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Support for International Students from DLC

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Classes begin from 5th June 2025 onwards, which are open to all international students or students whose first language is not English. There is no need to sign up to these sessions, come along on the day. All online classes are delivered through the Microsoft Teams site. Recordings will be shared on the Teams site, which is linked in the QR code below. For further details including a detailed timetable, please see the In-sessional English courses page on the University website.


Recordings will be shared on ‘In-sessional support 2024-25’ Teams group  

 

QR code linking to teams site

Online classes

5th June  

Referencing and paraphrasing  

  

12th June  

Cohesion (improving sentences)  

  

19th June  

Coherence (developing paragraphs and arguments)  

  

26th June  

Improving academic style  

  

3rd July 

Becoming a more critical reader, thinker, and writer  

  

10th July  

Presentation skills  

  

17th July 

Communication skills (discussion skills and group work)  

  

24th July 

How to access higher grades  

  

 

For individual support (June – August) you can email englishsupport@derby.ac.uk to ask questions or to book a 1 -1 appointment to discuss your work.   

Please note englishsupport@derby.ac.uk is an advisory and support service and not a proofreading service.

We can offer feedback on things like structure, style and development of arguments and part of this could include some feedback on grammatical and language use accuracy. To do this we will look at 1-2 pages of work. To get the most from this service, you should indicate which section you want us to focus on and highlight specific questions for us.