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Full Text from the Consultation Document
13. English Language Support
13.1 The International Student Barometer for 2008 has indicated that while international students are generally satisfied with their experience at the University of Liverpool, they are less satisfied with the English language support that we provide. One reason for this is likely to be that in-sessional courses for overseas students are currently optional, uncredited and squeezed awkwardly into student timetables. This year the International Student Barometer has indicated improvements in this area with our rating up 5%; however we must ensure this is not a one-off good result, but that we can sustain and maintain improvement. To achieve this and build upon this year’s positive results, it is proposed that International English provision should be embedded within all our curricula. (This provision is already in place at XJTLU, and experience has suggested that students from XJTLU proportionally suffer less from language problems when they arrive in Liverpool.) This will only work if staff are prepared to impress upon international students the necessity of such provision; experience suggests students come to realise the deficiencies in their English in the course of their studies but do not necessarily arrive with such awareness.
13.2 In undergraduate programmes, non-native English speakers (with some exceptions) should take a credit-bearing English language support module during their first year. Such students who join the University in the second year (such as XJTLU students) or third year would be strongly advised to undertake this module, but the credit would not contribute to or form part of their award and would be additional to their main studies.
13.3 In PGT programmes, non-native English speakers would be strongly advised to take the English language support module, and as with second year undergraduates, the credit would not contribute to their award but would be additional.
13.4 In the first year of undergraduate programmes, native English speaking students would typically undertake the study skills/employability module; in order not to disadvantage the international students, the English language support module would incorporate such skills where possible.
13.5 It is proposed that:
(i) A credit-bearing English language support module be part of the first year undergraduate curricula.
(ii) A credit-bearing English language support module be provided as an optional module that would not contribute to the final award and would be available to second and third year undergraduate students and to PGT students.
(iii) The English language support module should be developed and delivered according to Faculty Level 2 units where this is appropriate to do so.
LGoS believes:
- It is very important, in a university wishing to be more international, that all students and staff can communicate with each other. This is the only thing that will actually lead to an internationalised university.
- It is unfair on international students to ask them to pay much higher costs than home/eu students when they are unable to properly take advantage of the education they are paying for due to language barriers.
- We therefore welcome these proposals as long as the English Language Unit is properly resourced.
Are English language requirements clear enough and sufficient at the University? What other ways can English language be supported?
Is there anything else you would like to add about this proposal? E-Mail: Edward.Moloney@liv.ac.uk
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