Past students on the programme have gone on to successful careers in a number of areas including further study at British universities - some at undergraduate level and some at postgraduate level. The aim of the course is both to develop your listening and speaking skills so that you can take a full part in university life, and to develop your reading and writing skills so that you are able to do the research necessary for your academic essays. The aim is to develop your knowledge of these subjects and to study them from a European point of view. Your language tutors will give you guidance in how to write academic essays in English. Past tutorial topics have ranged from Linguistics to Film Studies, from Journalism to the European Union, from D.H. Lawrence to the British Education System.
Students wishing to complete a full academic year in Oxford can stay for a third term.
Students on the extended programme with a good level of English may be able to take the award-bearing version of the course and qualify for an Advanced Diploma. Apart from allowing for consolidation of your English language skills and another chance to take a Cambridge Examination, you will be able to continue with tutorials in your subject area and follow a course of lectures on a wide range of topical themes. Students on the award-bearing version of this course write their extended essay in the third term. The formal contact time amounts to approximately 15 hours per week, but, in addition, students are expected to undertake private study and language laboratory work. You will be taught in small classes, seminar groups and tutorial groups.