Current Students
Information for Current Students
Our ambition at CDIC is to produce, academically excellent, intellectually flexible, culturally literate and globally engaged graduates with excellent English language skills, who are internationally employable.
At CDIC you will enjoy an international education and curriculum, with European and Chinese influences, an English learning environment, quality lectures and course materials, and first class academic support and administrative services.
To ensure you fulfil your potential and enjoy a positive learning experience at CDIC we have the following expectations of you;
- Attendance at seminars
- Good time management
- Follow your degree programme schedule as timetabled
- Adherence to the CDIC rules and codes of conduct
- Abide by examination regulations and procedures
- Read around your subject areas
- Engage in class activities and discussions
- Engage widely in university extracurricular activities
Learning Through English
CDIC provides an immersive English language environment for its students. The English language modules at CDIC are specifically designed as (opens in a new window)English for Academic Purposes (EAP) modules.
All modules are taught through English.
The English language programme at CDIC is overseen by the UCD Centre for English and Global Languages.
In first year (Stage One) students take modules in ‘English for University Studies’ and ‘English for General Academic Purposes’. In second year (Stage Two), they continue their academic English journey through the ‘Academic Writing and Communication Skills’ and ‘English for Specific Academic Purposes’ modules.
These modules develop students’ English language proficiency in the context of university study and prepare them for learning, and eventually working later in their careers, in English speaking environments.
In this learning model the skills of listening, reading, writing, and speaking are integrated, with the context of the students’ wider learning at the forefront. They are guided in areas such as concurrent note-taking while listening; summarising and synthesising information from different sources; and demonstrating academic integrity. In their assessed work students write about and present on topics within their degree major. They learn to give effective presentations, to engage in seminar-style discussions, and to critically evaluate what they have read or listened to in their writing and speaking.
This English language teaching model is centred around small groups of up to 20 students. This allows teachers to give individualised feedback in office hours, in assignments and in class.
On successful completion of the English language modules in Stages 1 and 2 all students are deemed to have met the UCD English Language Requirements.