Prepare for success in graduate school and beyond!

This four-week course is ideal for students entering into, or planning to apply to, a master's or doctoral program in the United States. 

Our classes are designed to:

• build English language fluency and confidence when speaking English in the graduate classroom, with professors, and with colleagues
• fine-tune your academic writing skills
• improve your pronunciation skills
• develop your presentation skills and increase your confidence in spoken English
• bridge the gap between everyday English and academic English you will need for success in your area of study

In addition to these program objectives, classes focus on:

• research and writing expectations specific to your field
• advanced discipline-specific terminology
• practice with the Socratic method used in classrooms across the disciplines
• speaking skills necessary to succeed in your field
• engagement across the university so you become familiar with the campus and its various offices and services prior to the start of your program