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
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