English for Academic Success during your degree
Calling all international students!
Join English for Academic Success, our free academic English and study skills course.
We provide undergraduate and postgraduate groups:
- Weekly live classes
- Weekly self-study materials and video
- Bookable one-to-one sessions
We have face-to-face and online slots available throughout the week. If you need to book a 20 minute one-to-one assignment help session, email us separately at englishlanguage@dmu.ac.uk.
Our undergraduate and postgraduate courses have finished for the current academic year. Enrolment for Autumn 2023 courses will be available in September 2023.
More information on English for Academic Success
English for Academic Success (EfAS) is the Centre for English Language Learning's English language support programme for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
We provide weekly face-to-face classes for those studying on campus and weekly live MS Teams classes for those studying off campus. We also provide self-study materials and videos covering a range of academic English topics (see below for topics).
Classes also contain group discussions on a range of issues to help boost your confidence in seminar and other speaking skills useful for your ongoing course.
These are the topics our classes cover:
- Academic writing style
- Reference and citation – Harvard System
- Summarising
- Paraphrasing
- Avoiding plagiarism
- Paragraph structure and text cohesion
- Writing introductions and conclusions
- Giving a presentation
- Academic writing – hedging and stance
- Seminar discussion skills and practice
Attending the programme is beneficial to students.
EfAS student
Relaxed style and useful examples.
EfAS student
In the course, it helps to support and increase [my] overall skill in English language (writing, reading, speaking, and listening).
EfAS student
As an international student, [the tutor] made us feel comfortable and welcomed.
EfAS student
"The teachers were really nice and willing to help us, and they were really patient with every student, it didn't matter their level in English."
EfAS student
All classes offer an optional extra hour of conversational English in our live online ‘English Café’.
To find out more about the Centre for English Language Learning’s language support programmes, email englishlanguage@dmu.ac.uk