ESLA1901
Academic Language Skills for International Student
10 Units
Available in 2014
| Callaghan Campus | Semester 1, Semester 2 |
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Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
Designed for international students who are native speakers of languages other than English. The course focuses on the further development of students' academic English skills in writing, speaking, listening and reading. Lectures, tutorials and some videos are presented on an appropriate range of topics and will help students to develop a high language proficiency that will be of benefit to them at all levels of their University studies. During both lectures and tutorials, students will be encouraged to participate actively in order to practise their increasing spoken-language skills. Problem based learning, discussions and individual talks presented in class will help students efficiently to absorb the material that is being taught.
| Objectives | The course aims at assisting international and exchange students in developing further their English language skills in an academic environment. The course is concerned with the development of a number of particular aspects of academic English. Completion of this course will improve the proficiency of students in the following skills, with the degree and direction of improvement depending upon the varied individual proficiencies from which the students begin: 1. Writing skills, including academic essay writing, answering questions in an examination, taking notes from lectures and reading materials, structuring a piece of academic writing, arranging information in an understandable sequence, the correct use of quotations and referencing, and general skills of expression involving correct use of grammar and syntax. 2. Listening skills, including listening to lectures and talks and understanding the content of selected programs shown on videotapes. 3. Reading skills, including researching documentation, reading strategies: scanning and skimming. 4. Speaking skills, including speaking in an academic setting, encouraging rhetorical consciousness, answering questions and discussing topics confidently. |
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| Content | The course is concerned with the development of a number of particular aspects of academic English. Its content is designed to improve the proficiency of students in the following skills: 1. Writing skills, including academic essay writing, answering questions in an examination, taking notes from lectures and reading materials, structuring a piece of academic writing, arranging information in an understandable sequence, the correct use of quotations and referencing, and general skills of expression involving correct use of grammar and syntax. 2. Listening skills, including listening to lectures and talks and understanding the content of selected programs shown on videotapes. 3. Reading skills, including researching documentation, reading strategies: scanning and skimming. 4. Speaking skills, including speaking in an academic setting, encouraging rhetorical consciousness, answering questions and discussing topics confidently. | ||||||
| Replacing Course(s) | N/A | ||||||
| Transition | None. | ||||||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||||||
| Assumed Knowledge | No assumed knowledge. | ||||||
| Modes of Delivery | Internal Mode | ||||||
| Teaching Methods | Lecture
Tutorial |
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| Contact Hours | Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Tutorial: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 13 weeks |
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| Timetables | 2014 Course Timetables for ESLA1901 |