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Improve your English with this free module for registered students who are native speakers of English. Focus on developing your understanding of grammar, style and academic conventions in your writing at university via interactive classes and tutorials.
Our in-sessional English for Academic Purposes (EAP) short courses are free modules, available to students who are already registered on a course at the University.
The EAP Academic Writing for Native Speakers of English is suitable for you if your first language is English, but you would benefit from improving your academic writing skills. The interactive classes will help you to succeed in your main course by giving you practice in improving clarity, cohesion, argumentation and critical evaluation in your academic writing. You will also learn strategies for avoiding plagiarism and for proofreading and correcting work. Targeted feedback and advice will be available through tutorial time.
The module requirement is that you attend two hours per week over one semester. As well as the main taught session, the module includes weekly tutorial time, which is offered on a rotational basis. Tutorials are used to give individual feedback and advice and are an important element of learning.
Please note, this course is usually taken in addition to your main course, so it does not count towards this. When you enrol, you can choose between accredited and non-accredited versions of the module. Once you have chosen which version of the module to take, you will not usually be allowed to transfer between the two.
If English is your second language, or you have learned it as a foreign language, EAP In-Sessional English for Academic Purposes will be more appropriate for you.
Our language classes are all interactive and flexible. Each session ranges from whole class activities to group work, pair work and individual tasks. You may be involved in discussions and teamwork, activities using online language tools, producing written work, analysing texts, and participating in grammar and vocabulary review activities. Several different types of activity are usually present within each session.
Sessions are fully supported by Canvas, where you will have access to key information and resources, as well as the ability to practise activities and submit work for feedback. You will be directed to the Language Centre for homework and self-directed study and have access to Sanako Language Laboratory facilities, plus a range of language learning materials and the advice of the Language Technician.
If you choose to enrol on the accredited version of the course, you will need to complete one piece of time-constrained writing, designed to test all learning outcomes. Students who pass the assessment will be awarded an Undergraduate Certificate of Achievement.
If you choose to take the non-accredited version, you will be taught in the same way as the accredited version, but you will not complete any assessments. If you attend regularly, you will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance.
We don’t currently display entry requirements for United States. Please contact the Student Admin team on studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk or 0191 515 3154.
This course is open to students who are already registered at the University of Sunderland.
If you have any questions, please contact: eap.administrator@sunderland.ac.uk.
For more information and to apply, visit the EAP apply page.
This course is free to students who are already registered at the University of Sunderland.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
Improving your English and academic skills will help you to be more successful on your main course, but will also help you when it comes to looking for graduate employment. The skills you learn from this course will be invaluable throughout your future career.