A three-week intensive International English Language Testing System (IELTS) preparation course taught at the University's Language Centre. The course is designed to prepare candidates for the Academic Training Module in the IELTS examination.
The secondary focus of the course, but in many ways the far more important one, is the strengthening and development of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and the associated key transferable skills, such as presentation skills, academic authoring, which are the abilities required of any student going into UK Higher Education.
This aspect of the course will be drawn from the Language Centre's own English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programmes which are tailored to the needs of Cambridge undergraduate and postgraduate students.The course includes a full mock IELTS examination taken at the end of the second week.At the end of the three-week course, participants who wish to can sit the full IELTS examination in Cambridge.
Period
08-07-2012 - 29-07-2012 (3 weeks)
Target group
The programme is aimed at students who already hold an overall band score of at least 5.5 on the IELTS scale and who wish to upgrade their score in order to gain admission to a British university.
Course aim
The course is designed to prepare candidates for the Academic Training Module in the IELTS examination. The course draws upon many successful factors of the EAP programme, but is aimed towards those who have not yet achieved the 6.0 level required.
Credits
0.0 ECTS credits
Course fee
EUR 0: TBC
Course leader
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University of Cambridge
Address: Madingley Hall Madingley
Postal code: CB23 8AQ
City: Cambridge
Country: Great Britain
Website: http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/intsummer/
E-mail: intenq@ice.cam.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1223 760850
IELTS Preparation Course
