Certificate in Academic English

Course details

The Academic English Programme (AEP) is designed with an academic skills focus. It is for students who have
successfully completed their secondary schooling and seek to improve their English language proficiency in order to be competent to further their studies which require English at the tertiary level.

Course Objectives

• To develop skills and abilities to effectively use English for international communication;
• To develop overall competence in the English language with emphasis on the macro-skills of speaking,
• listening, reading and writing;
• To develop students in the skills and strategies required for their further studies at the tertiary level.

Course Components:

Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing (Done within a thematic structure)

Age Requirements:

16 years old and above

Course Completion

Student must attain a minimum of 90% attendance to complete the course. A certificate will be awarded upon
course completion.

Mode of Internal Assessments

• Written tests/assignments
• Oral Presentations
• Maximum allowed study period is 12 weeks for each course.
• Students who fail to complete the course within the maximum allowed study period will not be entitled to
• any recourse or refund.
• Students are allowed to repeat the same course subject to approval from the Ascensia Management
• and ICA.