The English Language Hub is excited to announce that, after Christmas, some of your favourite Academic English workshops will be taking place live on your campus, as well as online.

Are you ready to improve your academic English writing? Do you want to practise paraphrasing techniques? Or perhaps review some essential grammar for writing? Now you can develop these skills face to face with one of our academic English lecturers, on campus!

What’s New?

  • On campus: Join the workshop after your class on campus, no need to log onto a device.
  • In-Person Interaction: Collaborate and engage with your classmates and lecturers face to face in the classroom,
  • Communicative: Greater opportunity for groupwork, discussions and speaking skills practice.
  • Feedback: Receive immediate feedback and guidance on your work.
  • Materials: Receive hard/paper copies of all our useful handouts and worksheets.

Upcoming Workshops (1 hour) include:


Birmingham

  • Wednesday 15/01/25 12.00pm – Language Tools for Research: Paraphrasing (Thomas Sutcliffe)
  • Tuesday 21/01/25 1.30pm – Improving Your Academic Vocabulary (Sara Foster)
  • Friday 24/01/25 11.00am – Improve Your Academic Style (Roger Blanton Jr)

Leeds

  • Monday 13/01/25 12.00pm – Tips to Improve Your Essay (Hannah Johnson)
  • Monday 13/01/25 1.00pm – Tips to Improve Your Essay (Hannah Johnson)

Manchester

  • Tuesday 14/01/25 1.30pm – Improve your Academic Writing Style (Chloe Lofas)
  • Thursday 16/01/25 2.00pm – Improving Your Academic Vocabulary (Sara Foster)

London Tower Hill

  • Thursday 16/01/25 1.30pm – Grammar Clinic: Articles and Verb Tenses (Leonie Rowland)
  • Thursday 30/01/25 11.30am – Grammar Clinic: Cautious Language and Passives (Hazel Roberts)

London Holborn:

  • Thursday 16/01/25 1.30pm – Improve Your Academic Style (Sinead McCabe)
  • Tuesday 21/01/25 12.30pm – Language Tools for Paraphrasing (Hayley Espinoza-Smith)

London Ealing

  • Tuesday 21/01/25 1.00pm - Improve your Academic Writing Style (Cristiana Rodrigues)

Where?

Contact englishlanguagehub@arden.ac.uk to find out the room number for your workshop!
 

Seats are limited, so reserve yours now!
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