Speaking portfolio made up of a presentation task and a seminar discussion

Speaking

Writing portfolio made up of writing exam and essay task

Writing

Reading portfolio made up of reading exam and source evaluation task

Reading

Listening

- Introduction to reading at university: analysing purpose, matching reading strategy to purpose, evaluating source material, recording sources
- Accuracy and clarity of writing: the word, the sentence, the paragraph, tenses, abbreviations, visual data
- Writing critically
- Academic style and the academic word list
- Listening skills and strategies
- Introduction to seminar skills
- Reading critically
- Conducting research
- Note-taking techniques for reading and listening
- Understanding and avoiding plagiarism, using Turnitin
- Engaging with the Visual Learning Environment
- Paraphrasing and summarising
- Preparing for and delivering academic presentations with PowerPoint
- Referencing and citation

Academic English Skills (AES) - 3502IFSG

Academic English Skills (AES)

Take effective notes on a complex and unfamiliar text, presentation or lecture.

Express yourself clearly and without much restriction, maintaining good grammatical control, with appropriate style and register realised.

Give a well-structured, detailed academic presentation on a given subject.

Write a linguistically complex essay in response to a specific question, synthesising and evaluating information and arguments from a number of sources.

Contribute to a group discussion even when the speech is fast and colloquial.

Follow the essentials of lectures, talks, reports and other forms of academic/professional presentation which are propositionally and linguistically complex.

Research and plan written tasks effectively, identifying and incorporating reliable and relevant source materials.

Interpret and evaluate relevant information and ideas.

Use a broad active reading vocabulary to read with a large degree of independence, adapting style and speed of reading to different texts and purposes.