These courses are ideal for anyone who wants to improve their English in order to progress to a university course, or for work or social purposes. Course dates and fees are available in the application form to the right.

Our English with Academic Skills (EAS) courses offer you:

• High quality courses in a university context
• A language learning environment which encourages hard-work and serious study
• Relevant content that will improve your English language ability and study skills
• Interactivity between you and your teachers, with other students and the University environment
• Clear and informative feedback on written and spoken English
• Assessment to measure your progress
• Development of your independence as a student
• Support through tutorials and our excellent support facilities

Choosing the right course

We offer 4 different full-time English with Academic Skills courses (subject to availability) to suit students with different levels of English. The table below will tell you which course is right for your current level of English and which courses you need to do to reach the required level for your degree course.

Each course takes 12 weeks to complete and successful completion will raise your IELTS score by the equivalent of one point. In order to successfully complete the course you need to attend a minimum of 85% of the course and have a minimum pass rate of 50% in our tests. If you pass our course you will not need to take IELTS again.

There are 3 12-week EAS entry-points per year, usually starting in September, January, and May/June. Please refer to our Application form for exact dates.

Each 12-week course also has a 6-week entry point if you need to top-up your IELTS score by 0.5 or if your current IELTS score is down in one or two elements (successful completion of the 6 week course will raise your IELTS score by 0.5 of a point).

NB The maximum class size for our EAS courses is 18. This does not apply to lectures, which can be delivered in groups of up to 80.

Your current IELTS level	Your current CEF level	EAS course available to you	IELTS score after successful completion of six week course	IELTS score after successful completion 12 weeks	Progression to:
1-3 or less than 100 hours of English language study	A1-A2	We do not offer courses for beginner or elementary level students
3	A2-B1	Basic	3.5	4	EAS foundation course (IELTS score of 4 required)
4	B1-B2	Foundation	4.5	5	Foundation Degree (IELTS score of 5 required)
5	B2-C1	Competent	5.5	6	Undergraduate Degree (IELTS score of 6 required)
6	C1+	Advanced	6.5	7	Postgraduate Degree (IELTS score of 7 required)

Learning and Teaching

Many students are interested to know how, when and what they will be taught on our English with Academic Skills courses and how they will learn.

Each week you will have:

• 15 core language lessons of 50 minutes each which cover the key course content including: Reading and Writing, Listening and Speaking and Grammar
• Five lectures which focus on different areas including British Life, Study Skills, Pronunciation Vocabulary, and Specialist Vocabulary
• Up to ten hours self-study
• Directed self-study on your Extended Language Practice (ELP). The ELP helps you to develop your language skills as you chose an area of personal academic interest to explore in depth. Guidance will be given in lessons and individual tutorials. You will give a presentation to your class and at the end of the course you will submit a written assignment. Your marks for the ELP will be entered on your end of course certificate You will also have two individual tuition sessions each term. The main purpose of these is to give you advice about your - Extended Language Practice work. It will also be an opportunity for you to discuss other aspects of your language learning with one of our teachers.

Course outlines

These documents provide more information on what you will do on each course:

• EAS Basic
• EAS Foundation
• EAS Competent
• EAS Advanced

Accommodation

Full information on accommodation types, costs and current availability can be found on our accommodation pages.

Social activities

There is a wide range of social activities that our students can join in with. These include:

• Visits to other cities
• Theatre trips
• Trips to Paris and Scotland
• A weekly 'International Café'
• Faculty social events
• Weekly discussions on topics of faith and society
• Students' Union sports clubs and societies
• Volunteer work in the local community

Students have to pay to join many of these activities (visits to other cities, theatre trips, and trips to Paris or Scotland) and the cost will depend upon the trip. Trips abroad will be subject to students having the correct visa (visa advice is available from our International Office).

Information about all the activities is available on notice boards and students are regularly updated on forthcoming events.

The following 12-week English with Academic Skills courses are currently available:

27 May - 16 August 2013

English with Academic Skills Courses classes are usually delivered between 9 and 1 each day; however, we do sometimes have classes from 9-4 each day.

Fee: £3300 (inc £500 deposit).

Typical student route

The following example shows a typical route a student might take to reach the required level of English Language proficiency for their chosen degree course:

If you want to study an undergraduate course starting in January that requires an IELTS score of 6.0 and your current level is 4.5, you will need to do 18 weeks of study. You would need to join the EAS Foundation course at the 6-week entry point and then also take this 12-week EAS Competent course.

The table below, taken from the above example, shows the latest point at which you would need to start the relevant EAS course in order to start your chosen degree course in time, (you could start earlier if desired). The exact dates are given on the application form so you will need to refer to these as you plan your courses.

For more information about this course please email efl@anglia.ac.uk or call +44 (0)1223 417716.

If you have further queries about progression onto Anglia Ruskin Undergraduate or Postgraduate courses please email answers@anglia.ac.uk or call: +44 (0)1223 698609.