The Language Centre assists International Students and Researchers coming to study in Britain who need to improve their English before starting their main course.

London College of Computing & Management ask students to show their ability in English by scoring B or above in the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English or Certificate of Proficiency in English, or taking an IELTS teat. We ask for a score of 6.5 for a degree programme and 5.5 for short programmes. This test, which is organised by the British Council and the University of Cambridge, indicates candidates' ability in reading, writing, listening and speaking English. Please contact our local British Council office for information about when you can take the test. We strongly recommend you to use the British Council Library in your country to look at example papers before you take the test.

If you do not score 6.5 in the IELTS test, we provide an intensive Academic English Programme to help you. Student's IELTS score usually improve half a point per month. We therefore, recommend the following course lengths:

Course Aims
The course is designed to improved the students' ability and confidence in the four language skills reading, writing, listening and speaking in order to prepare them for university study in UK.

Students work in small groups in a relaxed atmosphere. There is plenty opportunity to practise social English but the main focus is on academic study.

Course Content
General English Language study to improve overall communication ability. Leading by lectures: a series of lectures from specialists enable students to practise and develop their listening and simultaneously note-taking skills.

Participation in Seminars: question and answer, discussion, disagreements and interrupting techniques. Presenting Academic Papers: students prepare and deliver short technical presentations which are recorded on videos and analysed.

Extracting information from Academic Books and Journals: this includes practice in speed reading by skimming and scanning, using indices, bibliographies and various facilities of the university library, including CD-ROM and Video.

Academic Writing: this is a central part of the programme. Students study how to learn English academic course in essays, reports and thesis; to make academic references; to organise text and to produce summaries.

Self Study Facilities
The Language Centre had its own multi-media facility, offering satellite television, video and audio players as well as multi-media PCs and reference materials. These are located in the library.

Cultural Programme
The campus is conveniently situated for access to a wide variety of music, film and other cultural events taking place around London. Visits are organised as part of the summer programme. These may include trips of Oxford and Cambridge as well as places of particular relevance to our clients' academics interests.