Language Centre course timetable

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Fri 4 Mar 2016

Friday 4 March 2016

09:00	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 09:00 - 09:20 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
09:20	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 09:20 - 09:40 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
09:30	CULP: Academic Reading in French for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Researchers (Intermediate 1) (15 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 Using close reading and translation of academic texts from their particular discipline, this weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading French documents that they have come across or may meet in their research. The course aims to develop strategies for reading longer texts faster through close analysis, grammatical and stylistic commentary, and translation. For example, literary texts with differing editions, stories with two or more translations into English that need to be compared and evaluated, poems of challenging originality or range of allusion. Classes will be conducted in English, but there will be many opportunities to use French and practise reading aloud. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Italian Basic (15 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
09:40	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 09:40 - 10:00 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
11:00	CULP: French Basic (15 of 15) Finished 11:00 - 13:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. More detailed information is available at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp/french/culp-french.html.
12:00	JTC: Pressland Bursaries for Scientists workshop Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 Administered by the Language Centre, the AJ Pressland Fund offers bursaries of up to £1,000 to support language study abroad for students within the Schools of Biological Science, Clinical Medicine, Physical Science and Technology. The aim of this optional workshop is to support with choosing a short language course abroad. Come along to find out more about other language learner experiences and get ready to explore course providers and programmes for your language. Students should be planning to study a language overseas for up to 4 weeks during the Long Vacation and funds awarded may be used to support course fees, accommodation and travel as required.
12:20	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 12:20 - 12:40 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
12:40	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 12:40 - 13:00 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
13:00	CULP: French Intermediate 1 (15 of 15) Finished 13:00 - 15:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 1 level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. More detailed information is available at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp/french/culp-french.html.
	CULP: Spanish Intermediate 1 (15 of 15) Finished 13:00 - 15:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 1 level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: German Intermediate 1 (15 of 15) Finished 13:00 - 15:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 1 level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please go to the Language Centre CULP page at: http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/culp/culp.php
	CULP: German Basic (15 of 15) Finished 13:00 - 15:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 13:00 - 13:20 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
13:20	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 13:20 - 13:40 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
13:40	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 13:40 - 14:00 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
14:00	CULP: Academic Reading in German for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Researchers (Intermediate 1) - PRIMARILY FOR CLASSICISTS (15 of 15) Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Faculty of Classics, Room 2.03 This weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading German documents they need to deal with in their research. Each session will be divided into two parts: The first part will consist of grammar, tasks to develop insight into the reading process, help with dealing with complex sentence structures, academic conventions, abbreviations, etc. The second part will be devoted to the translation of original German texts from different periods and covering a range of topics. Each week you will be asked to attempt a translation into English of a German passage. Students will be encouraged to bring along German texts from their own research to translate. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	JTC: 1-to-1 Language Learning Advice Finished 14:00 - 14:30 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore learning opportunities and resources to help you with your plans and aims for your language learning. We advise on strategies for autonomous learning across a range of 160+ languages in our learning centre. Click here to view our current index of languages. (Please note that midway through the academic year, if you are seeking advice about our taught courses, you are encouraged to drop in to the Language Centre or book early in the term rather than wait for an appointment. See our website for details.) Advising appointments can be used to: Decide on your short term and longer term goals Discuss learning strategies for independent language study Formulate a personal learning plan Evaluate your progress so far and identify your next steps Talk about ways of shaping a self-study session Explore resources in specialist areas Tackle more challenging aspects of your language learning Consider how taught course options in Cambridge can fit in to a longer term plan Find out more about intensive language courses abroad
14:30	JTC: 1-to-1 Language Learning Advice Finished 14:30 - 15:00 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore learning opportunities and resources to help you with your plans and aims for your language learning. We advise on strategies for autonomous learning across a range of 160+ languages in our learning centre. Click here to view our current index of languages. (Please note that midway through the academic year, if you are seeking advice about our taught courses, you are encouraged to drop in to the Language Centre or book early in the term rather than wait for an appointment. See our website for details.) Advising appointments can be used to: Decide on your short term and longer term goals Discuss learning strategies for independent language study Formulate a personal learning plan Evaluate your progress so far and identify your next steps Talk about ways of shaping a self-study session Explore resources in specialist areas Tackle more challenging aspects of your language learning Consider how taught course options in Cambridge can fit in to a longer term plan Find out more about intensive language courses abroad
15:00	CULP: French Intermediate 2 (15 of 15) Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 2 level the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course. More detailed information is available at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp/french/culp-french.html.
	CULP: Spanish Basic (15 of 15) Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Swahili Basic 1 (15 of 15) Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
15:30	CULP: German Basic (15 of 15) Finished 15:30 - 17:30 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
17:00	CULP: Spanish Advanced (15 of 15) CANCELLED 17:00 - 19:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At advanced level the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course. One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater for the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website. NB: Advanced courses are official, award-bearing University qualifications. Please be aware that details of these courses (Pass/Fail) will appear on your official University transcript. Please also note that the certificates and transcripts are usually issued in July.
	CULP: French Advanced (15 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At advanced level the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course. One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater for the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students. More detailed information is available at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp/french/culp-french.html. NB: Advanced courses are official, award-bearing University qualifications. Please be aware that details of these courses (Pass/Fail) will appear on your official University transcript. Please also note that the certificates and transcripts are usually issued in July.
	CULP: Swahili Basic 1 (15 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Spanish Basic (15 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of History, Room 9 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
19:00	CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Elementary 1 (15 of 15) Finished 19:00 - 21:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. More detailed information is available from the Language Centre.