English Language Support Programme
Help with English while you study at the University of Surrey: The School of English and Languages offers an English Language Support Programme to both undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Surrey.
About the Course
Online Reading and Grammar Tests
You may come to The School of English and Languages at any time if you feel you need help with communication in English for your studies. However, all new undergraduate and postgraduate non-native speakers of English are given a diagnostic test in induction week. This is not a pass/fail test, but gives us an idea of any communication problems that students may face while at the University. After the test, your department may advise you to take some of our programmes. However, all students at the University may follow our programmes, and each year almost 50% of all students attending do so as a personal choice.
English Language Support Programmes are for all University students, not just speakers of English as a second or foreign language. Many native English speakers also benefit from the programmes that we offer.
The English Language Support Programmes (ELSP) can help, if any of the following apply to you:
- feel you need language improvement to help you become more confident
- have language difficulties which might affect your academic performance
- wish to improve your study skills
- need practice at essay writing or technical report writing
- find note-taking from lectures difficult
- are preparing to write a thesis
- have never studied in the United Kingdom before
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Registration
After competing all tests, you should register early to secure a place in a class but not until you have your departmental timetable. You will receive an email to say whether your application has been successful.
Registration for the English Language Support programme in semester 2 opens on 14th January.
The classes
Most courses consist of one 50-minute lesson per week, over 9 weeks. Please note that Academic Vocabulary and Avoiding Plagiarism are 4 week courses.
There are no classes or tutorials during vacation periods.
Dates of classes in Semester 2
Monday 4th February - Friday 3rd May
