Why choose this course?
If you want to improve your English language skills before you start an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course here at Derby, our pre-sessional English courses can help you.
If you're planning to start a degree at Derby, this course will help you:
- Achieve the entry level for your degree course
- Improve your confidence before your degree course
- Settle in to Derby and make friends before starting your degree course
This course can also help you improve your English language skills even if you're not intending to start a degree course in Derby.
100% success rate Autumn 2011!
Start date: September and January
Course length: full time: five or eleven weeks (depending on the level of English required by your degree)
Campus:
This course is available to international students
This is a full time course with 21 hours of class per week and self-study.
During the course, you will improve your:
- Academic speaking, including presentations and seminar skills
- Academic listening and note-taking
- Academic reading, including research and referencing skills
- Academic writing
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Critical thinking skills
- Understanding of British university culture
If you want to start your degree in September 2013
| Minimum starting English level (IELTS or equivalent) | Required English level for your chosen degree | Length of course needed | Start date | End date | Approximate cost |
|---|
|
4.5*
|
6.0
|
15 weeks
|
Tuesday 28 May 2013
|
Friday 6 September 2013
|
£TBC
|
|
5.0**
|
6.5
|
15 weeks
|
Tuesday 28 May 2013
|
Friday 6 September 2013
|
£TBC
|
|
5.0**
|
6.0
|
10 weeks
|
Monday 1 July 2013
|
Friday 6 September 2013
|
£TBC
|
|
5.5***
|
6.5
|
10 weeks
|
Monday 1 July 2013
|
Friday 6 September 2013
|
£TBC
|
|
5.5***
|
6.0
|
5 weeks
|
Monday 5 August 2013
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Friday 6 September 2013
|
£TBC
|
|
6.0****
|
6.5
|
5 weeks
|
Monday 5 August 2013
|
Friday 6 September 2013
|
£TBC
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* Minimum 4.0 in all skils
** Minimum 4.5 in all skills
***Minimum 5.0 in all skills
****Minimum 5.5 in all skills
Please note: because of the very intensive nature of these courses late enrolments are not be permitted. You should therefore arrange to fly to the UK a couple of days before the start of your course.
All courses can run only if there is sufficient student demand.
The course is highly interactive, with lots of small group work and discussion. This will enable you to increase your confidence and learn from others.
At the end of the course, we will assess your speaking, listening, reading and writing. If you complete these assessments successfully you can move straight on to your chosen degree course at Derby, you do not need to take another IELTS or TOEFL test.
