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145-005 Advanced ESL 2 | |
Note | Formerly available as 145-121. Students who have completed 145-121 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Geoff Millar |
Prerequisites | Satisfactory completion of 145-004 Advanced ESL 1 or an acceptable level of language proficiency as determined by a test. Students who are native speakers of English or whose language proficiency is near-native are not eligible to enrol. |
Semester | 1, repeat 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture and 3 hours of tutorials per week |
Subject Description | In this subject students should develop their academic skills in oral, written and electronic forms of communication through the study of current issues in Australian politics, economics and society. The skills focused on include the ability to research topics through physical and electronic resources, to critically analyse a range of academic texts, and to synthesise material from a range of sources to produce oral presentations and written papers that are fluent, well-organised and effectively expressed. |
Assessment | A major project including an oral presentation equivalent to 800 words and a written paper of 1200 words, an integrated listening/reading/writing task equivalent to 500 words, other class assessment tasks equivalent to 1500 words. Five percent of the total mark will be allotted for tutorial participation. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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