According to personal experience and experience, Liu Lijun, a teacher from Li Jinji's British Department, popularized basic information about preparatory courses for students who want to choose preparatory courses, hoping to help them. 1. What is a preparatory course? Preparatory course is aimed at students who want to go to the UK to participate in academic research, but cannot directly apply for colleges and universities because of their own language ability (IELTS, TOEFL scores, etc.), professional foundation (no professional foundation, interdisciplinary study, etc.) and education system (high school students coming to the UK, etc.). They need to choose preparatory courses from six months to one year as the way and basis for upgrading to undergraduate or master's courses. Through the improvement of language ability, the study of basic courses, and the mastery of learning skills, you can apply to continue studying in our school or apply to study in a school that is more suitable for you or better. 2. The teaching content of preparatory courses is divided into preparatory courses and post-bridge courses. Basic courses include language courses, learning skills and other basic courses. For example, if you choose a three-semester system, the first two semesters are basic courses, such as A. British cultural studies, which will teach about the geography, history and climate of Britain. Teachers like students to compare the differences between their own countries and Britain through demonstrations. The teacher suggested that everyone should face it bravely and face this course with a positive attitude. I believe that impressing teachers is very useful for your study and will better communicate with local people. B. Language courses are more like IELTS training courses in China. Teachers exercise everyone's English listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through listening, writing and speaking (single person or team). The teacher suggested that this kind of courses must be carefully listened to, especially about writing, because by studying writing, students can learn the standard writing methods of English papers, which is of great help to students who want to go to undergraduate or graduate schools in the future. This is a great benefit that students who go directly to undergraduate or graduate school can't feel. Different from domestic IELTS courses, these courses are more British, which will give students more practical help no matter which course they study. The later bridge course is to let students perceive and learn the basic knowledge of university professional courses in advance, which can better connect preparatory courses with university courses and reduce the learning pressure of future courses. 3. Introduction to matriculation Let me sum up that there are two types of typical matriculation in Britain, group matriculation, including pure group matriculation and group-university cooperative matriculation, and the second type is the matriculation offered by universities themselves. But most of Britain is based on group preparatory courses. Pure group preparatory course is a typical undergraduate preparatory course SG. This preparatory course is not affiliated with any university. The advantage is that you can choose universities all over Britain after the preparatory course, as long as you are good enough. KAPLAN and INTO are typical examples of cooperative preparatory courses between groups and universities. The advantage is that as long as the preparatory course meets the requirements of university admission, there is no need to re-apply and re-take the IELTS preparatory course. Edinburgh, KCL and UCL are typical examples. Preparatory courses should be analyzed according to the specific conditions of students. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. 4. Advantages of matriculation The former teacher Li Jun also chose to study matriculation. Looking back now, if I hadn't studied during that time, I wouldn't have been stronger in the future. In my opinion, the advantages of matriculation are, on the one hand, to supplement and learn from one's past shortcomings; On the other hand, we should face up to our own "shape" and give ourselves a transit point to find a better place to study abroad that is more suitable for us. In a word, Teacher Lijun suggested that since you chose to work harder than other students for half a year or a year, don't waste your study time in vain.