Pre-Sessional English for a University of Essex degree

Available courses for conditional offer holders

• Pre-Sessional English Language with Study Skills

  This course will provide you with training in the academic use of English, as well as important study skills to prepare you for degree-level study. The course will cover reading, writing, listening and speaking, empowering you to fully engage with university life and academic study.

  • Course duration: 10, 15 or 20 weeks
  • IELTS improvement: 0.5 to 1.5

  All students study the following modules:

  • English for Academic Purposes
  • Independent Project

  Students on the 15 and 20-week courses also study the following modules:

  • English for Academic Study: Grammar and Vocabulary 3
  • English for Academic Study: Speaking and Listening 3
  • English for Academic Study: Reading and Writing 3

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• Pre-Sessional English Language

  This course will focus on enhancing your English language level, preparing you for undergraduate and postgraduate degree studies. You will develop your English grammar and vocabulary, and gain further reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

  • Course duration: 5 or 10 weeks
  • IELTS improvement: 0.5 to 1.0

  This course consists of the following comprehensive module:

  • English for Academic Purposes

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• Online Pre-Sessional English Language

  This fully online programme will focus on enhancing your English language level to prepare you for a postgraduate degree at the University of Essex starting in January 2022. You will develop your English grammar and vocabulary, and gain further reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

  • Course duration: 5 or 10 weeks
  • IELTS improvement: 0.5 to 1.0

  This course consists of the following comprehensive module:

  • English for Academic Purposes

  Find out more about the modules you’ll study

  Please visit the University of Essex website to find available progression degrees and other relevant information:

  January 2022 progression information

Available courses for unconditional offer holders

• Academic Skills Preparation Programme

  If you hold an unconditional offer from the University of Essex, you can take the Academic Preparation Programme. This course will introduce you to the study and research skills common in UK universities. It will also help familiarise you with the University campus, and to adjust more easily to student life and the academic culture in the UK.

  • Course duration: 4 weeks

  All students will take the following modules:

  • Research Project and Study Skills
  • Introduction to British Culture and Society
  • Personal Development and Employability

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