Transcript for the video embedded on the Undergraduate pre-sessional English page.
(Upbeat music. Aerial shots of campus. Text on screen says: ‘Prepare for academic study’.)
(Harry Harrop sits on a chair in the Language Zone. Text on screen says: ‘Harry Harrop, Programme Leader, Undergraduate pre-sessional’)
Harry: Studying a pre-sessional course at Leeds allows you to experience and adapt to academic study in the UK ahead of your course.
(Bee Bond sits in an office on campus, smiling. Text on screen says: ‘Bee Bond, Deputy Director, University of Leeds Language Centre’.)
Bee: The main reason that students choose to take a pre-sessional course is because we support students to meet the academic language requirements that are needed to enter their degree programme.
(Students studying at laptops and talking in the classroom.)
Bee: Beyond that, we take you further so that you are not just meeting those language requirements in the way that you would if you were taking a language test, but that you also start to understand how to study within this particular university.
(Students walking up to the University campus and Parkinson building.)
(Saaya sits on a chair in the Language Zone. Text on screen says: ‘Saaya, Pre-sessional student’.)
Saaya: I think the pre-sessional course helped me a lot about my degree course.
(Students sit reading and and making notes in the library.)
Saaya: I could acquire the academic writing skills, the research skills, and note-taking techniques, and it was also useful for me to learn how to write academic essay.
(Students walk together on campus.)
(Harry Harrop sits, smiling, in the Language Zone.)
Harry: At university, we expect students to engage with their studies, to have opinions, to be able to evaluate, to criticise, to do all of these quite complex activities that are a challenge, particularly when English isn't their first language.
(Harry teaches in a classroom, and talks to students.)
Harry: On the pre-sessional course, we’re preparing students to be able to take a full part in university study, so we are preparing them for listening to lectures, coping with seminars, having the confidence to speak in discussions with other students, the ability to communicate in writing effectively, and a whole range of other tasks that are expected of students at university level.
(Haokun sits on a chair in the Language Zone. Text on screen says: Haokun, Pre-sessional student)
Haokun: The education system and the grading criteria, it's really different between China and the UK.
(Students talk to tutors and study on laptops in the classroom.)
Haokun: So if you go to the pre-sessional language course, you can understand how the professor will assess your assignment. It can give you guidance to know how can you get good grades in your degree course. I think it's really helpful.
(Mick Parkin sits, smiling, in an office on campus. Text on screen says: ‘Mick Parkin, Deputy Director, University of Leeds Language Centre’.)
Mick: During your time here, we'll help you become more familiar with the facilities available, such as online systems, libraries, which means when you actually start your degree programme, all of that preparation is out of the way.
(Students read and make notes together in the library.)
Mick: You're not new, you're not finding your feet. You can just concentrate on your study right from day one.
(Mindy sits in a chair in the Language Zone. Text on screen says: ‘Mindy, Pre-sessional student’.)
Mindy: I came along in Language Zone for making friends because I come from another country and yeah, it was a lovely and amazing opportunity to make good friends.
(Students play a board game together in a café.)
Mindy: We can practice speaking English very nicely in friendly environment. Yeah, that's cool.
(Freshta sits in a chair in the Language Zone. Text on screen says: ‘Freshta, Pre-sessional student’.)
Freshta: We can use the opportunity and time to open a bank account and settle in a really good way and have the time to prepare for our degree.
(Students walking together on campus, and aerial shots of campus. Screen goes to black and text reads ‘Find out more at leeds.ac.uk/language-centre’)