Del Degan says the courses are designed to help give new non-English students an extra edge before they begin their degrees. The experience should also give them a realistic sense of what their English skills are like. Some francophone students have gone out west and successfully worked in summer jobs in English and they don't think it will be a big deal to come to an English university. But the types of demands that are placed on a language when you are waiting on tables or cleaning hotel rooms aren't the same as when you're sitting in a university classroom. As is the case with most of the centre's offerings, courses will be broken up into sections catering to students with different levels.
All students have to take a language placement exam before being registered in a course.
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