Course overview
This course aims to prepare students to develop their skills in reading, writing and speaking English in an intensive study situation.
Course learning outcomes
- Preparing and delivering a range of academic texts (essay and oral presentation)
- Demonstrating skills in the genre of academic writing, including structuring at macro and micro levels; working with primary and secondary sources; developing an argument; and using register, audience and authorial voice.
- Developing research skills relevant to the analysis of primary and secondary sources.
- Developing and practising skills in referencing, quoting, paraphrasing and avoiding plagiarism.
- Preparing and delivering coherent and logically argued material in both written and oral forms.