SLC works at the cutting edge of online Technical and Business English course design and delivery. We think hard about what we do. Here are some of our thoughts and research to share with you.
Back to Menu ↩ SLC’s Managing Director, Chris Moore, gave a presentation to the South West Regional ESOL Network on the work SLC are doing with refugee, asylum seeker and migrant communities across the UK in partnership with strategic migration partnerships (SMPs) and refugee support organisations such as RefuAid, the Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project, and […]
Back to Menu ↩ SLC Academic Lead, Jo, is a brilliant video maker. Her videos on OET Preparation have achieved over 3 million views and SLC’s OET channel has over 83,000 subscribers. We’ve lost count of the number of times we have been told that people passed their OET test thanks to her videos or […]
Back to Menu ↩ Virginia creates outstanding online Medical English content, used by doctors, nurses, carers and OET students around the world to improve their professional English and communication skills and achieve the scores they need in OET to work in English-speaking countries. Over the years, Virginia has created hundreds of animated videos as part […]
Back to Menu ↩ Learning the Lessons: Analysing the Creation of a Sustainable, Structured Nursing English Programme in Multiple Nursing Colleges across India This presentation analysed the development of Nurs-Eng, an English language programme for nurses, delivered to Degree and Diploma level students at nursing colleges across India. The programme was created through SLC’s partnership […]
Back to Menu ↩ SLC’s unique online courses for medical students and professionals are used by educational institutions and individuals around the world. Here we share the seven principles we incorporate to ensure learners are engaged, motivated and learning! – Grab the learner’s attention – Get them doing things – Small is beautiful – Clarity […]
Back to Menu ↩ What’s the difference between IELTS writing 6.5 and 7.0? At the beginning of 2016, the NMC introduced a new regulation which required all nurses from outside the UK to achieve a score of 7.0 or above (out of 9.0) in all four areas of the Academic IELTS exam – reading, listening, […]
Back to Menu ↩ On January 19th 2016, the NMC changed its English language requirements for nurses trained in the EEA. All new registrants now need to score 7.0 in the international IELTS Academic English language test. This was a controversial choice in the eyes of many at the time, and the ensuing year has […]
Back to Menu ↩ Can the twain ever meet? This paper examines best practice in both teacher-led tuition and online self-study, looking at their difference and similarities and the challenges faced by course designers and teachers working with the two areas. It then goes on to examine whether blended language courses can be created which […]
