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Academic English Support

Could you use some free, professional help with all that reading or with writing, with getting good notes from lectures, with participating more in seminars or with speaking clearly?

Sign up, provide some diagnostic information then meet with a UBC English language teaching specialist – your English language coach. Your coach will review your information and have a draft learning plan ready for you to discuss, and agree on priorities.

The Plan will include carefully selected self-study websites and/or short, focused courses, mostly online. Your coach will check in on your progress through the plan and give you some individual coaching where needed. Find out more at www.aes.ubc.ca.

Language Proficiency Index (LPI)

To complete a first-year English course, you must pass the LPI exam or be exempt from taking it. Many UBC undergraduate programs require students to complete at least three credits of first-year English. This requirement does not apply to exchange students.

You may register in a first-year English course before you complete the LPI requirement. But to remain registered, you must complete the LPI exam and score a level 5 (30/40) or higher.

Students who do not complete their LPI and English requirements within a certain number of credits may not be able to register in required courses. For information on LPI exemptions and deadlines, visit the Department of English website.

If you have trouble passing the LPI, contact your faculty advising office.

Questions?

Email: first-year.english@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.4247 or 604.822.4259

Writing 098

If you score less than a level 5 on the essay section of the LPI exam, you may not be permitted to register in a full course load until your English ability improves. The UBC Writing Centre offers Writing 098 (WRIT 098), a composition and grammar course that prepares students for university-level writing and for the LPI exam.

If you complete this course, you will receive an extended LPI deadline and priority on wait-lists for first-year English courses.

Questions?

Visit the Writing Centre website or call 604.822.9564.

English language classes at I. House

Improve your English skills by taking language classes on vocabulary building, improving your speaking skills, and learning about Canadian culture. Register in person at I. House at the beginning of each term. These classes fill up quickly, so register early.

UBC Continuing Studies, English Language Institute (ELI)

The ELI offers 16-week and 8-week intensive English programs with start dates throughout the year. The ELI also offers three- or four-week Language and Culture programs in the winter, spring and summer, and an English for Business Communications program in June/July.

Questions?

Email: esl@cstudies.ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.1555

 

 

 

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