English Master's Prep Course
During this English Master’s Prep Course, you will be prepared for productive academic use of English (writing and speaking) at the C1 level that is recommended for a Master’s program.
The writing components of the course focus on writing in an academic setting. This includes using academic register and style, clearly structuring your text and properly incorporating and referencing source material. Since critical reflection and communicating with nuance are important both in speaking and writing, the course also covers critical reading, analyzing source material and providing feedback.
You will improve your speaking skills by means of discussions and other speaking assignments and you will be trained to avoid common pronunciation mistakes in English. There are activities in active listening and notetaking in order to obtain relevant information, and you are also taught to communicate in a culturally diverse context.
Target audience
The course is aimed at students currently enrolled in a Dutch-taught Bachelor’s program who wish to prepare for an English-taught Master’s program. However, the course is also open to students in an English-taught Bachelor’s who do not feel they are at a Master’s level of English yet.
On completion of the course, you will be able to
- critically read and reflect on source information;
- properly incorporate and reference sources;
- write an academic position paper in your own field;
- produce spoken and written English at C1 level in terms of grammar and vocabulary;
- speak intelligibly and with relatively high fluency both online and in live settings;
- make spoken or written information accessible to a different audience and/or in a different medium or register, also taking into account differences in cultural background.
Specifics
- This course is taught on campus.
- 80% attendance is required. Lessons are not recorded for later viewing.
- The language of instruction in the course is English.
- Language learning takes time! In this course, you are expected to spend approximately 8 hours a week on independent study.
- The Language Center reserves the right to cancel the course should enrollment numbers prove to be insufficient.
English Master's Prep Course in short
| Duration and course format | 13 x 2-hour classes, up to 8 hours independent study per week 6 ECTS |
| Start | End of January |
| Course fee |
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| Level | From B2 to C1 (Common European Reference Framework) |
| Read more | Course information and timetable |
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This course is intended for everyone who is highly educated. This means that you have a diploma at HAVO or VWO level and are therefore eligible for Higher Education in the Netherlands.
In our conditions, you can find more information about the registration period etc.
If you do not know if the level of this course is appropriate for you, you can do the Student English Language Assessment (SELA) to get an indication of your language level.
Student at Tilburg University
- Students can register and deregister during the registration period via OSIRIS.
- On the page cashing in language vouchers, you can find, amongst other things, more information about how to register if you have no vouchers or insufficient vouchers and the registration period.
Read our conditions before registration.
Staff member at Tilburg University
- Tilburg University employees can take this language course at a reduced rate. The costs can be paid by yourself or by your employer. Please indicate this on the registration form.
- Registration is possible from the moment the timetable for the course is available.
Check the (de-)registration deadlines.
Read our conditions before registration.
Alumnus of Tilburg University
- Tilburg University alumni can take this language course at a reduced rate. The costs can be paid by yourself or by your employer. Please indicate this on the registration form.
- Registration is possible from the moment the timetable for the course is available.
Check the (de-)registration deadlines.
Read our conditions before registration.
External participant
- Professionals from outside Tilburg University can take this language. The costs can be paid by yourself or by your employer. Please indicate this on the registration form.
- Registration is possible from the moment the timetable for the course is available.
Check the (de-)registration deadlines.
Read our conditions before registration.