Online classes for module EF0U01 start from Monday 8th June and continue for ten weeks. There is then a one-week break, with the intention that students will attend the following 15-week Pre-sessional course on campus. However, this plan is provisional due to the uncertainty surrounding how the Covid-19 pandemic will affect campus re-opening. Students will be updated regarding the re-opening or closure of the University of South Wales campus as soon as the information is available.
You will be sent details of the online enrolment process. There will be a Welcome Session on Thursday 4th June (details and a link will be sent to you soon) where we will check you have completed enrolment correctly and give you important information about the course.
You will have classes from Monday to Friday every week. Each day, except for Friday, is split into two lessons: Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 with a half hour break in between. There is only one lesson on Fridays.
Every day, there will be one hour where your teacher will be available for extra help and one-to-one support.
There are also daily homework / self-study tasks which students are expected to do in their own time.
Monday - Thursday
Friday
At USW we are using a platform called Microsoft Teams to run our online lessons. You will be sent a lesson link which you can use for access to all your lessons.
Attendance at all lessons is compulsory: You must attend all lessons.
As part of the standard University of South Wales procedures, an attendance register will be taken each day and failure to attend classes will be recorded. Poor attendance my may affect your final grades and stop you progressing to your chosen Degree or Master’s course.
Most of the course materials are taken from the online textbook Skillful 1. You will be sent details of how to access this.
You will have Listening, Speaking, Reading and
Writing progress tests in week 5, and assessed tasks in week 10. Marks from the
assessments will be carried over into the following 15-week course.