Pre-Sessional English Language
A highly intensive course to help students adapt socially and academically before the start of the academic year as well as enabling them to meet the English language entry requirements for their chosen award.
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The Pre-sessional English language course will be invaluable in developing your general and academic English language skills.
Designed For
International students looking to improve their level of English before studying a degree. Students can also choose this course to help them to meet the English language entry requirements for their chosen award.
Skills taught
- Writing for essays
- Reading journals, articles and books
- Listening to lectures and discussions
- Speaking during seminars and presentations
Course Highlights
Course Highlights
How you’ll learn
We use a communicative language teaching approach. This means that you will be expected to actively participate and contribute to the classes. Assessment is by means of coursework, tests, projects and presentations. Students receive individual help and attention through weekly one-to-one tutorials in order to monitor progress and help to develop the skills necessary for academic study at a British university. We have a maximum class size of 18.
Classes run from 10am to 1pm from Monday to Friday, with afternoon classes from 2pm to 4pm from Monday to Thursday. You will have 23 hours a week.
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Teaching staff
Staff at the Centre for International English are qualified and professional teachers of the English language. They have lots of experience in working with international students, so they understand and are supportive of students’ needs and ambitions. The Centre is proud to be an active member of Learn English in Wales and BALEAP (British Association of Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes), demonstrating its commitment to providing high quality English language programmes to students from all over the world.
Centre staff work closely with the University’s academic Faculties to make sure you get the best preparation and support for your academic studies.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Typical qualification requirements:
Applicants need a valid offer for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the University of South Wales. In addition, you must also have an IELTS (Academic) score of at least 5.0 with a minimum of 4.5 in writing and 4.0 in all other components. If you require a visa to study in the UK, you must take the IELTS for UKVI version of the test. Students studying a course requiring a higher IELTS score than 6.0 may require a longer pre-sessional English course.
Fees and Funding
£6,750
per year*Additional Costs
As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.