
The Shawshank Redemption
Frank Darabont, 1990
Welcome to the Self-Access Centre materials database. Here you can find out about the English materials we have in the SAC and explore our online materials. They were designed to help you improve your English skills. All of the video materials, including films and documentaries, are available to be watched online. Log on with your UCL id and password to watch them!
You can now watch a short introduction on how to use some of the features of the SAC webpages:
Our experienced team of English tutors from UCL Centre for Languages and International Education has developed these new online exercises to help you improve your English. They are very useful and a lot of fun. Try one of the Lunch Hour Lectures Exercises. You will improve your listening skills, note-taking skills and vocabulary, while watching one of the world re-known lectures from UCL.
Or you can try doing one of the Reading and Listening Exercises. The topics chosen by our tutors are fun and interesting and you will practise comprehension of written and spoken texts, as well as aspects of grammar and vocabulary. These new materials cover a range of difficulty levels and you can choose the one that is appropriate for you. They are interactive, meaning that you can ask for help while doing the exercises. You will also receive immediate feedback.
The resources in the SAC are here for you if you want to study English outside class time. If you need advice and guidance on what to study, you should talk to your main class tutor, who will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and give you the guidance you need. Your tutor or one of the SAC Assistants can help you locate materials and show you how to use the equipment. You may have a very clear idea of what you need to study in English. In this case, you can use the menu on the left to look for the study topics which are of importance to you.
Or if you prefer the hard copies, SAC has subscriptions to newspapers
and magazines from all over the world.
UPCSE and UPCH students
We also have a section dedicated to subject specific materials, such as Medicine or Law . Here you can find books on your degree topic. You may also find some of the lectures relevant for your academic development.