English Proficiency Programme (EPP)
Susana
"EPP is not the 'typical' English course... You will develop important skills that are required in a global world."
If your first language is not English and you have an intermediate or advanced knowledge of English, this intensive English language study programme may be suitable for you.
This twelve-week programme of intensive English language study aims to develop writing, reading, listening and speaking skills for academic study.
Susana - Student Profile
Be confident that you can do it!
I left my auditing job in Spain to be part of the EPP course at Victoria. I can now write with greater accuracy, speak more fluently and express my opinions on controversial subjects! Also, EPP taught me the essential tools for effective communication. Now, I am confident to work in an international environment.
EPP is not the 'typical' English course, here you can learn how make a presentation, how to follow a lecture and how to write and read formal documentation in a foreign language. You will develop important skills that are required in a global world.
The English Proficiency Programme improves your performance in:
- reading and listening to complex information
- taking an active part in discussions
- expressing complex ideas and facts through speech and writing
- becoming an independent learner of English
Eid - Student Profile
University in New Zealand isn’t the same as university in my home country, Saudi Arabia, where I have my undergraduate degree from. Even how an essay is written is different. Arabic sentences are far longer than English ones.
The EPP programme gave me a safe place to learn the differences and to get used to how fast New Zealanders speak! I was given enough time to concentrate on my weaknesses. Everyone in the EPP class is learning how to live in a new country as well as complete their assignments.
My advice to new students is to take responsibility for your learning and don’t be discouraged if you fail. Even making mistakes is learning.
Eid
"Everyone in the EPP class is learning how to live in a new country as well as complete their assignments."
You can join the programme three times a year, in March, July and November.
School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Phone 0-4-463 5600
Email: lals@vuw.ac.nz
Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/eli/english-proficiency-programme.aspx