In-sessional English and Study Skills (ESS) Support
ESS Classes
The next block of the English as a Foreign Language Unit's in-sessional English & Study Skills classes start the week beginning Monday 25th January 2010. This Semester there will be a single 8-week course of classes.
If you would like to register please come to the Language Centre Office from Thursday 14 January onwards. For further ESS information please come to the Language Centre or click on the right-hand link. You can also download a Registration form, however this must be submitted at the office as a small administration fee is required.
Other Language Centre Services
Language Centre Library: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/languagecentre/library/
- books, videos/DVDs, TVs and other resources
- membership is automatic for matriculated students; others pay a small fee
Essay Checking Service: see our webpage
Recommended Resources: for a list of recommended books, audio/visual material & websites, see http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/languagecentre/efl/usefullinks/
Departments: Some departments arrange language support with us for specific students. Discuss this with your department .
Other Sources of Support
Language Exchanges
- see the noticeboard on the ground floor of the Hetherington Building
- Moodle on the Department of Adult & Continuing Education site: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/adulteducation/languages/index.html
English Conversation Programme: http://www.glasgowstudent.net/services/languagesupport/
- run by the Student Volunteer Service
- pair up with a native speaker or attend a language café
Student Learning Service (SLS): http://www.gla.ac.uk/sls/
in the MacMillan Reading Room. There is an Effective Learning Adviser for each faculty; they offer:
- workshops for all students on taught programmes
- one-to-one appointments; email: studentlearning@gla.ac.uk
Faculty of Law, Business & Social Science (LBSS), International Officer, Gayle Pringle (email: g.pringle@lbss.gla.ac.uk)
- workshops & one-to-one appointments, see: http://www.gla.ac.uk/faculties/lbss/forstudents/international/
