Academic English Courses
What are academic English courses?
Academic English courses are a range of academic English courses to improve your skills for university study. These are for students who are:
- Level B2 (upper-intermediate) to C2 (advanced) Learners.
- Second language speakers who want to improve their listening skills.
- International students who want to go to an English speaking university.
- International students who are studying at an English speaking university.
- Anyone who wants to improve their listening note-taking skills.
Academic English Listening Courses
Listening Note-Taking Methods Course
- English Level B1-C2.
- 12-hour course.
- 4 lessons (2-3 hours each).
- Note-taking strategies.
- Abbreviations & symbols.
- Lecture outlines.
- Cornell notes system.
- 27 listenings.
- Sample notes and answers.
- Duration 30 days.
- You will learn a range of note-taking strategies to help take notes for academic lectures.
- You will improve being able to identify main ideas, subsidiary ideas, examples, and data.
- You will practice listening to a range of topics.
- You will write short summaries of lectures to aid understanding.
- You will have the opportunity to check your understanding and comprehension through a range of test-type quiz questions.
- Level B1 (Intermediate) to C2 (Advanced) learners.
- Second language speakers who want to improve their listening skills.
- International students who want to go to an English speaking university.
- International students who are studying at an English speaking university.
- Note-taking strategies (linear, mind map, spider gram, flow chart, timeline) .
- Abbreviations and symbols.
- Cornell notes system.
- Listening practice with micro, mini and short lecture practice.
- Building subject-based vocabulary.
- Checking understanding of notes via comprehension questions.
- Checking overall understanding of lecture via comprehension questions.
- Providing post lecture activities to explore the subject in more detail.
- Comprehension quizzes.
Video Overview: Listening note-taking methods
For more information on the course:
Listening Mini Lectures with PPTs Course
- English Level B1-C2.
- 10-12-hour course.
- 10 lessons.
- Vocabulary building.
- 3-4 minute lectures.
- Note-taking with PPTs.
- Comprehension questions.
- Lots of listening practice.
- Answers and transcripts included.
- Duration: 30 days.
- You will learn how to prepare for academic lectures.
- You will have valuable practice in taking notes on PPT slides.
- You will improve your topic-specific vocabulary.
- You will improve being able to identify main ideas, subsidiary ideas, examples, and data.
- You will practice listening to a range of topics.
- You will have the opportunity to check your understanding and comprehension through a range of test-type questions.
- Course duration: 30 days.
- Level B1 (intermediate) to C2 (advanced) Learners.
- Second language speakers who want to improve their listening skills.
- International students who want to go to an English speaking university.
- International students who are studying at an English speaking university.
- Anyone who wants to improve their listening note-taking skills.
- Subject-based academic lectures.
- PowerPoint note-taking practice.
- Note-taking strategies.
- Subject-based vocabulary.
- Understanding of notes via comprehension questions.
- Understanding of lecture via comprehension questions.
- Post-lecture activities to explore the subject in more detail.
Video Overview: Mini lectures course
For more information on the course:
Academic Listening Tests 1 Course
- English Level B2-C2.
- 12-15 hour course.
- 5 lessons.
- Vocabulary building.
- 10-minute lectures.
- PPT slides (for note-taking).
- Comprehension questions.
- Lots of listening practice.
- Transcripts and answers.
- Duration 40 days.
- You will learn how to prepare for academic lectures.
- You will have valuable practice in taking notes on PPT slides.
- You will improve your topic-specific vocabulary.
- You will improve being able to identify main ideas, subsidiary ideas, examples, and data.
- You will practice listening to a range of topics.
- You will have the opportunity to check your understanding and comprehension through a range of test-type questions.
- Course duration: 40 days.
- Level B2 (upper-intermediate) to C2 (advanced) Learners.
- Second language speakers who want to improve their listening skills.
- International students who want to go to an English speaking university.
- International students who are studying at an English speaking university.
- Anyone who wants to improve their listening note-taking skills.
- Subject-based academic lectures.
- PowerPoint note-taking practice.
- Note-taking strategies.
- Subject-based vocabulary.
- Understanding of notes via comprehension questions.
- Understanding of lecture via comprehension questions.
- Post-lecture activities to explore the subject in more detail.
