English language for University Preparation 1 - SSS057

Use strategies to improve your English language skills for university

Learn how to improve your English language for academic purposes prior to undertaking university preparation studies. The subject focuses on teaching strategies to improve your English language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The subject will also help build your English language skills in preparation for attempting the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

In this short preparatory subject, we’ll cover these language learning strategies:

Module 1: Listening at university
- Strategies to help your listening comprehension before, during and after a listening task
- Improve your English vocabulary to aid your listening, reading and English communication skills.
Module 2: Speaking at university
- Strategies to improve your speaking for discussions and presentations at university
Module 3: Reading at university
- Strategies to help your reading comprehension before, during and after a reading task
Module 4: Writing at university
- Strategies to help improve your Academic English for written tasks at university

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Time commitment: 20-24 hours

Subject Coordinator: Dr Linda McIntosh

Availability and details

You can start any time to suit you between Term start date and the close of applications. Check our calendar for start times

Subject relevance

This subject will be useful if you're studying:

This subject will be useful if English is your second (or third or more) language and you would like to commence study at university. This subject will also be useful for students who want to begin to prepare for the IELTS test in order to further their studies.

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