English for Academic Purposes

English for Academic Purposes

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  • Academic Writing Reading and Grammar
    • Thesis Writing Option A (for registered MPhil/PhD students)
    • Thesis Writing Option B (for MPhil/PhD students)
    • Advanced Grammar Course
    • Academic Writing Course
    • Academic Reading Course
    • LLM Academic Legal Writing Skills
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Academic Writing, Reading, Advanced Grammar

These three one-term courses for non-native speakers of English run for 8 weeks in Term 1 and Term 2 (6 weeks in Term 3), with one two-hour class each week, as follows: 

The Academic Writing Course covers the structures, organisation, conventions and language of academic writing as required for undergraduate (BA/BSc) and taught masters (MA/MSc) students together with guidance on appropriate grammar and style.

Academic Reading is open to anyone looking for specific help with reading skills. The course is sometimes recommended by departmental tutors to students who find this area difficult in their academic study.

Advanced Grammar is a course open to all who wish to improve their English grammar further for writing and/or academic speaking. The level is suitable for upper intermediate speakers (e.g. IELTS 6.5) and above.

Thesis Writing (Option A, Option B)

If you are registered for an MPhil or PhD, you should initially choose Thesis Writing Option A. Option B is tailored to final-year students writing up the chapters of their PhD thesis.

Specialised English (for LLM students at UCL only)

Students enrolled on the LLM course at UCL are advised to develop their writing through LLM Academic Legal Writing Skills, a two-term course run over 19 weeks.