Pre-sessional Course Guide - University of Wolverhampton

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Course contentDuring your Pre-sessional course you will:• Improve and develop your English in smallcommunicative classes which take an integratedskills approach.• Learn about study at the University.• Have regular one-to-one tutorials with ourUniversity lecturers to check on your progressand set targets.• Discuss and exchange ideas informally withother University Presessional students across theglobe via social networking forums.• Hear and read lectures given by academicstaff from the University• Study a topic in detail using authentic academictexts and listening material and undertakingoriginal research.
Skills workThe classes will include work on the following:Listening:• Understand the main points and structure and extract keydetails from a range of listening media• Develop vocabulary learning strategies to learn specialisedvocabulary from extended listening material• Understand the tutors and each other when speaking English• Take appropriate and comprehensible notes• Become familiar with different varieties of spoken Englishand verbal and non-verbal cuesWriting:• Making notes while someone is talking, both face to face andfrom recorded material• Expressing opinions and giving reasons• Writing a basic report of a factual nature and begin to evaluate,advise etc.• Making and using simple, clear notes for essay andrevision purposes• Presenting arguments in writing using appropriate vocabulary,grammar and register• Control of organisational patterns and using cohesive devicesappropriatelyReading:• Using appropriate strategies to obtain information from texts• Understanding the general meaning of authentic writtenmaterial and be able to extract specific information• Summarising in your own words the main points of anarticle
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