Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Learning English for Academic Purposes: First Steps
This online course introduced you to the academic language and skills needed to study at a university where the teaching is done in English. Covering four key skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and using activities such as listening to lectures, taking notes, spoken presentations and reading academic texts, as well as peer-to-peer feedback, the course concluded with the creation of a written piece of academic work.
6 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dave Hall
University Secretary
The Open University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Apply strategies for reading academic texts
- Assess the relevance of information for an academic purpose
- Describe problems and cause-and-effect using academic language
- Develop your academic vocabulary and vocabulary skills
- Produce effective notes from a spoken presentation
- Collaborate with other learners by engaging in peer-to-peer feedback
- Synthesise information and use it to begin writing a short piece of academic work
- Produce a final written piece of academic work using the skills learned
Syllabus
- Developing strategies and vocabulary for reading and understanding academic texts.
- Finding, understanding, describing and evaluating information for academic purposes.
- Developing active listening and effective note-making skills.
- Building on language skills to describe problems and cause-and-effect.
- Gathering a range of information, using the skills learned, to integrate into your written report.
- Engaging in peer-to-peer feedback before finalising your report.
Issued on 11th January 2018
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