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Arrive UK Toolkit

Questions
How can we better prepare our international students for life and study in the UK? How can we allay their fears about living in a new country?
How can we improve their awareness of UK academic culture before they arrive?

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Answer: Arrive UK

"It is really fantastic as a 'first-time used' online course" - student (Arrive UK, 2006)
Arrive UK is an e-tutored, customised set of interactive online learning materials for preparing international students for living and studying in the UK.
eLanguages has been successfully delivering this pre-arrival online course to University of Southampton pre-sessional students, over successive summers.

Read about the experiences of 2006 Arrive UK students...more>>>

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Dealing with the change in culture

Arrive UK benefits students by:

  • introducing them to their future place of study
  • helping them to prepare for changes they can expect when moving to a new country
  • informing them about the part of the UK they will be living and studying in
  • enabling them to make friends with other students before arriving
  • preparing them for academic study at university

Arrive UK works because:

  • it can be e-tutored by an EAP specialist
  • it uses multiple media, podcasts and vodcasts
  • learning materials are activity-led and learner-friendly
  • materials engage students in reflection and are enhanced with feedback
  • this combination stimulates student interaction in discussion forum and chatroom

What do we offer?:

eLanguages can customise Arrive UK for YOUR institution. Options in our package include:

  • a set of online learning activities customised for your institution and city
  • guidelines on e-tutoring and a tutor-training session
  • guidelines and advice on creating and using your own podcasts and vodcasts
  • advice on setting up Arrive UK in a VLE or on the Web

For further information, please telephone or email:
eLanguages, University of Southampton, elang1@soton.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)2380 597510