Communicative and Cultural English
In term 2 you can continue your oral communication skills development and confidence by enjoying our new versions of the courses we ran in term 1. Our Oral Communication Skills workshops focus on fun, daily life and making friends, while Current Issues is an excellent way to improve your discussion skills and the way in which you articulate your critical thoughts. Both these courses are very popular and receive lots of positive feedback from attending students.
Also on offer in term 2 is our Conversation Café - scroll down for more details.
Oral Communication Skills
There are two separate, five-session courses. OCS 1 is taught on the Streatham campus and OCS 2 is taught at St Luke's.
Choose the best time for you and sign up. Signing up for one session will automatically sign you up for all subsequent sessions in the time slot. You can join the sessions at any point during the series.
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Current Issues - Seminar Discussion
Eight independent discussion sessions giving participants the opportunity to express themselves on complex topics. This course is very useful for practicing and improving seminar discussion skills. A different topic of current importance in the world is chosen each week.
There are two opportunities to attend in term 2. Sign up for the series of workshops at the time that is best for you. Signing up for one session will automatically sign you up for all subsequent sessions at that time. You can join the sessions at any point during the term. Both courses are taught in the INTO Building.
Sign up using the links below.
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Conversation Café
Conversation Café gives you the opportunity to develop spoken fluency in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. People from Exeter come along to these sessions and we sit in small groups where you can talk with them on any topics you like. It is an excellent and stress-free opportunity to develop spoken English fluency. Free hot drinks and biscuits are provided!
Sign up below:
- Conversation Café
2:35pm - 4:00pm, Fri Jan 24th 2025 - Conversation Café
2:35pm - 4:00pm, Fri Mar 7th 2025 - Conversation Café
2:35pm - 4:00pm, Fri Mar 14th 2025 - Conversation Café
2:35pm - 4:00pm, Fri Mar 21st 2025
4 workshops [repeated twice in the term] designed to extend strategies for clarity of expression by focusing on sound, stress and intonation in English. These workshops can improve communicative effectiveness, and also have an impact on listening comprehension and interpretation of meaning beyond that given by choice of vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Sign up by clicking on the links below. Signing up for one workshop will automatically sign you up for all subsequent workshops. You may join the workshops at any point during the course.
Pronunciation workshops (PW1)
- Vowel Sounds
12:35pm - 2:25pm, Mon Jan 20th 2025 - Consonant Sounds
12:35pm - 2:25pm, Mon Jan 27th 2025 - Word Stress
12:35pm - 2:25pm, Mon Feb 3rd 2025 - Sentence Stress
12:35pm - 2:25pm, Mon Feb 10th 2025
Pronunciation workshops (PW2)
- Vowel Sounds
12:35pm - 2:25pm, Mon Feb 24th 2025 - Consonant Sounds
12:35pm - 2:25pm, Mon Mar 3rd 2025 - Word Stress
12:35pm - 2:25pm, Mon Mar 10th 2025 - Sentence Stress
12:35pm - 2:25pm, Mon Mar 17th 2025
The University of Exeter is a hugely diverse campus with staff and students from many different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. This brings with it a wealth of rich experience and opportunities for learning important skills for the future. Cultural competence and the ability to work in diverse teams is highly prized by employers.
Our intercultural communication workshops aim to raise your awareness of the ways in which cultures differ and provide a forum for discussing practical strategies for increasing cultural competence and improving communicative skills.
In term 2 we will be running one workshop:
Workshop 1: Developing cultural competence
In our globalised world, being able to work effectively and appropriately with people from a range of backgrounds is vital. The focus of this workshop is on exploring what it means to be culturally competent, whether we can ever really be culturally competent, and what practical strategies we can put in place to improve cultural awareness and communicative skills. This is a really useful workshop for any student going on a year abroad, doing an industrial placement, undertaking Grand Challenges or just wanting an opportunity to reflect on their experiences at an international university.
Date and time: Tuesday 4th February 15.35-17.25
Room: INTO 0.02
Learn appropriate English lexis and grammar for writing a more effective CV, cover letter or application form. We also provide sessions on oral fluency for interviews.
The term 2 timetable will be updated soon.
This is a course on cultural and communicative English offered to the partners of international students and staff members who have come to Exeter but are not studying at the University. The focus is very much on communication, culture and how to get the most from your stay in Exeter. There are 9 weeks of classes with sessions being held twice each week.
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| Class Time | 10.35-12.25 |
| Dates | Tuesdays: 21st January - 18th March; Thursdays: 23rd January - 20th March |
| Location | INTO Building Lecture Theatre |
| Tutor | Jo Hughes |
If you would like to join the Family Class, please email insessional@exeter.ac.uk
