1. 2015 Pre-sessional Programme
Independent Learning
Week 7: Next Steps:
Making the Most out of the
University Experience

2. Activity:
§ How will you manage change in the
following situations?
– Most of your classmates are native English
speakers
– Your lecturer speaks very quickly
– You are assigned 3 essays in different
modules, which are due in on the same day
– You live in a house with friends who all
speak your first language, and you want
more exposure to English

3. Discussion:
§ How will you continue to practice English
after the pre-sessional?
§ What might be some challenges to
maintaining motivation during your course?
§ What strategies will you use to maintain
your motivation to learn English during
your course?

4. Exams
§ Any further questions about exams?

5. Homework
§ You might want to blog about your
preferred revision strategies this week and/
or times when you have found revision
quite challenging

6. Any Questions?

7. Extra Support
• Extra one-to-one support sessions are
available. Sign up in the LRC on Avenue
Campus
• Support groups are running on a number of
useful topics. Sign up with me!
• Conversation cafes are taking place in the
Avenue courtyard at lunchtimes. Just go
along!