Overview
The In sessional English Support programme from English Language Centre:
- free of charge
- taught by highly-experienced, approachable English tutors who are fully committed to helping you develop your language skills
- provided throughout the academic year, giving ample time for you to make significant improvements to your use of English
- designed to develop your Academic English skills generally and also, in many cases, to provide very specific support focusing on your own particular subject area
Regular attendance can make a significant contribution to your performance on your main study programme and help you achieve your full academic potential.
The workshops run in an 8-week block, but you will need to sign up for each session you want to attend. Each session is self-contained, but also builds on previous content, so you can pick and choose which sessions you come to depending on what you most want to focus on.
Programme Structure
Topics included:- Reading for Your Assignments: we focus on developing effective strategies for reading academic texts.
- Advanced Grammar: here we examine how language is used in academic texts and give you practice in using appropriate structures.
- Targeted Listening: we aim to develop your ability to comprehend authentic texts on a range of topics taken from radio or television programmes.
- Critical Thinking: we focus on developing critical thinking skills and the language to express criticality in your writing.
- Speaking with Confidence: we focus on discussion and seminar skills, and also target a different area of pronunciation in each session.
- Writing at University: we focus on written academic discourse and the stages involved in writing a critical essay.
- Punctuation: we aim to raise your awareness of accurate punctuation and help you improve the readability and sophistication of your writing by developing your punctuation and proof-reading skills.
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
- Provided throughout the academic year.
Language
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Disciplines
Language Studies View 2676 other programmes in Language Studies in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Tuition Fee
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International
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 EUR per year -
National
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 EUR per year
- Free of charge
Living costs for Liverpool
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.