Transcript English Language Support for Transitions English Language

English Language Support for
Student Transitions: Into and During
Study
Kathryn Redpath, Teaching Fellow
English Language Teaching Centre (ELTC)
[email protected]
English Language Teaching Centre (ELTC)
• Formerly the Institute for Applied Language
Studies (IALS) at Hill Place
• Now the English Language Teaching Centre
(ELTC)
• Based at Paterson’s Land, Holyrood Road
• Part of Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL)
• 30 staff (teaching fellows and tutors)
ELTC provision
• English courses to support student transitions
into degree study in UK
• English courses to support student transitions
through degree study in UK
• Workshops to support staff supporting
students into and through degree study in UK
• All provision designed to help students adjust
to academic culture in UK
ELTC provision
• Courses in English for Academic Purposes
(EAP)
• Generic EAP
• Tailored EAP
• Credit and non-credit EAP
• EAP for foundation and pathway programmes
• Workshops for staff
Supporting transitions into study
• Contributions to foundation and pathway
programmes
– EAP for HSS International Foundation Programme
– EAP for CSE Global Select Pathway Programme
• Year-round and summer pre-sessional EAP
programmes
– September – June year-round pre-sessional
– Summer pre-sessional (4, 7 or 10 weeks)
– Summer online pre-sessional (8 weeks)
Supporting transitions during study
Generic in-session support courses
(English Language Support for International
students programme, ELSIS)
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Not for credit
Free of charge
1 – 10 weeks, most 4-5 weeks, once a week
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/englishlanguage-teaching/courses/academicpurposes/elsis/elsis-courses
– Students must sit TEAM test
Supporting transitions during study
• Tailored in-session courses for specialised
disciplinary and professional contexts
• Set-up through collaboration with schools and
colleges, e.g…
• Geosciences, Population Health Sciences: two
face-to-face sessions
• Social and Political Science Academic Writing
Course, College of Medicine and Vet Medicine
Scientific Writing Course: online, over five weeks
Supporting transitions during study
• EAP courses for Visiting and Exchange students
• For credit (20 credits each)
• Run in collaboration with HSS Visiting Student
Office
• E.g. Academic English for International Students
(AEIS)
• 3 times a week for one semester
• Opportunity to progress to next semester
• Area due for expansion: AEIS for business and law
students
Workshops for academic staff
• Designed to:
– develop academic staff awareness of language-related
issues
– develop strategies to help students transition to an
English-medium teaching environment
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international student writing
cross-cultural communication
communication in lectures
supervising international students
ELTC Provision
• English courses in Writing, Speaking, Listening
and Reading for Academic Purposes (EAP)
• Generic, free courses (ELSIS)
• Tailored courses for schools and colleges
• Courses for credit for foundation, pathway
and visiting students
• Workshops for staff
If you would like us to design a course, or
would like further information about our
courses, please get in touch!
Thank you
[email protected]