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Teaching international students

Repeated surveys confirm that most international students feel positive overall about their time in the UK, perhaps because of the many specialist advisers provided by institutions to help settle and support international students. There is less evidence of institutions addressing the needs of international students as learners. That is the focus of this workshop. It considers how staff, especially teaching staff, can adapt and develop what they do to help those new to a UK institution to learn to cope and even thrive. It also assumes that changes made to support international students will offer benefits for all learners.

There will be opportunities to discuss your own practice with colleagues from other institutions and to hear their ideas and approaches.

Workshop aim

To consider good practice recommendations in the main activities of lecturing, running seminars and teaching academic skills.

Workshop objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • be more explicit with international students about what they will be doing, what the university/college values, and what they can expect from their university/college experience
  • plan how and when to offer extra support
  • evaluate the importance of language competence in students’ experience of study in the UK
  • use strategies to reduce the negative impact of English for non-native speakers
  • use and evaluate a range of resources on teaching international students
  • identify and solve problems with the help of others on the workshop

Date, venue and course code:

  • The 2008-09 UKCISA Training Programme will be available by the end of August

Workshop details

This workshop is suitable for:
those involved in teaching international students in further or higher education.

Fees:
£145 members, £95 students’ unions, £290 non-members

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