Prospects Postgrad UK 2007/2008 - (Page 27) SPONSORED BY www.prospects.ac.uk/PostgradUK ADVICE AND INFORMATION 27 ‘Students are encouraged to join one or more of the extensive range of Students’ Union clubs or THE UK? societies. This helps to integrate students into Although it may not the University community, as well as requiring feel like it at the time, them to use English for communication. There learning English is a is also a variety of social activities organised for very useful skill to have members of the International Academy courses and doing it here in the UK can make your throughout their programme.’ learning experience far more structured and Fumi says the social activities helped her enjoyable. Not only will you be able to practise find her feet when she first started at the WILL I BE PROVIDED your new language with native speakers, you University. ACCOMMODATION will be introduced to the British academic ‘All the teachers and administrative staff BY THE UNIVERSITY? system, which will help you when it comes to were very friendly and helpful, and classes and Most institutions will beginning your postgraduate course. provide accommodation social events were full of fun. Thanks to this ‘We introduce students to modes of teaching to international students course, when I started the academic term, I and learning in a British university, so they get coming to the UK for had already made so many new friends as used to varying styles of lectures, seminars, English language courses. At the University of well as having got accustomed to writing tutorials,’ says Liz. Essex, accommodation is guaranteed and academic essays.’ Fumi Nakatsuhara had always wanted to students get immediate access to facilities, CAN I CONTINUE TO TAKE LANGUAGE study in the UK but knew that her English regardless of whether or not they stay on to CLASSES ONCE MY COURSE HAS STARTED? was not good enough, so she applied for a complete their postgraduate course. Once enrolled on a postgraduate course, Pre-sessional course in English at the ‘Students are fully registered members of students receive ongoing, free support with University of Essex. the University and they are entitled to use all their language to ensure that they can ‘I had great expectations for pursuing my the facilities, including the library, internet complete their study successfully. further studies in the UK but was also anxious access and sports facilities,’ says Dilly Meyer ‘During the academic year we provide Inabout living in a totally different environment. from the Academy. I wanted to be well prepared before sessional support to fully registered non-native The University also organises an orientation undertaking my postgraduate studies and speakers. This includes a wide range of areas programme, so students get to know the consequently chose to attend the six-month including writing, pronunciation, listening, campus and the town. They meet staff and Pre-sessional English course provided by the media, and a special support group for students students which means ‘they will form International Academy.’ friendships right from the start,’ says Dilly. completing a PhD,’ explains Dilly. WHY STUDY ENGLISH IN Fumi found her course extremely helpful and, as a result, decided to study a Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). ‘The course was far from easy and we submitted an essay every two weeks in addition to regular classes, teaching practice sessions and visits to local secondary schools. Despite the amount of work, we all enjoyed the intensive course, and we learned so many things there.’ http://www.prospects.ac.uk/PostgradUK
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