English for Academic Purposes

English for Academic Purposes
           - Upper Intermediate Level
           - Advanced Level

Course Duration: The English for Academic Purposes course (EAP) runs in 12-week cycles

Study Type: Full time student visa (20 contact hours a week and 5 hours self study per week), working holiday visa, tourist & other non-student visa.

Course Aim: The program is designed to improve English language skills and academic study techniques of students. The language and skills will help students to achieve goals to enter university, TAFE or other colleges in future.

Course Outline: The EAP course is designed to focus on preparing students for study in an English-speaking country, including: listening and note taking; seminar presentation and discussion skills; speed reading; academic writing; library and internet use; university level vocabulary; preparation for English proficiency examination; academic culture of Australian universities; research techniques; critical thinking; essay writing.

Completion: On completion of their EAP course our students are awarded a certificate, which grades their language level in the four key language skills. The grades relate to detailed descriptors explaining the student's capabilities and learning needs

Sample timetable

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Lesson 19:00 - 10:30 OR 4:00 - 5:30 Speaking - academic requests Grammar - register (spoken v written) Reading - differentiating style and register Listening and note taking Writing - critical reviews
Break          
Lesson 210:45 - 12:15 OR 5:45 - 7:15 Writing - planning essays Listening - markers and main ideas Speaking - interrupting, suggesting, accepting and rejecting ideas Group presentation instructions and preparation Grammar - avoiding sentence fragments
Break
Lesson 31:00 - 2:00 OR 7:30 - 8:30 Critical thinking - how do you like to learn language English for the internet age intro. To WWW Study skills Group Presentation Reading - Identifying theme/skimming
Self Access2:00 - 3:00 OR 3:00 - 4:00          

 



 

 

 


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Trading as North Sydney English College
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