Expectations of studying online

As highlighted on the ELC website, the Pre-sessional course is an intensive, full-time course. In addition to your timetabled classes with your tutor, there will also be daily self-study tasks (homework) and some of these may require you to work with your classmates outside the timetabled schedule.

Please make sure you have a quiet place to study at home, with no interruptions or distractions.

Using Teams Vocabulary

  • Here are some pre-course homework tasks for you to familiarise yourself with some common words and phrases that we often us in Teams:

Online policy

You should familiarise yourself with the policies to understand the responsibilities of tutors and students when working online. These include

  • Making sure you have the right equipment
  • Learning how to use the new tools (don’t worry we will train and help you do this!)
  • Checking your notifications and emails every day
  • Responding to chats