English Language Support Programme (ELSP)
This year-long course is designed to help students with English as an additional language to improve their academic English. Classes are 50 minutes long and take place once per week during term time. Students are welcome to join the course at any stage during the year. Review classes will allow returning students to revise the skills they have learnt and new students to catch up on earlier classes.
Students will develop their skills through practical in-class exercises. Additional resources will help students to build their independent language learning abilities outside the classroom.
The course covers:
- structure (reading strategies, academic text structure, paragraph structure)
- style (formal language, writing concisely, using source material)
- sentences (clauses, sentence types)
- grammar (tenses, articles, prepositions, pronouns, active and passive)
- vocabulary (building vocabulary, summarising)
Students who attend 75% will receive a Certificate of Completion.
2022 workshops for English Language Support Programme available soon (printable copy)
Further information can be found on Learn
Note: Students who prefer not to join regular classes may wish to attend the Reading and Writing for English Language Learners workshops.Dates and times
- Every Tuesday throughout the year during term time between 11 am to 11.50 am. First class this semester is Tuesday, 20 July. Students are welcome to join the course at any stage during the year.: passed
- PRE-SEMESTER English Language Support - Tuesday, 8 February 2022 between 9.30 am to 12.50 pm (enrol here, or email academicskills@canterbury.ac.nz) : enrolment and venue>>
Even if this workshop is fully booked, it is likely there will be space on the day, so feel free to turn up.