LN952
Discussion
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Dr Alison Standring
Requisites
Additional requisites:
This course is for students who speak English as a foreign language.
Course content
This course is designed to help students enhance their spoken English fluency, accuracy, and confidence when engaging in both academic and everyday conversations. Each session explores a different theme or topic, integrating vocabulary development, discourse strategies, and interactive speaking tasks. Students will practice expressing ideas clearly, responding appropriately in discussions, and using language flexibly across a range of contexts. The skills developed in this course are transferable and will support effective communication at LSE and in broader UK academic and social environments.
Teaching
This is a 4-week course consisting of four 1-hour classes. The course will be offered at different times during the academic year namely: AT Wks 2-5; AT Wks 7-10; WT Wks 2-5 and WT Wks 7-10.
Key facts
Department: Language Centre
Course Study Period: Autumn Term
Unit value: Non-credit bearing
FHEQ Level: not applicable
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: Unavailable
Average class size 2024/25: Unavailable
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