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Studying in the United States: Are you suitable for the bridge course?
1, students who do not meet the language scores required by the school, such as undergraduate enrollment, generally require a TOEFL score of 80 or above; Graduate students require GRE scores and so on. If the results can't meet the above requirements, they can't be directly admitted to university academic courses, and the bridge course provides a shortcut for admission; 2. Students who want to strengthen the foundation of English expression and learning. Because TOEFL and IELTS training in China is mainly exam-oriented, it is difficult for students to attend classes directly after entering school, and discussion classes are even more difficult. Bridge course will strengthen the application ability of English in academic field, such as instructing how to write papers, how to make presentations and other academic English skills. Students lay the foundation for formal university courses and further studies through the study of bridge courses.

Bridge courses are generally taught in small classes. After six months to one year's study, students can quickly adapt to the learning environment and improve their language expression ability. At the same time, they can reduce the burden of formal courses by studying some academic courses.

What is a bridge course?

Bridge course means that before entering the formal course, students learn a part of university academic courses while learning the language, which lays a solid foundation for the subsequent university study. Different from the usual ESL language training, the bridge course will match some academic basic courses according to the students' language ability.