Academic English for Mathematics aims to improve your ability to study Mathematics effectively in English. It is a joint effort of a English for Specific Academic Purposes Instructor and a Mathematician. It is written for international students who are planning to embark on an undergraduate programme of Mathematics and speak English as a foreign language. With this course, you will develop your knowledge of academic and scientific conventions and you will improve your skills in the following areas:

• reading and understanding of Mathematical articles, theorems, proofs, axioms, definitions and word problems in English
• listening to lectures, understanding sign-posting language, main points and improve your note-taking skills
• noticing writing conventions for different audiences and purposes within the same discipline and improving academic writing skills such as paraphrasing, formality and citations
• contributing effectively in seminar discussions
• preparing and giving effective scientific presentations
• improving academic vocabulary and prominent language features
• improving study skills such as planning, note-taking and summarising
• improving your critical reading and writing skills with peer-review evaluations