南安普顿大学老师直授语言课，中国学生仅限20个名额

　　南安大家都知道吧，University of Southampton，十大研究型学府之一，QS世界百大大学之一，南安普敦大学的理、工科实力雄厚，在计算机科学和电子方面表现优异，在2016年卫报排名中，分别名列第7和第1。

　　现在便有一个好机会，可以近距离接触学术优势：

　　线上语言提升课程

　　该课程由南安普顿大学的现代语言学院的eLanguages研究与发展科室开发，许可英国的其他大学用于教授他们自己的国际学生【今年中国学生也可参加】。

　　留学360介绍，课程涵盖了学术写作、阅读以及思辨能力方面的概念和准备，同时课程还包括了词汇和语法方面的提升，全面发展学生的学习认知能力。上过语言课程的学生以及老师评价道：这是提前了解学术技能的机会，在学术写作及阅读方面有很大的提升，包括文章结构与段落组织的逻辑。

　　所以不管是想留学，还是提升自己的英语，都可以加入进来。该课程学习时间5周，从6月28日开始，名额只有20个。同学们可根据自己的时间进行学习，不过要抓紧时间占位置~

　　课程大纲如下

　　Introduction

　　About Prepare for Presessional

　　Finding your way around the learning environment

　　Using the discussion forum

　　Week 1 (11 July – 17 July)

　　What is academic style?

　　Extended writing

　　Structure of a paragraph

　　Writing topic and supporting sentences

　　Managing the reading on your course

　　Looking for signposts in text

　　The paragraph and its elements

　　Talking about grammar reference terms

　　The sentence

　　Simple and complex sentences

　　Forms of instruction and learning at university

　　The challenges and benefits of independent learning

　　Grammar and Vocabulary Review 1

　　Assignment 1

　　Week 2 (18 July – 24 July)

　　Fact and opinion in writing

　　Ways of supporting an opinion

　　Signposting in your writing

　　Comparing and contrasting ideas in writing

　　Cause and effect in writing

　　Making claims with care

　　Writing an essay introduction

　　Reading skills

　　Skimming practice

　　Predicting when reading

　　Speed reading

　　Present tense review

　　Using the present perfect and past simple

　　Countable and uncountable nouns

　　Articles and nouns

　　Adjectives and adverbs

　　Formal and informal vocabulary

　　Hedging language

　　Language for comparing and contrasting

　　Building your academic vocabulary

　　Managing your study time

　　Developing your vocabulary

　　Using tutor feedback to improve

　　Organising your independent study time

　　Grammar and Vocabulary Review 2

　　Assignment 2

　　Week 3 (25 July – 31 July)

　　Representing data in academic written work

　　Describing graphs and tables

　　Creating a text that holds together

　　What is plagiarism?

　　Choosing your words carefully

　　Writing a conclusion

　　Understanding an essay title

　　Thinking critically about what you read

　　Understanding references in text

　　Scanning for specific information

　　Reading an introduction

　　Ensuring your notes are useful

　　Adding the cohesion in a text

　　Past tense review

　　Basic punctuation

　　Prepositions

　　Continuous forms

　　Word building

　　Note-taking when reading

　　Dictionary use and learning

　　Grammar and Vocabulary Review 3

　　Assignment 3

　　Week 4 (1 August – 7 August)

　　Structuring your writing

　　Supporting with sources

　　How to paraphrase

　　Plagiarism revisited

　　The reference list for an essay

　　Searching for good reading material

　　Writing summaries from reading materials

　　Identifying source references in texts

　　Expressing purpose

　　Gerunds and infinitives

　　Future forms

　　Modal verbs

　　Confusable words

　　Planning to write an essay

　　Identifying study priorities

　　Working with others

　　Ways of learning

　　Grammar and Vocabulary Review 4

　　Assignment 4

　　Week 5 (8 August – 14 August)

　　Revising what you have written

　　Proofreading

　　Presenting your written work

　　The assessment of your coursework

　　Completing and submitting written assignments

　　Developing your ability to evaluate

　　Different kinds of academic assignment

　　Passive and active forms

　　Conditional forms

　　The past perfect

　　Common mistakes

　　A day on a university course in the UK

　　Developing new skills on your course

　　Avoiding stress during your studies

　　Contact with university staff

　　Grammar and Vocabulary Review 5

　　Assignment 5

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