For many years we have worked closely with highly experienced and professional teachers in the Cambridge area to develop an Academic English Programme that offers innovative ways of exploring a range of different genres and text types.

The Academic English Programme provides students with advanced skills, challenging them to develop original, personal arguments and to express these with confidence and fluency.

Students will benefit from a close relationship with their teacher in small classes, typically of up to a dozen students. A wide variety of innovative student-focussed tasks and activities will engage learners with complex ideas, enabling them to achieve results beyond their expectations.

The skills and knowledge offered by the Academic English Programme are vital to any subject where English is the medium, for example, Law or History, since all academic disciplines require clarity, precision and accuracy of expression. This intensive academic course aims to achieve the following for each of its participants:

• Increase the clarity, accuracy and fluency of spoken presentation

• Enable students to propose and defend substantial, persuasive arguments

• Encourage students to communicate creatively and appropriately in a variety of social contexts

• Develop an awareness of the significance of specific words and styles

• Expand personal vocabulary

• Develop sophisticated essay-building and creative writing skills

• Encourage an awareness of English as a global language

• Encourage critical thinking and self-evaluation

• Build self-confidence and collaborative skills

• Develop students’ language skills through the appreciation of art and literature