Online Skills for Academic Success

Online Skills for Academic Success Your journey to higher education starts here

Develop your creative and critical thinking with the online Skills for Academic Success Course

Course Facts

Course location: Delivered Online Minimum age: 16 Years

Course details The course is designed to prepare you to work effectively and confidently in an academic setting and is ideal if you wish to continue your studies in an English-speaking environment or prepare for an exam.

Using materials from National Geographic Learning and a coursebook which has been specifically designed for BSC, you will benefit from innovative material and develop online collaboration and project work skills while improving your English.

Who is it for?

Start date: Any Monday Duration: A minimum of 1 week Maximum class size: 8 Lesson Duration: 50 minutes Number of Lessons: 10 Language level: Elementary to Advanced (A2-C1) Price: From £180 per week – see page 4 for full pricing.

• Students who want to improve their ability to understand and communicate in English in an educational environment • Those who seek to widen their learning skill set through innovative learning processes • Students that want to maximise their study time and fulfil their academic capabilities

Expert teaching BSC have 90 years of educational excellence, delivering interactive language lessons through highly-qualified teachers.

Skills for Success — Academic & Career 10 Lessons Monday

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Practical Skills Learn transferable, practical techniques that will help you advance your English skills and knowledge for an academic context.

8.00–9.40 10.00–11.40 12.00–12.50 or 13:00–14:40 15:00–16:40 17.00–17.40

Study Skills This course shows students the best practices and procedures to improve their academic performance.

Course Outcomes On completion of this course, using innovative, interesting material from our partners at National Geographic Learning (NGL) and additional online digital project work, you will: • Be better prepared to work effectively and confidently in an academic setting at home, abroad or online.

• Have developed and demonstrated, using English, the 21st Century Skills that are increasingly demanded by academic intuitions.

• Have improved your teamwork, creative, presentation and critical thinking skills all while advancing your digital competency and English language ability.

• Have created a digital record of your work with an ability to operate in English that can be shown with pride to family and friends.

• Have grown in confidence and feel prepared for the next step.

Course Prices A 10% discount is added for bookings of 4 weeks or more.

• Formed new friendships with students from around the world in a collaborative and supportive online environment.

Online Skills for Academic Success £180 per week

Course Components:

Lessons per week 10 lessons

• 10 live online lessons per week (lessons are 50 minutes each) • Four lessons based on bespoke BSC/National Geographic book material and skills; six lessons of collaborative project work (including digital portfolio management) • Up to 150 minutes of guided self-study/peer-collaboration in preparation for the live lessons

1-3 week bookings £180 per week 4 weeks + 10% discount £162 per week

• Digital portfolio to host project work and demonstrate the skills being developed.

Course Requirements: You must have: • A reliable broadband internet connection • An up to date and working laptop/PC/Chrome Book/I-pad or similar, with a webcam and mic. A headset with a mic would be desirable. (A smart phone on its own will not be sufficient) It is a communicative and collaborative course and we recommend having your video feeds on throughout the lessons. The aim is to replicate a live classroom as much as possible. Should you feel uncomfortable doing this, we advise you to let us know in advance and inform your teacher in your first lesson.

By participating in the course, students agree to the digital content created being shared within British Study Centres. That said, at no point will anybody be compelled or pressured into being filmed.

Extras • For courses of 15, 20 or 25 lessons per week, our Online Skills for Success courses can be combined with Online General English or IELTS Preparation.

• myBSC can be purchased as a stand- alone product after the 3 month access has expired • Specialist Business or EAP one to one lessons are available at £60 per hour (£50/hr if 10 or more booked at one time). Lesson times can be arranged to suit student and teacher and are flexible (evenings and weekends also possible)

British Study Centres Skills for Academic Success Online delivers live, face-to-face lessons with our expert teachers via the latest videoconferencing software.

With BSC Online you can access the same high-quality, dynamic courses that you would find in our UK schools from the comfort of your own home, or wherever you may be in the world. Delivered by the same experienced, qualified teachers, you will find an online community committed to your learning and progress in English and the skills you need to succeed in today’s global landscape.

Our flipped classroom approach means you can maximise the time spent in the virtual classroom, with reading and writing activities completed before the lesson, ready for discussion and feedback in the live sessions with the teacher and fellow students.

In addition to the live online lessons with your teacher, you will also have access to hundreds of hours of specialised English material for guided self-study in your myBSC account. Your teacher will also set homework for you here. Access to myBSC is for the duration of your lessons and a further 3 months.

All our online courses include: • Access to myBSC for duration of course and for 3 months after • Pre-course level test • Needs analysis to ensure effective goal setting • Regular progress tests • One-to-one tutorials to set goals and discuss progress • Final report which details your level and achievements • Certificate of attendance upon course completion • Access to our online social programme Max class size = 8

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