Course overview
This course will develop students' spoken and written communication skills in English for use as an academic language for undergraduate university study. This course is designed to develop students' proficiency in English at a level necessary for university study and employment in Australia and other English-speaking countries. The distinctive features of Australian English are examined in short literary and visual texts. Students will learn how to use their existing knowledge of language(s) to advance their proficiency in English. The course includes a strong focus on the reading and writing of reflective, biographic and descriptive texts, in parallel with enhanced listening and speaking skills' development in English.
Course learning outcomes
- develop and perform academic confidence in listening and speaking in English at university
- develop and illustrate academic reading and writing skills in English
- apply grammatical concepts and structures in English
- apply different conventions of spoken and written English
- select and organise information for presentation in spoken and written form
- identify intercultural and particularly Australian features of English
- distinguish between functions and use of home language repertoire and academic and professional English