The Certificate in English for Academic Purposes course are open to students at the intermediate level( minimum of 4.0 IELTS) and above who want to improve their English so that they are able to take up an academic course at either undergraduate or postgraduate level or to be proficient enough for business and social reasons. The course will also help you to improve your General English skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening.

TheCertificate in English for Academic Purposes courses are open to students who have been given an offer to study at the University be it at the undergraduate level or Postgraduate level in any discipline i.e Art, Education, Commerce etc.

The Certificate in English for Academic Purposes course are meant for students who are academically motivated and come from countries where the final school leaving certificate is not accepted for direct entry onto an undergraduate or postgraduate programme wither because they would have completed it in their native language or they have not attained the grades as required. This is normally the case where students have either 12 years or 10 years of formal education.

Such Motivated students are normally given a conditional offer where they would need to complete our Certificate in English for Academic Purposes course and attain a standard that is satisfactory(see table below) and pass the first module of the Uniprep/Foundation course or either Undergraduate or Postgraduate level course depending on their point of entry.

The school does not generally allow any other English language results unless there are evidences to show the modules that the students have covered under the course.

Failure to complete the English course successfully will mean that the student have not fulfilled the conditions offered, the school will therefore have the right to withdraw the student from the academic course. The school has the right to however, allow the students to proceed with the undergraduate or Foundation course with Certificate in English for Academic Purposes simultaneously on condition that they have a high score in their placement test but still does not meet the entry requirements as stipulated below.

Students need not take an IELTS or TOEFL if they have successfully completed our Certificate in English for Academic Purposes courses for entry into Oxford Business Courses.

Students study for a minimum of 12 weeks for 20 hours each week. As part of the course, we provide IELTS preparation classes and Academic writing skills so that they can achieve the IELTS score they require for entry onto either a Uniprep or Foundation course.

This course is not open to students at starter or Elementary levels or below IELTS 4.0.

Class sizes are normally small to allow close attention from teachers.

Objectives

• For accuracy in the use of language
• For Language fluency
• For academic writing purposes
• For communicative purposes
• To prepare students to read with understanding from a range of academic texts and be able to use them to discuss , write , debate and explain.