2024 S2 Reading Effectively and Creatively

Overview Availability Semester 1 July Fees Look up fees This subject develops students’ English language competency across the four macro skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. The focus is on understanding the structure of written and spoken academic, research and business texts, writing & speaking for various professional and academic purposes and in different forms, analysing spoken and written arguments and acquiring, using specific vocabulary and concepts, and making effective presentations. It develops participants’ research, critical thinking, reading and writing skills as well as their ability to plan and write a review of literature and make a research-topic-related presentation fluently and confidently. Students research, synthesise, write and present on a topic that is relevant to their field of study. The subject has a supported experiential learning emphasis. Intended learning outcomes On completion of this subject, students should be able to: Read and evaluate different genres with an understanding of their different purposes; identify and summarise key information in a range of sources; Analyse, use and write texts in a variety of professional and academic genres Synthesise information from a range of sources Follow, understand and critique information in discussions, presentations and lectures; Plan and present an effective oral presentation source information on a topic for review; identify further areas for investigation; present integrated sources in a written literature review (for academic or professional settings); Generic skills On completion of this subject students should be able to: Demonstrate understanding of, and apply, social, academic and professional discourse conventions; Reflect upon and analyse their effectiveness as independent language learners; Evaluate, present and justify opinions in written and oral form; Plan and present an effective oral presentation based research Interact effectively in a small group; Access, critically evaluate and utilize resource and research materials;END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN ZEN BUDDHIST MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/4/2023.