English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

EAP is for students whose first language is not English. Each campus has an EAP Tutor who gives free classes and tutorials. The EAP team is part of Student Development Services.

EAP Classes

In your first weeks at UCA, you will take a short English test. This test will be marked by the EAP Tutor on your campus. Your test will show how much help you need with your English. Your EAP Tutor will email you to tell you if your attendance at EAP classes is optional, recommended or compulsory. In this email, the EAP Tutor will also give you information about when and where the classes are and what they are about.

The EAP Team design the EAP classes especially for you. For example, when teaching grammar, vocabulary and reading skills, we use texts from your course reading lists. In addition, we give writing advice classes at the time that you are writing your assignments and give presentation skills classes when you have presentations coming in your subject studies. This way, the EAP classes are always related to your main course and can help you in the right way at the right time.

EAP Tutorials

These are one-to-one sessions with the EAP Tutor, where you can get advice about the academic language in your written and spoken work. You can also ask your EAP Tutor about academic skills, such as listening and note-taking or citation and bibliography.

You must send your work to your EAP Tutor before your tutorial. This way, the EAP Tutor can read your work and have advice ready for when you arrive, and not waste time reading your work during the tutorial.

For more information on how the EAP Team can help, please see read our Service Statement.