Improve your speaking

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Use our self-study learning blocks to boost your speaking or listening

Your personal CfAE dashboard

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Access your personal dashboard and start building your own self-study pathway now!

Do you need to...

  • prepare for a poster or PowerPoint presentation?
  • prepare for your viva?
  • network and meet new people?
  • improve your listening?
  • respond more effectively to questions?

Whatever your goal, we have a learning block to help you!​

Our learning blocks cover key aspects of successful academic STEMM communication. Improve your speaking or listening in your own time, at your own pace - use the CfAE personal dashboard to build your own pathway of learning blocks and track your progress.

You are welcome to join an induction session on building your personalised pathway using our self-study dashboard and our learning blocks.

Other speaking and listening opportunities

Students speaking and interacting

Practise speaking in guided group sessions

Take advantage of opportunities for speaking and listening practice. Rehearse presenting to an audience, develop networking strategies or have more informal interactions.​
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Receive 1:1 advice on your speaking or listening

Discuss strategies for improving your speaking or listening with a CfAE coach.

The Business School requests that their students and staff contact their Global Skills Development team about their equivalent to the Centre for Academic English provision.