Academic Pre-Sessional (20 Weeks)

This Academic Pre-sessional course will build your confidence and enable you to begin your undergraduate or postgraduate programme with a good understanding of the expectations of academic study in a UK university. The course will help you to develop the following:

• Language Skills for your Academic programme
• Integrated Academic Skills (Academic Reading and Writing)
• Lecture Programme
• Listening and Note-taking Skills for Academic Lectures
• Academic Speaking and Presentation Skills for Presentations, Seminars, and Tutorials
• Using Academic Sources and Referencing Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Individual Project Related To Your chosen programme

Each week includes 15 hours of face to face tuition plus an individual tutorial once a week. You will be required to carry out a programme of self-study and complete a number of individual assignments.

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

The Academic Pre-sessional gives you everything you need to maximise your confidence and improve your skills before you begin your degree at the start of the academic year.

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.