Academic English is an important skill when studting at college or university.  Having good Academic English helps you to achieve better marks / grades, and you make new friends, widen your experience, grow your ideas and increase your confidence to meet future challenges.

Academic English will give you skills for: –

• Reading books and journal papers to understand concepts, ideas and follow arguments
• Developing critical thinking and balancing viewpoints
• Weighing up arguements and developing your own ideas
• Listening and understanding lectures to take effective notes for discussion and revision
• Explaining or describing your ideas clearly
• Putting forward your own opinions in dicussions and debates
• Interpreting questions and assignments to respond correctly
• Writing assignments which are clear, well structured, whilst being balanced yet critical
• Working productively with fellow students who will have different viewpoints
• Preparing you to become a future leader