2015 Pre-sessional Programme Independent Learning Week 7: Next Steps: Making the Most out of the University Experience

Activity: § How will you manage change in the

following situations? –  Most of your classmates are native English

speakers

–  Your lecturer speaks very quickly

–  Your lecturer is from India and speaks with a Indian dialect of English.

–  You are assigned 2 essays in different modules, which are due in on the same day

–  You are assigned to live in halls where all of your flatmates are British

Smart Strategies:

§ You are moving into your residence hall. You don’t know any of your flatmates, but you want to keep practicing English. What is your Smart Strategy?

Smart Strategies

§  It’s the first day of class. Some of your friends from the pre-sessional are in your class, but they usually prefer to speak your first language. What is your Smart Strategy for continuing to use English?

Smart Strategies:

§  It’s the first long holiday break, and many of your English-speaking friends are leaving the UK for a few weeks. What is your Smart Strategy for maintaining your English while they are away?

Exams

§ Any further questions about exams?

Homework

§ You might want to blog about your preferred revision strategies this week and/or times when you have found revision quite challenging

Any Questions?

Extra Support

•  Extra one-to-one support sessions are available. Sign up in the LRC on Avenue Campus

•  Support groups are running on a number of useful topics. Sign up with me!

•  Conversation cafes are taking place in the Avenue courtyard at lunchtimes. Just go along!