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THE SIX MONTH PROGRAMME 2018-2019

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The academic programme consists of a variety of modules:

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Language Focus: This focuses on activating and enhancing the students’ understanding of the language, improving fluency and accuracy.

 

Academic Writing:  Students are led through a systematic and thorough approach to academic writing, with an emphasis on structure, appropriate language and paraphrasing from source material. 

 

Current Affairs:  A springboard for discussion and advanced language work, our current affairs module explores political and social systems in the UK. It allows the students to research and present areas of interest to the group.

 

Social and Functional English:  These sessions support the students to communicate in a wide range of social settings outside of the classroom

 

Idiomatic Language: This module introduces and practises the use of idiomatic expressions, loan words, neologisms and phrasal words that enrich our language.

 

British Culture and Business:  This series of lectures and related sessions covers a range of British culture and global business topics.

 

Taught Course and Guided Study: Our teachers work closely with each student to prepare a bespoke course of individual study and closely monitor progress.

 

Pronunciation:  Students work from the phonemic chart and study a variety of phonological features of the English Language.

 

Exam focus: Students learn techniques and strategies to maximise success in their chosen exam. The TOEIC and IELTS exams are popular choices.

 

Assessments:  Students are assessed through formal presentations, team work, literary reviews, authentic field work and end of term tests.  Students are provided with a progress report, a record of grades and a Hertford College Certificate at the end of the programme. 

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