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Supplementary English - Reading for Academic Purposes module

 

Fee*

Duration

Intake

RM400

12 Weeks
(48 hour course of four hours per week)

January,
June

*The indicative course fees shown here applies to students studying on-campus in Malaysia for the relevant year only. They are based on a standard study load per year. However, please note that fees are assessed according to a student's study load in each term, and variation to study load will result in an adjustment to tuition fees. All fees are subject to annual review and may be adjusted.

Academic Reading is a supporting, English proficiency-cum-reading course designed to help degree students with their English to help them cope with their reading of academic texts.

At the end of the course, the students will have acquired the following:

  • Use of grammar to understand English sentences
  • A wider academic vocabulary
  • Reading strategies
  • An better ability to interact with academic texts
  • An ability to plan and write academic essays

 

Each week there is a class of three hours. The course is organised around academic readings and vocabulary and reading strategy tasks.

The teacher works on expanding the students' vocabulary, improving their understanding of concepts and their use of grammar to understand texts. There is a final read-and-respond examination to assess how much the students have learnt.


:

  • Academic texts
  • Reading Strategies
  • Grammar
  • Vocabulary in Context

 

 


Apply for this course by following the step-by-step process from the links below.


English Language Requirements
 


Email: study@swinburne.edu.my

Phone:
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Fax: +60 82 428353


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