Academic English language and skills for agriculture, forestry, agroforestry and related disciplines
This 60-hour ESAP course includes 20 units of materials for a class of 10 academic learners.
Earth English Academic has been specially-developed to provide:
- A wide range of technical vocabulary related to a number of land management themes.
- An introduction to the Academic Word List.
- Clear explanations of the most common grammatical structures and features used in academic speaking and writing.
- Authentic academic and specially-written texts to develop a range of academic reading skills for efficient research.
- Authentic academic and formal audio/video materials to enhance listening skills for extracting relevant data and information.
- Opportunities to take part in informal discussions, seminar discussions and give presentations with feedback from a native English speaker.
- Guidance and practice in academic writing skills for planning, structuring, academic style, cohesion, editing and correcting academic texts and presentation materials.
- A qualified teacher of English to speakers of other languages with experience in teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at universities in the UK and mainland Europe.
- The development of a range of academic skills which are invaluable for academic study and transferable to the workplace.
- Engaging, serious tasks and materials to provide a professional learning experience.
Earth English Academic can be taught as:
- Part of a pre-sessional programme (4 – 10 weeks)
- An extra-curricular in-sessional programme (10 weeks)
- A specialist academic English module as part of a foundation programme (10 weeks)*
- A specialist academic English module as part of an undergraduate degree programme (10 weeks)*
- An extra-curricular, ‘stand-alone’ programme (4 – 10 weeks)
*these options may require validation by the academic board of your institution.
For more information about any of the English courses and services I provide, to ask a question about what I do or to request a quotation for courses at your institution, please contact me.
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