English for Academic Purposes
These courses are aimed at students who wish to improve their English for Academic Purposes. There are courses for bachelor's students who wish to do a master's programme at Leiden University and who have not yet attained the required C1 level for English, as well as courses for master's student who wish to improve their academic skills in writing and presenting in English.
Bachelor's students who are planning to start an English-language MA programme in September 2012 may be interested in the Summer Pre-sessional IELTS Academic programme.
practical information
| no. of lessons: | 13 |
| preparation: | approximately 2 hours per lesson |
| target group: | students who are starting a master's degree at the University of Leiden |
| max. number of participants: | 18 |
| language of instruction | English |
| conclusion | final test and certificate |
| ECTS: | not applicable |
| course material : | The participants receive a reader in the first lesson. The reader is free of charge. |
| price: | € 330,- for students and staff of Leiden University
€ 465,- for others tariff groups |
course programme 2011-2012
| code | day | time | period |
| eap-ia | Monday | 14.15 - 17.00 hours | 10 Oct. - 17 Jan. 2011 |
| eap-ib | Monday | 14.15 - 17.00 hours | 27 Febr. - 11 June 2012 |
Holidays
2011: 3 October, 17-21 October, 24-28 December
2012: 20-24 February, 6 and 9 April, 30 April-4 May, 17 and 18 May, 28 May
Enrolment and payment
Via the link below (Enrolment for individuals) you can see how many places are still available, and you can enrol for a course.
ENROLMENT for individuals : individuals can pay by Credit Card or iDEAL.
ENROLMENT for Organisations or Institutes : we will send an invoice to the paying company/organisation.
level and admission
Conditions for course participation
- You are required to take the Dialang entrance test. For more information: entrance test .
- You should have a minimum of 120 ECTS (this will be checked by your department).
- These courses are only open to students of the University of Leiden. For practical language courses please check: general English.
The course level is indicated with the help of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
skills starting level target level listening B2+ C1 reading B2+ C1 speaking production B2+ C1 speaking interaction B2+ C1 writing B2+ C1
Click on the skills for further clarification.
Knowledge of the language is required in order to take part in this course. Participants who have a certificate from the previous course can enrol. Others are required to take an entrance test to determine their level. This is a computer test. You can do the test at the Language Centre, or you can download the test and do it at home.
Click here for the computer test .
course description
This course is aimed at students who wish to do the Master's degree but who have not yet attained the required level C1 for English. The course is based on the internationally recognised IELTS test. All four skills will be dealt with: reading, writing, listening and speaking. The topics in the lesson focus on language in an academic environment. Due to the fact that students will be required to make class presentations and engage in class discussion in the English language, attention will be paid to practising these skills in a variety of ways.
The course comprises thirteen seminars of three hours and will conclude with a test in the last session. Participants are required to attend at least 80% of the course and will receive a certificate. Students who are preparing to do a degree abroad can sit the IELTS exam. The exam is not held at the University of Leiden. During the course a workbook will be used which will be distributed during the first lesson.
Want to know what the lesson is like? Click here.