, essays completed and analysed.

Block 3) Research.

• Processes of academic research using books and internet
• How to apply academic research
• How to annotate research
• Integrating academic research into assignments, essays, reports.

Block 4) Reports

• Planning and research
• Structure: content, acknowledgements.
• Terms of reference: decide what your report is about. What questions will it answer?
• Main body findings