The course develops academic skills, such as reading academic texts, giving academic presentations, note taking, summarising, paraphrasing, outlining, referencing. As part of the coursework, students will write a major academic paper, a take-home argumentative essay, and an in-class summary, and will read academic research articles.
Attend classes and participate actively; prepare for all classes; complete all assignments; prepare multiple drafts and do revision work; evaluate other students' drafts and give meaningful feedback; keep a folder for the assignments and handouts; keep deadlines.