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 145-015 Advanced ESL 2 (Special Program)

Note

This subject is only available to students enrolled in the extended Bachelor of Music degree.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Geoff Millar

Prerequisites

145-004 Advanced ESL 1 and 145-007 Spoken Interaction.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture, 3 hours of tutorials and 4 hours of IELTS preparation 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 law, politics and society. The subjects focuses on skills such as 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. Students will be prepared for IELTS testing.

Assessment

Students must pass both section (a) and (b) in order to pass this subject:

a) An oral presentation, a major written assignment, contribution to class activities and class assessment tasks totalling 4000 words.

b) A score of at least 6.5 in the IELTS test.



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