Pre-Sessional Summer Courses

The Pre-Sessional Course is a full time course which is designed to improve students' English to a level at which they are able to undertake postgraduate study at Cardiff Metropolitan. 

Learning and Teaching:

The Pre-Sessional Course focuses on developing language skills and covers the four skills of Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing in an academic context.

The timetable will include language lessons and skills lessons focussing on the four skills, academic vocabulary lessons, language production and tutorials.  Students will have the opportunity to develop a language portfolio of work.

The course will be delivered in person, face to face, on campus in Cardiff.  If students are joining the 14 week course, there is the opportunity to study the first four week 'bridging course' online before coming to Cardiff.  Please note that the student visa will cover the in person face to face element of the course only - students must be studying in Cardiff for the duration of their visa.

If students follow this route, online elements of the course will be delivered on MS Teams - they will need access to a laptop with webcam and microphone.

For all course options, materials will be provided, but it is recommended that students have access to an advanced English learner dictionary to support their studies.  They will need access to a laptop throughout the course.

Assessment:

Students will be assessed in each of the four skills of Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing at the end of the course.  A minimum of C1 on the CEFR must be attained overall and minimum of B2 on the CEFR in each skill.

The assessments will take the format of exams and tests covering the four skills of Listening, Reading and Writing and conversation, including extended discussion, for Speaking.