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Workshop to revise and improve some aspects of English grammar.

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Workshop to revise and improve understanding of the definite and indefinite articles in English.

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This workshop is intended for non-native speakers from the Department of Engineering who would like to improve their use of conditional structures and subjunctive forms.

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To revise and improve participants understanding of basic conditional forms.

This workshop is intended for non-native speakers from the Department of Engineering who would like to improve their English grammar.

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This workshop is intended for non-native speakers from the Department of Engineering who would like to improve their English grammar.

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Workshop to revise and improve some aspects of English grammar.

Workshop to revise and improve some aspects of English grammar.

The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.

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The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.

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This workshop will cover best practice in presenting scientific results in English (charts, graphs, figures, diagrams, trends, etc.).

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Research has identified that the ability to verbally express ideas clearly and the capacity to work confidently in a group are the two key skills for employability. This series of workshops focuses on aspects of these skills most pertinent to Engineers at Cambridge.

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This course, which is for non-native speakers, will cover important aspects of English pronunciation for effective academic, professional and social interaction. We will meet together as a group for approximately one hour a week and will schedule individual supervisions for personalised input to accompany the course's group input.

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This workshop is tailored to the needs of Native and Non-native 1st Year PhD students MPhil (Res).

This is a Scientific Writing Skills Workshops tailored to the needs of the PhD/PostDoc Engineering students.

This is one in a series of five Scientific Writing Skills Workshops tailored to the needs of the PhD/PostDoc Engineering student.

• Presenting your results and findings (see topics covered section for more details)

The following workshops are also available:

• Planning and Writing the Literature Review
• Working on the Discussions and Conclusions Sections
• What makes a good abstract and title?
• Preparing successful poster presentations

This is one in a series of five Scientific Writing Skills Workshops tailored to the needs of the PhD/PostDoc Engineering student. These run throughout the year.

• What makes a good abstract and title? (see topics covered section for more details)

The following workshops are also available:

• Planning and Writing the Literature Review
• Presenting your results and findings
• Working on the Discussions and Conclusions Sections
• Preparing successful poster presentations

This is one in a series of five Scientific Writing Skills Workshops tailored to the needs of the PhD/PostDoc Engineering student.

• Working on the Discussions and Conclusions Sections (see topics covered section for more details)

The following workshops are also available:

• Planning and Writing the Literature Review
• Presenting your results and findings
• What makes a good abstract and title?
• Preparing successful poster presentations

This course is intended for non-native speakers who wish to improve their skills in giving presentations in English.

This online course is geared towards non-native speakers who feel that they would benefit from the opportunity to have frequent practice in giving presentations in English. It will consist of a mix of teacher input, individual presentations and regular feedback.

We will meet together for the first class (11.15am on Wednesday 26 January), and thereafter we will meet mainly in small groups of 4-6 students, at 11.15 am on either Wednesday or Thursday mornings.

Depending on exact numbers, each group session will be between 1 hour and 1.5 hours long. Groups and precise times will be decided in the first class.

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• Delivery format (online or in person) to be confirmed.

This course is designed for non-native speakers of English and covers a variety of spoken language, ranging from the more formal language needed for seminars, discussions and conferences, to the more informal everyday language used in the office or the student house, or in wider social settings, whether online or face-to-face. The course, wherever possible, will take into account the needs and wishes of the participants. This is an opportunity to meet people and to practise your spoken English online in an informal and relaxed environment.

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This workshop is intended for non-native speakers from the Department of Engineering who would like to improve their spoken English in a variety of contexts, both formal and informal. It is open to PhD and postdoc and MPhil by Research students from the Department of Engineering.

This workshop will cover a variety of speaking scenarios experienced at conferences and will equip you with the language required from small talk and everyday English to the language of presentations and questions.

This workshop is intended for non-native speakers from the Department of Engineering who would like to improve their spoken English in a variety of contexts, both formal and informal. It is open to PhD and postdoc and MPhil by Research students from the Department of Engineering.

This workshop will cover a variety of speaking scenarios experienced while living and dining with English students. We will hone in on useful everyday language required to get to know each other, generate small talk, discuss topical events and negotiate or problem solve together.

Come and watch a sitcom over pizza followed by discussion of the content.

We will focus on refining participants' language for correspondence, focusing on native-speakers norms and choice of words as well as register for formal versus casual correspondence

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