THE COURSE

  • You will develop the receptive skills (reading and listening) which you need to follow an English-language course at the university.

  • This course focuses explicitly on the specific characteristics of the more formal academic style. The primary emphasis is on academic vocabulary.

  • You learn to apply the academic register while writing summaries and abstracts.

  • You brush up that important grammar you’d forgotten.

  • Practical exercises give you the opportunity of improving your presentation skills.  

FOR WHOM?

This course is intended for those with a good basic knowledge of English who wish to further  develop their English language (academic) skills further.

Enrolment is open to VUB students and staff.

 

TEACHER

Charlotte Bollansée

 

WHERE AND WHEN?

ONLINE VIA BIG BLUE BUTTON (CANVAS)

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Number of hours: this course is a blended-learning course consisting of 20 hours of synchronous online classes and 10 hours of asynchronous online self-study learning (i.e.3 lesson hours/week in total). It lasts for one semester and is offered in both the first and second semesters.

Please note: all Academic English courses take place online on Monday between 11am and 1pm. We are aware of the chance that you have on-campus lessons taking place immediately before or after the Academic English lessons. Should that be the case, we kindly invite you to proactively find a quite sqace where you can attend and actively participate in the Academic English lessons. Since attendance and active participation in class are highly encouraged, students who cannot attend one out of two contact hours due to a lesson overlap will not be able to enrol in this course.

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

25

CERTIFICATE

Participants who have completed the course successfully will receive a certificate from ACTO stating the level, the number of hours and the final result.

 

REGISTRATION CONDITIONS

Register by 15 February 2022 at the latest. 

In 21-22 this course is only intended for VUB students who can take this course as an optional course in their study program.

To be sure that this is the right course for you, you first take a placement test. You cannot enrol for the course without passing this test. Participants who have already taken an ACTO Academic English course can continue with the follow-up course without having to sit the placement test again. 

Please note: the placement tests are always scheduled before the course commences. That means that you already have to enrol for this course before the start of the semester. Unfortunately, you cannot join the course once it has started.

REGISTRATION FORM

Registration is closed.