English plus Academic Subjects

The Course combines English Language and academic subjects:

English for Academic Purposes Your lessons explore contemporary, cross-course themes through the medium of English and develop high-level English Language and study skills:

• sample themes: Society & Responsibilities; Oxford & University Life; World Customs & Traditions
• teaching stimuli include printed materials, study visits, on-line resources, television documentaries, DVDs and YouTube.
• language study focuses on developing advanced level competence in areas such as register, collocation and idiomatic usage and, in particular, academic study skills
• internal assessment includes formal and informal writing activities, an extended essay based on your own research and an oral presentation
• external assessment through externally validated Cambridge Exams (CAE or CPE) or IELTS, as available

You will study three subjects, each for two or three lessons per week. When submitting your application, you should select six subjects, numbered in order of preference 1-6; we make every effort to give students their first three choices when possible. Select subjects to suit your interests and future needs. In addition, private tuition in Italian, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Russian and other languages can be arranged for students at all levels for a supplementary fee.

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The course structure is:

• 10 lessons per week English language
• 9 lessons per week of 3 Academic Subjects e.g. Philosophy, Film Studies, Art and Architecture, etc

English Language Classes

• High level academic English
• Academic literacies for Higher Education
• Preparation for Cambridge or IELTS exams
• Culturally and intellectually stimulating themes

The English Language component of the course includes culturally and intellectually stimulating themes

• International identity and Global Citizenship
• Generational divide: the haves and the have-nots
• Cultural dominance, language decay and death
• Environmental degradation
• Legacy issues in the world today

Academic Subjects

We ask you to number the subject choices in order of preference from 1 to 6 (one being your first choice).

You study three subjects from the list below.

1. 1. 1. Film Adaptation: From the Page to the Screen

Explore how stories are transformed as they move from the printed page to the screen. What is lost, challenged or changed through this process of adaptation?  Each week the class will discuss the original literary text, and study the production, transmission and reception of the subsequent film.  Each week there will a screening of the film under review.

1. 1. 2. Am I Free? – The Philosophy of Freedom

Are you free?  How do we understand the idea of individual and political freedom in philosophy?

1. 1. 3. Oxford Art and Architecture

Learn about both the history of art and the history of architecture as you explore Oxford.  This course uses Oxford as an open classroom as you explore the buildings and art collections of Oxford from the Middle Ages and Renaissance to the 20th century.

1. 1. 4. Tribes: National Identity, Diversity and Tolerance

How do we define our identity in this globally connected world?  This course will examine how globalisation has changed and challenged national identity, multiculturalism and human rights – how has your ‘tribe’ changed?

1. 1. 5. J. R.R. Tolkien: Understanding Middle-Earth and the Middle Ages

Oxford is the birthplace of fantasy fiction and Tolkien’s Middle-Earth.  This course explores how Tolkien used the literature and history of the Middle Ages to create the most influential imaginative world in literature.

1. 1. 6. Art and the Museum: Exploring Oxford Creatively through its Art

Develop your creative and artistic skills as you explore the landscape and art collections of Oxford and complete your work in our new art studio.

If you would like to enrol on the English plus Academic Subjects course you must:

• be 17 years of age or over
• have a knowledge of English at or above the following:
  • IELTS score 5.5 or equivalent
    (Equivalent = B2 Common European Framework)

Personal Language Training
Students can add one-to-one English language lessons to their language classes. Lessons last 55 minutes and are charged at £57 per lesson.

Examination fees
Fees for the following examinations are currently between approximately
£150 -£210.

IELTS

Cambridge examinations
B2 First (FCE)
C1 Advanced (CAE)
C2 Proficiency (CPE)

Other examinations
TOEIC
TOEFL

Optional college weekend trips / theatre visits / excursions, etc.
Day excursions at weekends — free to £40
Theatre tickets and transport — £25 to £45
Weekend trip with overnight stay (two nights) — £70 to £300
Additional sports and other activities — £10 to £15 per week

Other costs
Stationery/book purchase (loan of books is included in fees)
General spending money — allow a minimum of £80 per week
Bus travel: single trip from £2.00; 1 week £14.50; 4 week 49.00
St Clare’s sweatshirt £20

Please note: Prices are approximate please contact us at ic.enquiries@stc