Applied Language Studies House
Birmingham, UK
Academic English Programme offerings
Ideal for Foundation, Undergraduate, Postgraduate students and Cambridge Teacher Training courses
Academic Writing
Ideal for Foundation, UG and PG students
Course description:
Format: Online / 1-to-1 or f2f up to 6 students
Duration: 20 hours
Frequency: flexible
Cost: £600 (online lessons)
Content: Dissertation structure/analysis, Preparation for Viva, Referencing conventions, Academic language, Extended assignments structure/analysis, Academic writing subskills
Academic Reading
Ideal for Foundation, UG and PG students
Course description:
Format: Online / 1-to-1 or Face to face up to 6 students
Duration: 20 hours
Frequency: flexible
Cost: £600 (online lessons)Â
Content: Note-taking techniques; understanding the relation between reading purpose and reading efficiency; practicing in the sub-skills of skimming for an overall idea and scanning for specific information; distinguishing between main, subordinate ideas and illustrations, and digression; developing reading efficiency
Academic Listening
Ideal for Foundation, UG and PG students
Course description:
Format: Online /Â 1-to-1
Duration: 20 hours
Frequency: flexible
Cost: £600Â
Content: Pronunciation; note-taking techniques; predicting content; listening for gist; detecting signposts; listening for details; inferring meaning
Academic English All Skills
Ideal for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students
Course description:
Format: Online /Â up to 15 students
Duration: 60 hours
Cost: £1800Â
Content: Referencing conventions, Academic language, Extended assignments structure/analysis, Academic writing subskills, Note-taking techniques, Understanding the relation between reading purpose and reading efficiency, Practicing in the sub-skills of skimming for an overall idea and scanning for specific information, Distinguishing between main, subordinate ideas and illustrations, and digression; Developing reading efficiency, Pronunciation, Articulation, Preparation for delivering presentations, Academic speaking subskills, Listening for gist, Detecting signposts; Listening for details; Inferring meaning