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language tertiary

direCtion on-CAMPUS ESl

learning english

on campus

While the success of the private pathway sector is undeniable, university-led ESL provision, whereby courses
are solely run by the institution, offers many benefits too. Claire Twyman investigates.

here is no doubt that private residential junior programme for 13-to-17 with the Intensive English class covering
pathway providers – feeding year olds and a pre-sessional course for voice coaching and accent alongside the
students on to various partner those with an offer from UAL, she adds, usual components (reading, writing etc.)
t universities to study degree “We know what our international students Other programmes include University
courses – are hugely popular throughout need to succeed at Europe’s largest creative Preparedness and even Job Shadowing,
the world. The fact that the global provider university so why would we outsource and Schoberle adds that extracurricular 
Into University Partnerships www.into- this? All language centre students have the
corporate.com sold a private equity firm same ID cards as the full-time students so Percentage of students that go on to study
a 25 per cent stake in the business for a can use all the facilities.” Those not on a at the university
whopping UK£66m (US$111m) last year pre-sessional course still have to compete
(see STM September 2013, p65), having for a place on a UAL degree course, she
only launched in 2007, is illustrative of the says, but “they are given an advantage by location name of university
fact that these companies are big players on studying English within UAL because they %
the international education scene. However, have full access to all of our college sites
California State university
students enrolling on ESL courses run by and can obtain first-rate advice from our San Marcos american language 40-
uSa
universities, rather than private pathway international office”. In total, 12 per cent of and Culture institute 50
www.csusm.edu/alci
providers, also gain many benefits, and are language centre students go on to study at
able to quickly acclimatise to university life. degree level with UAL, she explains. Pittsburg State university
While the UAL Language Centre uSa www.pittstate.edu/department/ 90
The on-campus benefits is popular in countries where creative english
Saint louis university
At the University of the Arts London industries are prominent, such as Taiwan, uSa robert gordon university 80
www.slu.edu
PHoto: roBert gordon univerSity UK, “We see English language learning as edu in the USA is popular with countries uK university of the arts london lan- 100
(UAL) Language Centre http://www.arts.
the ESL Academy at the University of
Colorado Denver https://esl.ucdenver.
ac.uk/study-at-ual/language-centre/ in the
www.rgu.ac.uk
part of an international student’s journey,”
including Costa Rica, China and Libya.
guage Centre
According to Cecile Schoberle, Director
says Hannah Alexander, International
uK
12
www.ual.ac.uk/study-at-ual/
Marketing Manager. Explaining that there
of Marketing and Communications at
language-centre
the university’s Office of International
are several options for both current students
university of derby
Affairs, there are a number of programmes
on degree courses and for students hoping
uK
80
www.derby.ac.uk
to study at a UK university, including a
on offer for university-bound students,
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